Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-07
Real Information About Vital Matters
in the American Political World

within the party
The man must DO blind indeed who
cannot see what this viii mean to the
party ana 10 the nation. Chairman
McCombs of the democratic national
committee did not fan to arasY. its sia-
uIncaucc. Ills statement of the other
day that democrats must EXPECT to
face a united opposition in 1916 WAS
intended ass "a warning to big rlrty
The rcorranization Of the rcpIrL
lcau rlrtl. for il win amount Z, tnlt
means that progrrssIye poIfrIa. viii
become republican princ.rI,. inst os
RAPIDLY as majority of rrruII..9r.
can %, convinced of their wisdom.
Practical rrogrossNgs then. viii find
lu the republican party the only u-
'irm,utaliy thr0ugh which they may
hope to achieve the reforms they adj
r""i' Being, us il is. the majority
parity mo- ono can doubt that it win
soon be returned TO power and tho,
It's uaior.toH win determine the poll
clos ~ 'hn government for many years
z" come
10 Us going to be fair field and on
..'"rs Every reform which COL
i'''s'NrIl adNncHied last year can Dee
"I''l'H upon iHe statute books just as
soon as 'uI Roosevelt can convince %
ma l"il'l OF republicans mat they are
"'0'i"'''. con- f'"srNeli KNOWS ihry
+'h"l h' NIlI''h upon the statute
'"'hI certainly not ln the present gon-
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Ihat Is why the American people
are more vitality interested In the
forthcoming meeting OF the republic
an hatl"hal committee ana the con-
Vehioh Whlch II Is expected to caIl
IMAM th'N are win anything which
may be done by the present demo-
cratic congress or democratic admin
lStrdtOn.
Ihere are followers or col Roose-
Neit VINO pelleNe ne VIII not consent
10 take up again ms 1lsht WITHIN the
republican party, put that belef does
not prevail N Washington, where
'here mas peeh opportunity TO study
MS nethous at close range. Ihat ne
is an ldealist. Is true but he Is an
intensely practical one. lie knows
that the history OF reforms has not
been one OF wholesome achievements
but rather OF gains step by step, each
one secured before the next step was
taken. Also' throughout MS lie he
mas fousht Wlth the weapons most
powerfully fashioned to his hand. As
a soldler ne would nave 1ouEht with
an eficient rifle rather than run
away but he would qlckly nave DIS
carded II Tor an ettlclent one When
opportunity offered. The conclusion
Is forced therefore, that organiza-
ton OF the progressive party was a
means to an end, rather than the end
Itself.
But down deeper than these ques-
tions of eXpediency there IS the knoWl-
edge which Col. Roosevelt and every
other enlightened man possesses that
government to be free must be gov
ernment 10y the organized majority
and readiness to submit to the will
Of the majority is the first test Of fit
ness for government And, as
Senator Cummins pointed out In re
cent magazine article, no sane man
thiks the nine millions OF republican |
voters in this county taken as a body, |
are either unwise or unpatriotic OF |
that they could be corrupted.
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