Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-08-06
AN ILLINOIS VIEW.

The following declaration Of prin.
ciplcs' was printed in the Ogle Coun-
ty Republican, issued at oregon
Illinois. 1t appeared last fall and. in
the light Of later events may be tax
en- as sort Of prophecy. There are
many truths in II and it emphatically
states the views Of a true-blue Repub-
lcan on many pertinent matters. IT
is herewith given because it comedies
with the views Of the editor Of this
paper:
"The editor Of the Republican is a
epublican-without any frils or
feathers We have never been chaser
Of fads or acquired the habit Of fol-
lowing Off every red wagon that came
along.
1--WE believe the Republican party,
the old-fashioned Republican party,
prior to the time it commenced taking
treatment from the mugWump quack
doctors, was the greatest party on
earth ana gave us 50 years Of splen-
did business management Of the af-
fairs Of the natiOn-Which prOspered
beyond any other nation in the civil
izcd world during that time, and
whose people were cOntented and hap
py beyond comparison with the in
habitants Of any other nation.
"But when we went into the hospi-
tai, went under the knife, as IT were,
and submitted to operation after OPP
GRAFTON at the hands of quaCk sur
gcons, we made Il grieVous error and
the longer we doctor with that bunch
the more we dope with the remedies
recommended by every old woman
that happens alonE--the surer we are
to need the services of an undertaken,
ana at no distant dateo
"rhe death Of William Mckinley
was serious blow to the party
Roosevelt was presumed to be a great
man and leador-but proved to be n
destroyer instead Of a builder-great
ON insincerc grand stand plays, and
sulks like a spoiled boy when not al
lowed to occupy the center Of the
Iimelight
THE popular primary law now in
force in Illinois is about the worst
thing that could happen to the citi-
2ens of any state. and has proven so
wherever tried. 1t not only demOral-
ICES the party, but the people as well.
II the primary gave us better public
men we would hail 1t with delight
but who Is there among you that be-
lleves this to bc true?
with numerous commissions, civil
service and political conventions
eliminated, as "a result of the prima- |
ries, political parties are destroyed, F..
ana the people are at the mercy of |
the "snolygosters Politics In Mi |
nois today is Culd-hlooded PROPOSE |
a., ,,aItI,ttg,,, ,,.batay,r 4 man
to win an Office needs only one Quali- |
Hcation plenty of moucy-and is |
forced to spend II with lavish hand /
10 win in politics you must corrupt |
your ncighhor If this is good poll |
tics, then we have been brought mp /
wrong, and we are too old To he re- /
built.
1--WE long for the old-timc politics /
when good men were organized for .
work, through patriotic motives;
when the insugeut and progressive /
aud socialist and other aliases were /
branded ON the spot as copper /
heads We expect 10 see the party /
come haok--whcu IL Will he manned .
again by big, broad hloodod, 4
patriotic men, We have chased the .
neshpots OF Egypt from bad 60 worse
until IL Is high time that men who /
love their country get shoulder To
shoulder and boost. Il is up To the /
people to choose between redemption
or domuauou. and that right quick.
We don't need moro medicine, what I.
we need Is 60 rise zap un our hind feet
and knock these fulth-heulcrs OF the
center OF the platform and get brsy
ourselves"