The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-07-11
ENDORSE THE
IOWA SENATORS
But None For Taft or Roosevelt
Says Chairman Turner.
SAYS WE'RE IN MIDST OF CRISIS
He Wants No Bolt Nor No Third
Party, but Most Heroic Effort
to Save the State Ticket and
to Elect Senator Kenyon.


third party, no endorsement of Taft
nor Roosevelt, but a progressive plat
form and endorsement of Senators
ICummins and Kenyon and an effort &c
save the state ticket and the legisla
Iture, so that Kenyon may be elected
That is the pith of the speech OF
Hon. Dan Turner, of Corning, Iowa
Temporary chairman of the republic
can state convention, called to or.
der THIS morning at the coliseum by
Chairman FRANKIE.
These are the times that try
mems SOULS" said Turner. "The sum,
mer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will in this crisis shirk from the ser.
vice of his country. But he that
stands it now deserves the love and
thanks of mankind. That the revolu-
ton is a peaceful one makes none the
less applicable the brave sentiment
of the unselfish patriot who bequeath-
ed it to us.
In Midst of Crisis.
That we are in the midst of crisis,
no one will deny. Conditions are con-
fronting us different from any that
have existed during the present gen.
and must be met. Let us with rea-
son and with calmness of judgment
determine then, what is the wise
course to pursue.
The differences of opinion cropping
out within the party, are not forerun-
ners of disintegration, but are an in
dex of a healthy, virile organization.
The party does not stagnate, it moves
forward. How it shall proceed brings
on discussion and sometimes pro-
notes factionalism, but the important
fact remains-the party moves for
ward.
There has existed in recent years
within the party, two well defined
schools of thought. One of these en-
trenched in the past record of the
party, leaning on its traditions-and
they are glorious traditions-have
thought it wise to let well enough
alone, refusing to believe that any
step made, could be step in advance.
This is the optimism of "Nirvana."
A large proportion of the party
membership, inspired by those same
splendid traditions of republiCanism,
have asked for the party and for the
people, still further advancement.
They would apply to changing condi-
tons and to new problems ever aris-
ing, the time tried republican princi-
pies of justice, of equality and of fair
play. This sort of optimism can never
find a resting place in reaction. The
men possessing it have set their faces
to the future.
Will be No Reaction.
1t is unlikely that reaction will ever
set in our party except in spots, least
of the Hudson river. The vigorous
militant, virile spirit of republicanism
will spew it out in the same manner
the whale got rid of Jonah-and for
the same reason. We will not go
backward. We will not stand still.
We will press forward The tradi-
lions of our party point to no other
course. We would rather think upon
the glories of republicanism than lis
ten to the siren voices that emanate
from the forces of reaction or dissOlu-
tion we would rather take hold upon
optimism as a stimulant that believes
the republican party is capable of
meeting and solving every problem,
than to nurse a blind and fatuous faith
stepped in the narcotics of an optim-
ism that refuses to see the problems
us; that rests in lethargic
in the theory that well
enough" is here and no better can be
had We know the past has been
good. We believe the future will be
better.
Here and There Voice.
Here and there a voice is raised in
protest against any measure or policy
that savors of radicalism. These tim
id minds regard progress as an acct
dental incident, and ever take refuge
behind the fortress of precedent. How
ever. gentlemen, there is precedent
and there is history to sustain the re-
publican party in its vigorous onward
march.
There are men in this convention
who helped form the republican party.
Men here who helped to dedicate it to
the cause of human liberty, who have
each step of advancement
Men in this convention who remember
when Phillips and Seward and Sumner
and Lincoln were denounced as fire.
brands and condemned as radicals.
But be it known, sirs, the radical is
often in truth, genuine conservative.
When corruption exists in party or in
nation. 1t should be speedily eliminat-
ed. Winking at crookedness viii not
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