Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-15

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been fairly gathered. fully expressed.
and honestly carried into execution, the
OF the United States would
have reached the highest point that It
ever touched under the civilization Of
this age.
With these truths in our minds, let
US turn q moment to the political his
tory Of 1912.
Fall 70 Third Place.
The first striking fact is that in the
November election more than Ave mil
lions of these republican voters did not
vote for the republican candidate for
president, and the party fell from the
heights Of supremacy to the third place
in the ranks OF political organizations.
1t succeeded in maintaining plural
ity in but two states-vermont and
Utah-with a total Of eight votes in the
electoral college. do not dwell upon
this outcome because there are more
cheerful aspects Of the subjct.
1t must be apparent that tho caucus
Of this revolution are not to be found
In the character Of the men who con-
stituted the rank and file Of the party.
They had the same capacity. the same
intelligence, the same patriotism, the
same aspiration on the day Of the cleo
ton that they had when the Chicago
convention assembled. They were good
good people to be associated with.
good people for constituency, for even
those who have become the severest
critics Of the party now sought their
association and their support. Roose-
Welt wanted to become their candidate
f0 nv ~ no. No.
mated he would have found in them
all the virtues which Illuminated his
seven years Of honorable and success
full leadership as president Of tho
United States. Ny brilliant friend, Mr..
Beveridge, who lately charmed tho
people Of Des Moines with patriotic
and fervent oratory, had faith in the
republican party and in the men who
composed it, for he did his best re Sc
cure for Colonel Roosevelt the nomina-
ton which so many republicans want
ed to confer upon him.
Applies to Progrsssivss Too.
What have said Of these two can be
said of all that group Of honest. pro-
gressive men who followed the fortunes
Of Colonel Roosevelt into the new
party. We must find, therefore. the i'm
mediate causes Of our trouble some-
where else than in a decadence Of the
voters themselves.
AS view the matter, it is not diff
ficult to discover what Is wrong. The
republican party in its organization
has ceased to be representative. The
fundamental idea of government such
as ours, and indeed the government Of
any free people. is fair equality in rep
resentation. We can not hold the re-
publican party together unless IN our
organization one republican in his
primary capacity is as good an another
and as strong and influential as anoth-
er. Any other plan of representation
submerges and overthrows the most
There is no other plan thru which the
rule Of the people can be attained.
Representation Wrong.
beg your attention moment to
some illustrations of the disparity in
the representation in the convention
of last year. In 1908 Iowa cast 275,210
votes for the republican candidate for
president. Mississippi cast 4,363 votes.
In the convention twenty-six men rep
resented these 275.000 republican votes
Of Iowa, while twenty men represented
tn 1000 votes Of Mississippi. In 1908
South Carolina cast 1868 votes for the
republican candidate for president, and
she had in the convention last year
eighteen delegates. Louisiana In 1908
cast 1888 votes and she had twenty
delegates as against our tWenty-six.
Georgia cast 1852 votes-she sent to
the convention twenty-eight delegates,
while with our 275,000 we had the priv
ilege Of sending but twenty-six. Ala
bama with her $4,000 votes had TWEEN
ty-two delegates; Texas with her 65.-
900 votes had thirty-nine delegates.
might pursue this comparison In
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