The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-06-28
TAFT AND SHERMAN.

..,,onal convention completed it's la
.ors at Chicago Saturday by the re-
domination of William II. Taft for
nresident. and William S. Sherman for
vice president. 1t is the same ticket
,hat was nominated at the dictatiOn
:, the then President Roosevelt, four
,oars AGO. and subsequently elected
~ an immense popular vote, and in
spite of all the opposition that has de-
ye,oped within the party the ticket
will be elected again next November
Taft has been misrepresented and is
sus befogged in the campaign leading
nm 10 the nominations through the
insane ambition of single individual,
,,, when people come to their sober
senses and carefully examine into the
avidence. the vast bulk of the republic
can party, that element not out for
office or Influenced by a feeling OF re-
vanee will again rally to the standard
,bev have followed to victory for so
many years The party that is not
greater than one man cannot survive.
The republican party has passed
through many storms. There have
been men and cliques that have tried
TO disrupt it in the past Efforts have
been made to swing the party to I'M
tried experiments and unstable isms
Int all have failed, and the party grew
stronger after every schism, moving
IN TO meet every change of condition
fearlessly and inteligently. All of the
constructive and progressive legisla-
ton ever enacted came to the people
from and through the republican party,
and it will continue, so long as in
power, leader in popular and pro-
gressive legislation. 1t has kept abreast
of the times and the march of progress,
and its record in the past is an as
surance of its performance in the fu-
ture. 1t has always stood for the best
interests of the people as whole, and
always will so long as it retains its
organization Party loyalty is not to-
day what it formerly was but the man
who seeks other political Organiza-
will, If he lives long enough, return
to his first love as the only party that
has stood, is standing and ever will
stand for the highest principles in
popular government.
An Esteemed Subscriber" ought to
be writing to the Spokane Spokesman
c0ngratulating that paper upon not
switching back to Taft within the past
twentyf0ur hours.
The democrats are having their in
nings at Baltimore this week, and it is
far from harmony gathering. Bryan
Is still the dominant spirit, although
his own camp. He will probably be
the nominee of the convention. Should
by any chance Harmon. or Clark, or
Underwood be nominated it is not
beyond the bounds of reason that the
new Roosevelt party will tender Bryan
the vice presidency. However, as both
Bryan and Roosevelt are eaten up with
ambition to be the whole thing, it
would be difficult to induce one of
them TO accept the empty honor OF Il
vice presidency.
This paper would have supported
The Chicago nominee. whoever he
might have been. because the editor
has been with the republican party
since Its birth. He is republican of
the Lincoln stripe. because he believes
IN tho principles enunciated by the
party, and not republican for place
or political advancement.
NO republican can have any Objec-
IONS to the platform rs adopted at
'hicago. II is a clear cut declaration
OF principles. buildcd on advanced
thought and changed conditions. Every
man should read il and take its pro-
Visions and promises to heart.
Col. Roosevelt has bolted. This Is no
surprise. Everybody who has followed
inc erratic course of the colonel this
year expected him to bolt the republi-
van convention If he could not dictate
uhe nomination. and his extreme mod
es'y led him To insist that he was the
ohy candidate worthy of recognition
me Tact that m" colonel announced
weeks ago that h" would not bolt was
prl'na facie eIidcnCc that .c would
bolt.
mere Is one great and glorious sat
'''acuon In the organization of the
"oosevelt party. II removes Poindex-
"r from the republican party where
"e never belonged as he was in the
party only for office.
new party is To be organized. IL
!" be the Roosevelt party i'm fact.
'''hough 1t may masquerade under
'''"e other name. However. If the
'o''hel cannot run II to suit himself
all stages OF the game he will bolt