New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-10
STOKES BELIEVES PARTY
CAN Be BORN AGAIN"
But Former Jersey Governor
Says Resurrection Must Come
from Younger Element.
LINCOLN METHODS NEEDED
Man Who Refused to Follow
Roosevelt Out of Republican
Ranks Discusses Prob
lens To Be Faced.
by Telegraph 10 The Trlbune.

Trenton. y. j.. Dec. 9.-Former Gov
ernor +. {. Stokes i'm discussing the
future o. the Republican party to-day.
said there was a possibility OF reorganiza-
ton, but that the change must come from
the bottom. not from the top
The resurrection OF a defeated party"
Mr.. Stokes says. lis not matter Of
few days. nor is it likely to be consum-
mated in the immediate aftermath Of a
litter campaign. II will come from the
younger and unselhsh elements and from
the natural and inevitable order OF
events"
He continued.
The Republican party, II it hopes to
succeed, must correct the errors that
have brought II 10 It's present condition.
tnWlse management is responsible FOR
It's defeat That management failed To
icallZe thdt the rule OF the people Is the
! foundation OF party success. for neither
party ror its candidate can win with
ont votes. and votes represent the peo-
pies will.
When the management OF the Repub-
hcan party ceased to be representative,
when IL attempted to give instructions
10 the voters instead OF executing the
instructions Of the voters, when the Of
uerS went from the top TO the bottom,
instead OF from the bottom to the top.
I the party was doomed to failure.
The hope Of its future lies In a re-
Hersal OF this policy. Its management
must adopt the Lincoln methods of find
Ing out what the people want and doing
IL Any successful plan OF reorganlzd-
ton must come from the rank and file,
and not from leaders who have been de-
throned.
So Ear as the masses OF the Republi-
cans and Progressives are concerned,
! regard them as separate divisions Of the
same army. Their leaders. IL IL true.
are at odds. These probably could not
I be reconciled, and any attempted recon
/ Citation Oh their part would not only be
! half-hearted in sincerity. but would he
suspected by the public as an alliance
for spoils and power ! do not mean
that these men are 10 have no part in
their party or IN public affairs. on the
contrary, they have their part and their
duty, but II must be a rightiul part ana
not a wrongful assumption that the
party Is for the exploitation Of their
personal interests.
Any plan Of reorganization must be
inclusive Of all and exclusive OF none.
~ must be n voters movement dlsaSsO-
ciated from any individual ambition. and
from an attempted control by the few
/ who either want power or limelight no
toriety. IL must be patriotic and un-
selfish and broad enough 10 let eVerV
sincere believer share IN the work II
must be a movement OF young men IN
touch with current thought.
Nj Stokes points out a number OF re-
forms which. ne says, the Republican
party must get back 10. saying its failure
TO DO so was the result of unwise manage
ment. lie eulogizes the party In the fol-
lowing terms:
Its spirit has always been the spirit OF
the time when il had faithful leaders 10
interpret IL. It's policies have been writ
ten permanently In the laws Of the nation
and have remained there. because they
have stood the test OF the enlightened
Judgment and conscience Of mankind.
Its work is part OF the nations history.
which We would not repudiate II we could
and which will remain as the foundation
on which greater achievements shall be
reared.
It's future will be worthy OF it's past II
il stands for fairness and justice and for
the man crying in the wilderness" just
as II did when Abraham Lincoln made
human rights the shibboleth that brought
new hope TO the counsels OF despair and
saved the Republic.
Ex-Governor Stokes was one OF the
original supporters Of Colonel Roosevelt
in New Jersey. but he refused 20 follow
the colonel out Of the party. preferring
20 hght within its ranks for what he
thought best.