The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-08


r Republican leaders, and by trying e
I steal the other fellows platform. Tha
Is the lesson OF the election in the
Seventh district
me RupuUuyJn Parry wIote a per
io,uy sane ana satisfactory platform
! IN 1905 and nominated upon 1t per
fectly sane and satisfactory candidate
who was elected. There was elected at
the same time and on the same plat
form Il strong worNing majority OF
Republicans in both houses of con
gress But a few of these Republicans
had hardly got their seats warm be-
fore they began "a guerrilla warfare
upon Republican leaders and Republi
can measures. They began to shout
| that the rules OF the Republican house
| of representatives, although they had
not been changed for twenty years,
had suddenly robbed the house of its
power to represent the people. They
declared that the speaker, who had
served three terms with appreciation,
and who for thirty years had been a
trusted Republican leader, had sud
denly become tyrant and a traitor
to the people who must be deposed II
the republic was to endure. They as.
sailed measures known to have been
framed by Republican cabinet mem
bers deliberately drawn in favor of
the interests, and denounced the Re-
publican president as either an ac-
tive party to the betrayal of the peo.
pie or as being so stupid that he
had been hoodwinked by those who
were plotting against the people.
They accused the leading Republicans
OF both house and senate with con.
spring together to write a tariff law
deliberately designed to advance sci.
fish interests rather than promote the
general welfare Then they came
home and dictated platforms that Ell
dorsed dogmas the Republican party
had been fighting for twenty years
and that by implication, II not in set
terms, impeached either the sense OF
sincerity of all previous Republican
declarations.
Nov If these men were right il
Republican leaders and measures de
served all the criticism which they
launched against them, then the Re
publican party ought not to remain
in control of the government. And IL
the men who made these criticisms be
lieved they were warranted; II they
believed, as they declared they did
that not only the practices of the Re
publican party but its principles al
so were utterly wrong and subversive
OF the public good, then as honest
men they should have been first to
leave the party and demand its de,
! feat.
They have not done this, but the
| returns from the seventh make il
clear that good many other men
have done IL. These other men, unlike
those who have mislead them, have
shown consistency and courage. BE,
ing convinced that Republican LEAD
ers have betrayed the people, that Re
publican measures have been con.
ceived in conspiracy and brought
forth in fraud, that Republican prln
ciples are inconsistent with sound
| honest government-in word, be.
lieving to be true all the things which
| they have heard from the insurgent
press and platform. they have follow
ed the logic OF their convictions, and
It has led them out of the party. That
is all there is to IT,
The Republican party cannot win
by discrediting its own measures, by
destroying its own leaders and by i'm.
peaching its own principles. The PEG.
pie pnt that party in power because
they have confidence in 1t; II that
confidence is destroyed they put IL
| out OF power without stopping to con.
slder whether or not IL has been re-
formed II may be possible TO revola.
tionize the Republican party. to dis
credit it's legislation, TO destroy those
who have been its trusted leaders snd
to make It declare for principles which
II has heretofore pronounced vicious
and unsound. But when that is done,
il will not make the least difference
what the party does or processes or
who its leaders are, for II will he so
hopelessly out of power that none OF
these things will be of the slightest
consequence.
1.-THE Republican, candidate in the
Seventh fell into the error of believ-
ing he could discredit the Republican
marty and set he elected. az A R4pub..