The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-06-05

! nover In surprise and scatter the
.,oy,d with his nerve and speed. And
in government / prefer chauheur
who can turn a corner without skid
ding against the curb and wreckng
the machine. The auto Is a progress
siye machine and a promoter of busi-
moss on funerals-it depends on the
chauffeur.
In n government Of the people ana
by the people there must OF necessity
he political parties to express the
will of the people touching national
policies. It has been 80 from the
beginning and will be so to the end
There have been two great parties,
under varying names, since the gov
ernment was founded, and for more
than 60 years these parties have been
under the names Republican and
Democratic. The Democratic power
is now in full power and nas full re-
sponsibility for legislation. That
marty represents the will OF the peo-
nle by a constitutional majority, and
the change has come without any
| manifestation OF passion or revolu'
tionary protest. We all accept Pres
ident Wilson as our President and
the Democratic congress as our con.
gress to make the laws and admins
ter them. No better evidence could
he presented that the American peo.
pie are capable Of self government
No one wishes the present admins
tration success more than do, for
the success Of the government rep
resents the success Of the people.
That is what we are all striving for;
and we shall all wait with patience
to see whether THE Democratic party
| in carrying out it's policies, can give
greater prosperity more diversified
among the people, greater peace and
happiness, than followed the enact
ment of Republican policies. II they
can succeed in doing this they will
have long life and deserve it. There
| is, however, wise caution In King
Ahab's advice to the King Of Syria:
Let not him that girdeth on his
harness boast himself as he that put
teth 1t Off"
There have been two great ques-
lions on which the American people
have divided, and these two questions
naturally created two great political
parties. These questions were the
extension of slavery into the national
territory and the revenue policy.
Both were fundamental. Other ques'
lions were secondary.
One of these questions has been
settled-at great cost, 1t is true, but
in a way that no one now would have
| changed. The whole country has
developed and prospered under the
new freedom of men that could not
have been under the old system of
slavery. No one has more happily
expressed the advantages of this
! change than did president Harrison
in his inaugural address, when he
said: Mill fires were lighted at the
funeral pile of slavery. The emanci
patton proclamation was heard in the
depths of the earth as well as in the
sky; men were made free and ma
terial things became our better ser
wants"
An Era Of Swift Expansion
NV honored friend, the leader OF
the majority in the House, Mr.. Un
derwood, can testify to the force OF
this expression. l understand that
the great Industrial city where ne
has his home Is the best Illustration
of mill fires lighted at the funera
pile of slavery that can be found II
the country; for the iron ore, coal
and limestone which give life to tha'
city had lain for a hundred years
under a cotton plantation, and tna'
wealth was not brought to the sur
face until the emancipation proclaim
alton was heard in the depths OF thu
earth to make these factors better
servants than had been slavery.
While l rejoice in the new devel
opment and prosperity OF the Soutl
and also OF the East, let me brien!
call attention to the development
which came, with a force never be
fore witnessed anywhere, by reaso'
of the abolition of sfrvile labor, o.
the granting of homesteads for tn
people on the national domain an
under the Republican policy OF pre-
lection. We have some people nov
: who fear the government has bee
too liberal and has wasted Its pull
lie land; but ! can remember whe
the government practically could nc
4 give away lands that are now wort