Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-10-09


lar sentiment and will become an
arena of Mexicanized mnorities. 1t
viii lose its force unless it expresses
I the will of the majority and to do that
1t mnst be supplemented by some pref
! erential system of voting to determine
the majority
/ The people themselves must take the
| Initiative and ask the candidates to
serve instead of the candidates being
compelled to solicit the people for sup
| port. Public life is service. not an
arena where candidates should strug-
! gle like gladators of old for the amuse-
ment of the populace, not field Of
| sport for the playing of a political
game. but field for service
Voters Demand Clean Government.
! look forward to the not distant day
when candidates will not be compelled
| to proclaim their virtues and urge their
! claims. but. like Cincinnatus at the
| plow. will answer the call of their
| countrymen-to public duty and to pub
! lie service. When self seeking is ban
ished from political life and when
statesman will succeed the politician.
| The voters of New Jersey demand
clean and efficient government There
! Is strong impression that they want
! a general housekeeping They have
right to ask which party offers the
best means to that end
The third party cannot possibly win.
1t can destroy, but it cannot win. 1t
| will therefore not be in position to
work out reforms. From that party
the voters can hope for nothing. It's
advocates urge that they are working
J five or ten years in advance. In this
dreamy ideal they mistake the object
| of political organization. A party is
! for service and for prompt service, and
a party that cannot pay dividends to
| the people in the way Of service for
! Eve or ten years is of little use to the
cause of humanity or reform, for
| party that cannot succeed under five or
| ten years will not last five or ten years
| to succeed. The party that is COM
! PEELED to wait five or ten years to be
| in position to take action on the sub
] ject of "high prices" for example,
would hardly measure up to the pres
| ent day needs.
| Two Elements Among Democrats.
| The Democratic party consists of
| two elements-Wilson and real Democ-
racy. They have little in common ex-
/ cept the fact that they use each other
| for campaign purposes. President
| Wilson has been in a continuous fight
| with his party in this state since his
| election as governor He has denounc-
| ed the Democratic party leaders, point
| ed out to the people that some of the
| party candidates were unworthy of
| support and has taken the stump and
| has called special sessions of the leg
| islature to compel the party to fulfill
it's pledges. President Wilson's con-.
troll of the Democracy of New Jersey
is today but fiction. He avoided the
| appearance of defeat by recalling from
| the gubernatofial contest his most
| loyal and devoted friends and left the
| field in the possession of those who
had not fought his battles. The very
men whom he denounced are today a
dominating force in the Democracy of
New Jersey, and the very elements
which he fought and which he char
| acterized as reactionary today control
| the Democratic party of this state and
will dominate the legislature if that
party Is successful. The voters, there
FORE who for years have fought this
Democratic element and who relied,
either upon the Republicans or upon
Wilson to serve their ends, can find no
hope in the success of Democracy.
The Republican party is then the sole
hope of this class of progressive in
dependents who are more interested
| in good government than in party sue
cess 1t Is to us that these men look.
and 1t Is incumbent upon us to rise
supreme to the emergency and show
ourselves worthy of their confidence
| The Republican party does not con-
sist of few leaders who may at times
have blundered. 1t consists of the mil
lions of voters who have from time to
time cast their ballots for its candi-
dates and its policies. 1t has been es-
sentially the progressive party and the
party of constructive legislation. Ev-
cry important progressive movement
In this state and in the nation originat-
ed In the Republican ranks
Jersey Republicans Progressive.
The spirit Of the party is decided by
the declaration Of the majority of its
members. The Republican party in
the state declared so strongly for pro-
gressiye policies in the last presiden-
tial primaries that, despite the infiu-
ence of the organization and of the
party press, it sent solid progressive
delegation to Chicago. This was an
authoritative declaration by the party
that 1t was not reactionary, but pro-
gressive, and an assurance that it was
not necessary to leave the Republican
party in order to be progressive
l have long maintained that mis-
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