The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-08-27

and nOn-voting territories. Your charge
that the Roosevelt supporters are enemies
to the party is therefore, a wholesale
indictment of a large majority of the
Republicans of this country.
/ supported Mr.. Roosevelt for the Pres
idential nomination because / was con-
WINGED that his nomination meant the
success of the party, and because real
ized that the Democratic victories of 1910
and 1911 meant that the voters of this
country demanded a change, and that If
we did not give it to them they would
likely turn to some party who would.
cannot concede that opposition to the
evident wishes of the people In this
respect is either the part of wisdom or
hostility to the Republican party.
have maintained for years that proper
party management heeds instead OF DEFY
| ing the wish of the voters In. the selection
of candidates. 1t is the violation of this
principle and the assumption that the
people have no rights in these matters
that have brought disaster upon the Repub
licanism of this state and this nation.
Your advocacy of "stalwart Republican
ism" makes me wonder what you NEAR
by ''stalwart Republicanism."
| 1 have been fighting the Republican
battles in this state for years-in season
and out of season, In campaigns and be
tween campaigns. l have written party
platforms and party pamphlets an(
made speeches when some OF the gentle
men you defend were apparently forgetfu
of the party's existence.
Last fall | was the one man who alon,
went out and fought for the Republican
cause. was the man who was asked tt
come into your county, as / went int
other counties. to help the Burlington
ticket
Why didn't you ask some of these gen
tlemen whose ''stalwartism" you admir-
and whose cause you champion, to com
into your county and speak for you
ticket? Why did you call on me, who's
Republicanism you question:
When was fighting the battle agains
a man who was likely to be the Demo
cratic candidate for President, and fight
ing practically alone, the Republican Stat
Committee was absolutely inactive ant
was sending out official statements, which
can quote if you want them, to the effec
that the State organization could take nj
part In the campaign. Is that what yol
call stalwart Republicanism and Is tina
the kind of Republicanism you advocate
the kind that runs away in a decisiv
battle2
If the Democracy had been decisively
beaten In this state last fall-and it coult
have been If your stalwart Republican,
had assisted me in the fight-there would
have been no possibility of Democratic
candidate for President In this state, ant
the fight this fall would not have been 81
desperate.
The trouble, Mr.. Editor, with you
party is In the party management tina
denounces, as your editorial does thos,
who differ with them as ''soreheads ant
suffragettes." The trouble with the Repub
lican party is that its management ha
been inactive and Indifferent, until tn,
rank and file have become disheartene(
and disorganiZed.
l have Insisted for some time, respect
fully of course, that the Republican part,
was entitled to a leadership that would
fight, and am now preparing a series o
speeches which ! propose at once to star
to deliver, in which l shall claim, and
think shall prove, that one of our diff
lculties Is the lack of wise leadership oil
the part not of one but of several gentle
men In this state whose cause you con
sistently and persistentlY espouse
If you feel that my views In this respec
are not accurate, l shall be glad to NEE
you in discussion anywhere upon tn,
stump where you can have ample oppor
tunity to defend Republican Leadership
that think has brought disaster upon thu
party, and where | shall have an opportu
nifty to try and convince you of the erro
of some of your assumptions and opeI
your eyes to the glory of new day.
Very sincerely yours,
| E. c. STOKEs