The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-24
prejudice or expediency. both val

G9l3 ' az
ueless as guides.
The condition which has arisen Is
d~eplorable from A party standpoint
n presages the triumph of the dem
ocratic party AT the November cleo
ton II something is not done - pre-
vent the widening of the chasrn that
has opened. The practical ~solution
Of the problem would be TO selec. bv
a representative body Of the party a
candidate who would BE- satisfactory
70 bo.h factions. but a republican.
Such things have been lone in the
states ard i. is not Impossible IN the
nation. Governor Glasscock of West
Virginia was elected 70 the position
as Just such a candidate. The plan
saved the republican party from de-
feat al that time.
II mus, be conceded even hv those
VINO ars the staunchest adh=ren.s If
President Taft that leaving CIT the
southern delegates who represented
states which have no practical voic.
II the election ot the republican can
oidate FOR president. 2 majority Of
The convention was for ROOSEVELT:
that n the states in which the rues-
ZION was submitted directly - the
people rs had ar overwhelming ma
tor!ty' 90 the votes; rha- he Vas lam
ons,rated a leadership ths.. whether
right or wrong. as = following thai
stands ready - stand r.. him - the
hitter end. He has with him men
Who have demonstrated their ability
10 win n their respective states. and
in states that ,nus, ~ carried IN or
der - elect a republican president.
Tha leader Is 700 aggressive and the
rupture 700 large 70 ne treated with
indifference BY these who RALLY de-
party.
Those Who point 70 the present con
dit:on as similar 10 that Of 1850 when
the republican party came INFO pow
81 after & brief existence of four
years. forget thai the tina of which
they speak was on IF making rot
breaking Of parties. The chaotic Gle
rlents were seeking 2 magne around
which they could gather. There was
an attraction, not a repu!sion. Now
The isrns that have grown up IN Ii.
las- few years have each become =
centre around which the elements Of
political chaos gather and from which
they refuse 20 be drawn awar. II is
true that in 1850 the democratic par-
- divided into four wings. each
claiming its superiority ard each be-
lisNing in its inherent right as the
real party. But defeat followed that
division. and the republican party
gathered in & part ri the elements Of
several factions hecausA there vera
then but n public question and it
was easy 70 unite with the one side or
the other. Even in this disinteera-ion
nf the democratic party n 1856 there
il no parallel 70 the present condl-
tons. Then il was 6 great over
sh~adowins question Of national ila-
porrance; TOW il is largely a question
Of party expedienor. Then it was d
question Of principles; now il Is 4
question IF msn
Th@ same conditions confront the
democrats as those which confronted
the republicans a week ago. The same
problems of party exp.diencv must
be- met az Baltimore as were met AZ
Chicago. If the democrats dodge the
solution It will he because they are
willing 10 sacrifice principle to ex-
pediencN. precept 20 policy. Should
che baitlfnore convention trim in or
der 10 reap the benefit ot ,he breach
in the republican party. what face
can II have 10 claim -he suffrage of
the people who have. in = measure 1T
least. made the conditions uhich have
ruptured the republican rartyo
So far as the people are concerned.
they are more Interested. especially
so in North Dakota, in perpetuating
the policies hat haze made possible
the high wages and good prices that
have prevailed in ths last few YEAR
than they are in the ambitions of men.
The real merit of the whole contro-
Tersy resolves itself into he prcpo-
sition of whether the republican par
", with IT'S guarantee of prosperity
for the farmer and wage Garner and
business man alike shall be maintain
ed. OF whether an era IF depression.
Of low prices for The farmer, low
wages for the laborer and d~errecia+-
ed business volume for The business
man shall ne inausurated hy. means
Of a ~srnderins Of the bonds that hold
the republican party together and
the consequent putting in power Of
the democratic party.
Y is = time for cool counsel ard
compromise rather than passion and
exultation.