The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Major Harvey, Republican Can-
didate for Senator, Speaks.
PROGRESS AND CONSERVATISM
They Must walk Hand IN Hahl
to Do Real Good.
Waving Flag, Carrying Dyna.
mite, Extremes to Get Votes.

mite, Extremes to Get Votes.
Major A. N. Harvey Of Topeka. rs
publican candidate for United 9tsteo
senator. today gave out the following
statement Of party doctrine that = fun
ths ssss and q, iv.,n dS%
grandstanding and Democratic radi-
calism Of the day:
s..ale The COMMITTEES meetinss Of last
Republican party to win In the COM
ing campaign. There was genuine
harmony: and . generous. earnest dr.
position was manifested among thooo
and men. A determination was ex-
pressed at every meeting to correct
the mistakes Of the present state ad-
ministration by the election OF . Re-
publican governor and to insure pro-
lection to farmers and stock raiDero.
by the election of a Republican COM
gress.
Hodges and Murg1ock to Beat.
IF the signs of the times indicate
anything 1t is pointed out that the
principal struggle OF the coming cam
paign will lie between the Republican
opposed to Victor Murdoch and Cow
ernor Hodges. 1t seems to be the final
decision of the soul-mate, affinity,
statesmen. who are largely respon-
sfble for the organisation OF the Pro-
gressive party to give their support to
these gentlemen. Notwithstanding the
fact that they may be nominated by
different parties. The great newBpa-
per devoted to the new movement In
this part Of the country and. having =
large circulation in Kansas, has al
ready indicated as much. The failure
Of the Progressive party leaders to
nominate candidate for governor -
they have for senator in advance Of
part of this plan.
This alignment tustifies . predic-
ton made some months ago to the
effect that all persons who left the
Republican party because of the un-
fortunate quarrel at Chicago or be-
cause they were attracted by pledges
| demanding humane legislation would
return to the Republican party unle1D
they also believed that our form q
government should he abolished and
of it. ...-
1.-The Republican party. in keeping wttn
most asrS ADVANCED thousht in the interest OF
humanity and win go as far and do ~
the opportunity Of the individual az any
aThe Progressive party has professed
similar program but in addition has In
sisted from the beginning Of its organisa-
tion to the present time that written con-
stitutions should be abolished or ignored,
the Judiciary degraded and the legislative
departments turned into commissions or
Iutionary fI sa w, scheme @ s never was devised BY
such q band of conscientious, earnest. ana
them h ali the %ore *
Gus because 1t IL advocated By such q re-
spectacle constituency. Governor Hodges
ane they All me
port they have will be unyielding and
belief is that the most important duty Of
the Republican party Ii to oppose the
proposition on account Of which these two
gentlemen will be our principal opponents.
Conservation and Progress.
1T is folly for man to boast hat no 10
progressive and still be ashamed 10 admit
that he is also conservative and to insist
cause some of the members are more con-
servative than Others or that some are
changing conditions and circumstances
make new plans and new measures nsces-
to viii nnq bs But
have welded into them conservation Of
the achievements Of tho past The sheet
which the fruits OF service and sacrifice
are preserved generatlca after generation.
Am Not Opposed to Progress.
II emo, am not opposed to progress. either
rights but I thoroughly believe that
our system of independent, coordinate
branches of government should not be de-
stroyed but should be conserved and to
that end / am willing to be called q con-
servative.
illustrative of what I believe in mat
ters of progress I submit the following
quotation from q letter written by one OF
the great men of our revolution OF rf76
toward the close Of his long and useful
life:
:. Some men look at constitutions with
sanctimonious reverence. and deem them
like the ark OF the covenant, too SACRED
to be touched. They ascribe t9 tho men o:
the preceding age a wisdom n0re tnan
human. and suppose what they did to b
beyond amendment. know tha- age
well: belonged to it, and labored with Il.
1t deserved well of its country. 1t was
yer ylike the present, but without the ex-
perience OF the present: and forty years
OF experience in government fs worth =
century Of book-reading; and this they
would say Themselves were they to rise
from the dead. am certain.v not an adj
vocate for frequent and untr:e1 changes
In laws and constitutions. think mod
crate tmperfections had better be horne
with; because. when once known we ac-
commodate ourselves to them. ard find
practical means of correcting their III Of
fects. But know also. that laws and IN
stitutions must go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind. %
| ORDERS 5000 CARS.