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be the democratic party.

be the democratic party.
Doubtless it is expected and to be ex-
pected that many republicans and some
democrats will join the new party. But
it will also cause many republicans who
sympathize with Roosevelt to hesitate
before dissolving all relations with the
G. o. p. Thousands of republicans
were and are dissatisfied with Taft and
with republican senators and represent.
atives in Congress. These thousands
sought to have wrongs and errors cor
rected within the party lines and saw in
the primal Roosevelt movement proba.
BILE remedy and therefore sympathlzed
with it.
But to desert the republican party
and seek its defeat, especially when
such defeat can mean nothing better
than the supremacy Of the democratic
party which they have opposed for
many years, it is very different matter.
Errors, mistakes and even wrongs are
sure to occur in any party which is the
majority. That is because of human
nature. But these matters are mostly
but minor affairs. They are mostly on
ly wrong methods of carrying out right
principles. The principles of the re-
publican party are not Taft, Roosevelt,
Joe Cannon, Lorimer, or any other man,
and are not dependent on any man or
set OF men.
A principle is eternal. Men may pur-
posely delay or make mistakes in meth
DDS of carrying forward q principle. but
the final end will be the same.
The repu olican party was formed
originally on two great principles; OPP
position to further enlargement Of slave
territory and protection to domestic
manufacturers. Later there was anoth.
erpnnciple Of honest money added.
The slavery question was settled by
the civil war. The money matter was
also settled in the republican way. The
republican teriff principle while still a
matter Of some controversy, has been
proven the correct one by the very argu-
ments that are now used against it,
which are mostly based on the theory
that our manufacturers new need no
protection.
While doubtless advantages have
been taken of the protective tariff to
line the pockets Of certain manufacture
ers, that in itself is no real argument
against the general principle. 1t only
proves that in some cases the methods
are wrong.
Now the question comes are these
abuses sufficient to make man desert
the old party, or is it best to right the
wrongs within the party?
Mr.. Roosevelt and his followers say
that the wrongs can only be righted by
third party-of which Mr.. Roosevelt
shall be the head.
The only possible result of a third
party at this time would be to elect q
democratic president. Then the pro-
tective tariff would be in the hands Of
its avowed enemies. Conceding that
the tariff needs revision shall We place
it in the hands Of its enemies for revis.
ionf
We have tried that experiment several
times in past history with rather bad
results. .,,
There is nothing, there can he moth
ing to third party movement except
such opposition TO the republican party
as viii cause its defeat in November
next-and in such case we do not see
whore the third party is any bettert than
the democratic party in fact we do not
see the need of . third party its aaher-
ents can vote the democratic ticket
with identically the same results.
BY their fruits ye shall know them.
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