Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-27
sENAToR sEvERipoE DECLARES
REPUBLICAN PARTY 10 READY
FOR suRiAL.
CAN ONLY Dc SECTIONAL
PARTY IN THE FUTURE
Indiana Statesman Delivers Address at
Banquet Of Iowa Prosrsssivss at Dee
Moinss-Oseiarss Voter Must Either
Be Conservative Or Progressive
Principles Outlined.
'pecia1 to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 27.-"As the repub-
lican party came to save the nation, so
the republican party must now die to
unite the nation"
So declared Albert J. Beveridge at
the banquet of the progressive party
OF Iowa. That was the keynote of a
wonderful oratorical effort on the part
analysed the situation and stated a
everyone to abandon both Of the po-
litical parties.
mo matter how much any man has
loved the republican party he said.
'he must realize that it's work is done.
viii anyone tell us now in all serious
ness that the republican party can ever
be anything else than a sectional party;
and If 1t can never be other than a
sectional party then tell me If 1t is best
or right that sectional party should
be given the authority to conduct the
affairs of the nation? Can any sec
tional party ever direct properly the
affairs Of the nation, especially a party
controlled by the great selfish inter-
ests!
Progressive the Liberal Party.
III we are to have political parties. it
is inevitable that one should be liberal
and constructive, and that the other
shall be conservative and non-con-
structive. The progressive party is al
ready the liberal party of this country.
The republican party can not become
either, because it can not be q national
party. The democratic party Is, by ira
dition and its very genesis, the con-
sentative party. There can not be any
honest peace between progressives and
reactionaries in the democratic party
any more than in the republican party;
nor can democratic reactionaries be-
come progressives by their mere say
ing SO, even by the approval of a presi.
dent.
"Any arrangement for compromise
between these elements can amount to
nothing more than q plot to get office
and that is all that the get-together
proposals amount to after all"
Senator Beveridge recalled the Taft
speech in New York City and his boast
that million Of his followers had
voted for Wilson for president thus. as
he said, Saving the country from
ruin" and he made the assertion that
without question at least million
democrats voted for Roosevelt.
Principles Of Two Parties.
"Can any republican tell what are
republican principles" the senator
asked, "or can any democrat tell what
are democratic principles? The prin-
ciples of the progressive party are the
same from one end of the country to
the other; they are clear cut and well
understood by all the people. We go
back to that basic principle Of the con-
stitution "to promote the general well
fare" The other parties place the
emphasis on the limitations Of the con-
etitution: we place it on the powers Of
the constitution. The progressive party
grasps the mighty and inspiring idea
Of nationhood. The other two parties
cling to the savage individualistic idea
Of the social order:t We believe in the
christian principle that it is the purpose
of government care for all the people.
They put emphass on property; we
place it on humanity. We are for both
above the dollar. They stick to an un-
believe in having the people retain con-
troll Of that representative government.
They say that the national can not
interfere with greed until business be-
comes too large; we say the nation
ought to control big, business so as to
make it serve all the people. We would.
by q national law, d1etroy the crime Of
child labor, and we would assure to
the women toilers wage sufficient for
their keeping and comfort. We apply
our principles to the protection Of the
workmen injured in industry.
Initiative and Recall.
1--WE are for the initiative and refer
endum and recall" heesaid In climax;
"for we believe in giving the people the
last word In all their affairs, for we
have faith In the good sense of the
people and that those who were willing
to sacrifice their blood to save our in
situations are. intelligent enough to
know what those institutions should be.
We are for human liberty-for men and
women alike-and this we are the only
really national party, the only one
standing for humanity as whole"
After the bancmeters had begun to
dispense prepared statement was read
to the banqueters in which 1t was made
clear that in Iowa, Senator CumminS'
efforts1t to secure progressive reorgani-
cation OF the republican party will have
hard shedding.
There was an especially fine audi
IT.