The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-10
he maintenance of the national hon

the maintenance of the national hon
or.
In the face Of such record Of great
deeds group of fanatical theorists
and political pharisees are engaged in
an attempt to wreck the republican
party and subvert the very fonnda- |
tons of the republic In order that they |
may seize the reins of government |
The promoters OF this so-called cru
sade' have sought to cloak their
selfish designs and delude the public
by the assumption Of religious feryor,
| the singing of revival hymns and the
blasphemous professions Of super
| righteousness interlarded with appeals
to the noble and generous emotions of
mankind.
Incredible as 1t may seem, the as
saults of these political Crusaders"
against the republican party
are directed by leader who
4 for nearly thirty years has
been the beneficiary of every honor
within the party's and the peoples
4 gift They have seized on the term
4 "progressiveism" to express their
i f1ea-like energy of motion, and under
Its comprehensive wings they have
gathered nearly all the "isms" that
pass for convictions in the minds Of
Ineophytes and bosses who are battling
at Armag eddon for the Offices and
spoils.
The people of the United States are
asked to abandon government by par
ity and, in the name of progress, adopt
government at the behest of one man,
who not only summons his own con-
ventions but selects who shall sit in
them. molds their convictions, dictates
their platforms and declares himself
their nominee.
/ 1t Is here fitting to confess that the
writer has cherished an admiration
and affection Tor Theodore Roosevelt
for which he has no excuse to make.
Their friendship was nurtured in In
innate mutual association with Presi-
dent Mckinley and cemented in com
mon grief over his untimely and wick
ed assassination Not until Mr.: Roose.
velts better self was submerged Id
his guaranteeing ambition, so as tc
obliterate every sense OF gratitude tc
his party and his friends, was 1t pos
sible to conceive that anything could
occur to break their cordial relations
But in this matter the writer's expert
ence differs only in degree from tha'
of others of his fellow citizens ant
need not concern us farther.
The Inter-ocean believes in re
sponsible party government as distin
guished from government by even th,
ablest and most disinterested of In
n dividuals, or by the temporary pas
e sions of multitudes. Through part.
10 government the British people hav'
IS achieved the most democratic of mon
arches, and through party govern
j. rnent the United States of Americi
N has attained its pre-eminent position
i'd among the republics OF the world, ar
s. cient Or modern.
re 1t is sheer faulty to propose t
ot substitute the undigested theories c
initiative, referendum and recall TO
Is the attested advantages of responsible
Or representative government. No crisi
er oonfronts the American people tha
r. calls for them to abandon the staunc
or ship of experience for the experiment
al cockle-shells of discomfort. The
at Will not sacrifice the substance &c
OF the iridescent shadow.
%. And, finally,
& The Inter-Ocean pledges itself wit
or all the power at it's command to figf
those twin devils of anarchy-the r