The Springfield herald., 1912-09-20

emma, mas taken the lead in the move
ment for world peace, and has devel.
oped trade and commerce to a point
beyond the dream of the founders OF
the republic. In word he will find
that the nation has tlourished under
the Republican banner as no nation
ever tiourished before on the face o.
the earth.
Democratic History.
On the other hand. what will the
first voter find in the history of the
Democratic party? He will learn that
it was founded by jefferson as pro.
test to the policy of Washington,
whom he disliked. Founded on the
idea of resentment, resistance, mega.
tioon, subversion and an academic and
false conception of personal privilege,
the party has quite naturally been
against all sane measures directed to.
ward the healthy progress of the
country and the real advancement OF
its people, being party of opposition
and of obstruction, its policy has been
to preach calamity and foster discon
tent; to promise everything and actual
ly do nothing.
Republican Party viii Live.
Let not the first voter be deceived
by the noise and red fire of thirt
party. 1t is nothing new, this violent
outcry against Republican leaders and
Republican measures on the part of
erstwhile Republicans. smarting un.
der the sting of political disappoint-
ment or the whip of foiled ambition.
1t does not take a very long memory
to recall the Liberal Republican bolt
of Horace Greeley in 1872. and the
factions of the party during the early
90's which resulted in the Farmers
Alliance, Greenback and Populist par
ties. The bolt of the silver Republic
ans in 1896 is still more recent his
tory.
The life of the Republican party is
not threatened by the blind ambition,
the folly and madness of men whom it
has once honored. Their loud cries
only emphasize their sense of loss in
being outside the fold. Governments
have learned that history repeats it
self, and just as surely as it does, just
so surely will the Republican party
continue on its predestined course. 1t
people, administering Justice, and
keeping wide the door of hope to all
American citizens. when it's present
traducers are buried in oblivion.
Appeals to First Voters.
And as it is thus destined to live
because the great work to which it is
dedicated has not been accomplished,
.
the splendid record of its past, but the
glorious promise of it's future. To
ignore its claim upon patriotism and
good judgment is to eat the fruit of
the Dead sea. The young man who,
under the misleading Influences which
surround him, idehtities himself with
an organization inspired only by sell
tishness and defeated ambition, sim
ply wastes his time, his energy. and
his talents. He starts upon a road
which leads nowhere. By following
its indefinite course he cannot hope to
be factor in national government
or contribute to the Improvement of
the welfare of his fellow-men He
will simply repeat the experience of
those misguided ones who have gone
down with empty hands into the po-
litical oblivion which envelops the
parties they once espoused
These are the reasons why the
first voters should support President
Taft and the Republican party BY so
doing they will assist in maintain.
ing constitutional government and
will assure the permanence of
prosperity. Any other course means
the frittering away of magnificent
opportunity.