The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

around any great moral or economic
issue. "A new party must have great
issue, national in scope and paramount
in Importance. A group of issues will
not do. The more issues the more DIS
sension. 1t is far better to have one
and only one, and that must be a
great ISSUE
n Paul ConweH on Kansas.
Paul S. Conwell, of Kansas City, ia
vorite son at the Kansas Day banquet
this year, is not alone a real orator.
He has the faculty Of mixing sentiment
with thought and his speech last nlght
will probably stand as one OF the most
impressive responses to the toast Oh
honor, kansas" since the organlza-
ton of the Kansas Day club. Tripping
gently over Kansas sentiment and
Kansas history and Kansas sorrows
and Kansas joys, Conweli said in part:
"Fifty-two long years have come ana
gone since statehood was born amid
the turmoil Of the great rebellion. The
history of those eventful years is a
narration of wonderful industrial de-
velopment. bitter political strife and
angelic peace.
Men of Kansas have ever been men
of action. Through their political
ideas have often been wrong and open
to harsh criticism, the dear old state
has never been found wanting, for
though she be ruled and dominated by
the most evil Of political montebanks,
her treasures hidden beneath the sun
kissed and wind-cursed prairies, never
fail to arrest the admiration Of the
world.
''Ad astra per aspera never meant
more than it means tonight. Through
difficulties she has encountered, KAN
sas has always looked the Republican
party for her strength. And that great
from the carnage of defeat to the
jewel-bedecked traff1c-way of pros
perity. AS the old crowd has nobly
won the battles Of the past, 50 the
young crowd will win the glories of
the future. without your counsel, we
may err; without young blood, you
may perish in the conflict Together
we will battle; and together we will
enjoy the fruits of victory.
"Our party, great. grand and noble
as it is. has always been the agency
of progress. It promises, and it de-
livers. Today, we may feel detected.
but tomorrow the wounds will heal
and be forgotten. In the cycle of time,
dark days must come, to men as to
nations, and the most dreary hour Of
all gives way to the brilliant dawn.
Those of our brothers who have wan
dered from the fold will return, and the
fatted calf will be ready. The kin
folk and the forgiving father will well
come them with open arms. The re-
turn may be slow, but it will be sure,
for once Republican, always a Re
publican"
Congressman Diekema-The Future.
Congressman D. G. D1ekema of Holland,
lican Party" Before concluding his
speech, in which he declared that the Pro.
together, the visiting orator from Michi-
gan related a few of the incidents which
led up to the defeat of the Republican
party in the nation last fall.
Nv were defeated because Wa wara
divided, and because house divided
against itself cannot stand" said Die
I'VE were divided because through the
influence of the press and the magazines,
with their peculiar and individual griev-
anceS, many of were led to believe
that President Taft had become a re-
dictionary; that he was aristocrat and
pie that he had Joined forces with the
money power and the great interests; had
sacrificed the interests of the farmers
and the protective principle as far as
they were concerned in his proposed reci-
procity treaty with Canada; had turned a
cold shoulder to the more progressive e IL.
nomination at the Chicago convention
and was at heart opposed to the rule o.
I'VE were defeated because the most
popular man within the party and in tie
country since the days Of Abraham Lin
tician, in whose word we had always
placed implicit confidence. boldly ma lie
these assertions and led the revolt IN per-
son, supported by brilliant men and by
almost unlimited campaign funds.
What o fthe Future?
Fortunately as the smoke of battle has
rolled away, We begin to fully realize
that It was family feud and that we
We can now also see clearly that tie
victory of Roosevelt over Taft was
personal one. for while the former car
ried more states and secured greater
popular vote, his party suffered defeat In
almost every state. Where are the Pro-
gressive partys United States senators:
There is but one and he is hold-over.
Where are their congressman, their gov
errors. their majorities in state legls-
IatureS. their state and county officers. Tue
Progressive victory looks like an inverted
pyramid, largest at the top and running
to a point below The Republican organ
izations are intact in almost every Re
publican state. No enduring party struc-
ture can be built upon the shoulders of a
must rest upon the granite rock of sound
principles. Though suffering from tenn
porary defeat, we have these principles
are greater than passion and prejudice.
must triumph again.
chords of memory stretching from Lin
coin to Taft through Grant. Hayes, Gar
field. Arthur, Harrison. Mckinley and
Roosevelt will yet swell the chorus of
Republicans over all the broad land
when touched again as surely they Will
be by the better angels of our nature
The country needs the services of re-
united Republican party The world
needs country's services for the
spread of peace and liberty. Our light
now shines about the globe. We must
keep it clear, bright and steady. Our
flag now floats in every Chine. we must
keen it stainless Our institutions are be-
coming the worlds models Even far
away China points to her nberato- IS
the George Washington of China We
must keep them pure and strong. Our
opportunity for the spreading of light and
liberty law and order, justice. equality,
morality and religion is unparalleled. We
must be true to our divine mission.
BISHOP MOORE WRITES LETTERS