American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-07-10
VOICES A STRONG
PLEA FOR UNITY
Good Advice From the Lips of For
mer Vice President, Charles
w. Fairbanks.

Charles Warren Fairbanks, form
er vice president Of the United
States, reached Boise yesterday and
at the Owyhee hotel last night adj
dressed Governor Haines and a
group of 20 other prominent party
leaders OF Idaho at an informal
meeting pleading for a reunion of
the Republican party in Idaho and
the regeneration Of the organization
in keeping with the old established
principles of the party.
To a Statesman reporter after the
conference, the former vice presiden
confided his hopes for the Republi-
can party.
"Pefore / say anything at all
about politics. he said, 'let me
congratulate Idaho and her people
on the magnificent advancement
which this state has made. l have
been passing through your state on
different occasions for a number of
years and the wonderful develop
ment apparent on every hand is
s'mply amazing to a man from the
east"
To the Republicans of the state
at the informal meeting, Mr.. Fair
banks urged a healing Of the split
which came with the Bull Moose
movement a year ago. He sought
to show to those at the conference
that with democracy triumphant as
at the present, nothing can be
gained by a division in the ranks
and pleaded for party harmony
showing an unexpected familiarity
with Idaho politics.
Speaking of political conditions
with particular relation to Idaho,
Mr.. Fairbanks said:
Il have hoped that there would
be an end Of party controversy for
the present; time is a great healer
and does much to compose diff
ferences among friends. There is
less acrimony this year than last,
and it will be less next year than
IL is now. Whenever elections have
been held the drift has been de-
cidely towards the Republican
party; and in the larger elections
to come next year this will be en-
~phasized undoubtedly by increased
Republican gains.
Circumstances which unfortun-
ately led to party division a year
ago no longer exist. The Demo-
cratic party is in full power and it
Fan be o%verthrown only by the
united effort Of the great body OF
those who believe in the soundness
OF efficiency of Republican princi-
pies. Republicans, that is to say
those who believe in the political
doctrines of the Republican party,
are largely in the majority through
out the country. l have no doubt
whatever that the logis of events
will bring them into cooperation
again. This much to be desired
result cannot be accomplished by
coercion of any sort; il ust come
about naturally by the exercise of
a spirit OF tolerance and patience;
old scores should be forgotten; as
President Mckinley happily put 1t
1t doesn't do to keep books in
politics, A year ago many harsh
things we're said and undoubtedly
too many ungenerous things were
done-things which would not be
either said or done again. What
would it profit 20 recall themf No
well-wisher of his party or the
country will endeavor to rekindle
the dead embers OF old differences.
mo prospective spirit should be
kept alive. No matter how differ
emily good Republicans saw their
duty a year ago-tbat doesn't mat
ter now. The test OF Republicanism
today is ones loyalty to Republi-
principles now. II loyal TO them
there should be no difficulty. ex-
cept false pride. in coming together
again In a common cause. There Is