Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-19

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Senator Root pointed out h need
of organized parties to run the gov
srnment; he cited the leading features
NJ the administration, n SAID II was
entttled to a vote of confidence, anu
ha asserted that all of MI. Iarts
,edoas had been kept in full. Reit-
sration of the party's tariff policy en-
sarcarant of the antitrust laws anu
aangers Of the recall of judges were
other points made.
lows:
acantlemen of the Convention:
"Believe that l appreciate TINS ca
nrassion of confidence. WISH L "eie
s,ore competent for the service you
require of me. i, Tho
.aThe struggle for leadership IN the
party, which has SO ions
.rgrossed the attention ana eAci'eu
the feelings of it's members, is apou'
" he determined by the selection OIL d
oandidate. The varying claims OIL
an,nion for recognition in the political
rreed of the party are about TO De SCI
fled by the adoption of a platform
..The supreme council OF the party
:, This great national
ranresenting every State II 'eii
,orv In due proportion, according TO
rules long since established, is apoue
n anneal to the American people ioi
continuance of the power OF gov
eminent which the party mas eNer-
c,sad with but brief Interruptions Tor
more than half a century, anu 'na
anpeal is to be based upon the souhu,
ness of the principles approved AM
,ba oualities of the candidates select
ed by the convention.
Performance of Duty.
"In the performance of this outy
nv the convention and in the accept
ance of it's conclusions by Repup-
rcsns is to be applied the ever
recurring test of a party's ntness 10
Govern ITS conference n Its lorna
five and controlling power Of organi-
zation. And these depend upon the
Willingness of the members OF .he
marty to subordinate their varying
Individual opinions and postpone the
matters of difference between them
An order that they may act in unison
unon the great questions wherein
they agree; upon their
and capacity to thrust aside the ais
appointment which some or them
must always feel in falling to secure
success of the candidates of their
preference; upon the loyalty of party
members to the party itself. to the
great organization whose agency In
government they believe to be for the
best interests of the nation, and for
whose continuance In power their
love of country constrains them to
labor.
"Without these things there can be
no party worthy of the name. With
out them party association is a rope
of sand. party organization is an in
effective form, party responsibility
disappears and with 1t disappears the
right to public confidence.
Must Have Organized Parties.
without organized parties, having
these qualities Of conference and 10y
atty, free popular government be-
comes a confused and continual con-
nict between a vast multitude of In
dividual opinions, individual interests,
Individual attractions and repulsions,
from which effective government can
emerge only by answering to the uni
versal law of necessary organization
and again forming parties.
Throughout u party's history in
each presidential election we have
gone to the American people with the
confident and just assertion that the
Republican party Is not a mere for
tuitous collection OF individuals. but
is a coherent and living force as an
organization. 1t is effective, respon-
sible, worthy of confidence, competent
to govern. The traditions of it's great
struggles for liberty, for the suprem-