The Owosso times., 1912-10-25
REPUBLICANS AND THEIR
ishp PARTY. fa taa

IL lSu easy 10 uHucIStduu why ally
man who has ever felt satisfied with
himself as Republican or who has
honestly believed that his service fol
that party and his vote for Republi
can candidates where the means OF
accomplishing anything desirable
should feel justified at this time in
seeking to bring about Republican
defeat
At no time in all its history has
the Republican party been so thor
oughly responsive to its highest aims
and best ideals as it is at the present
time. The Republican States of the
Union, through legislation that was
put upon the statute books Before the
term progressive as a political name
was heard to almost every practical
demand made of, had responded in a
practical way in either of the nation
al platforms representing President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt or Gov
ernor Wilson.
There is not, single progressive
purpose in the mind Of any man or
woman. to which the Republican par
ty is not more responsive at this
time than it ever has been in the
past.
The Republican party of Abraham
Lincoln would have regarded as dan
gerously extreme the legislation in
behalf of men, women and children
as against their employers and for
the protection of their health and
against oppressive hours of labor
and insufficient wages that have been
placed upon the statute books of our
state and nation by Republican leg
= islatures and Republican congresses.
President Taft has urged the en-
yactment of more legislation represent
ing fair dealing and thought for the
under dog in the contest of life than
have all other presidents combined
since Abraham Lincoln signed the
emancipation proclamation.
!. There are upon the statute books
of Michigan more advanced and
worthy laws, placed there by Repub-
Ican governors sthan.e are possessed
; lican legislatures and signed by Re-
publican governors, than are pos
sessed by all the so-called progress
sive states of the west combined.
=, The states that defeated the en-
ployers liability bill, that refused TO
add even one year to the age of con-
: sent through which little girls could
permit their own ruin; that disrc-
9afded and defeated child labor legis-
6 lation, that refused to take off any
of the hours through which women
3 were required to work during the
days of the week, and that refused to
approve of the conservation laws for
!, which, the people of our country as
"a whole were clamoring-these same
states send men to Michigan to urge
Republicans to leave their party in
order ito be ranked as progressives,
while the truth is that the ordinary
Michigan Republican represents leg
islatioD more progressive in its pur-.
pose and more favorable in its re-
suits than, any state or all the states
from which these third party orators
have come.
There is no reason why any repub
Heat, should lose step for moment
7 In the ranks of his party in order 20
proclaim favor for really progressive
Legislation in state and nation. Deeds
speak louder and better, than wordsy
and through Republican party ac
Z complishment more has been per-
formed that responds to the hopes
and dreams. and prayers of men,
through the past four years than
have been urged or favored by other
administrations through forty years
before.