Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-22

every great northern city where the
Gomocratic part. is in control, there
! IS powerful political machine COM
posed Of those clements that fight
and war against the better interests
OF the nation and the home. There
is T&.1many Hall in New York. Tom
! IaCTfrt IL Indiana and Roger Sulii-
van IN La nois, who is the democratic
boss OF Chic:~0 and democratic can
didate for United States senator. 1t
is these two elements-the demo-
cratic bosses in the large northern
cities with their corrupt political ma
chine and the reactionary southern
leaders-which are behind the demo-
cratic party and shape and control its
policies.
We are opposed to the republican
party because 1t is reactionary. be-
cause its rank and file are unable to
throw off this standpat leadership,
because nationally it is against ma
tional woman suffrage, the initiative,
referendum and recall, and because
1t stands for special privilege. The
old standpat leaders still control in
New York; in Pennsylvania there is
Penrose with his allied liquor inter-
ests; in Ohio the standpat Harding,
friend of Foraker, is the republican
nominee for United States senator;
in Indiana Henenway, Watson and
the old standpat bunch still control;
in Illinois, the home of Lincoln, we
have the revolving standpat Sherman
as the republican nominee for senator
supported by Joe Cannon and Taft's
old campaign manager, w. B. McKin-
ley; in Kansas there is the standpat-
ter of the standpatters, Charlie Cur
tis. who defeated the progressive-re-
publican, Joe Bristow, for the sena
torial nominations; in California we
have Fredericks, the Southern Pacific
man, for governor, and the standpat
Knowland for the senate. In Oregon
Ralph Williams, the rankest stand
patter of them all, is republican ma
tiOnal committeeman; Withycombe, a
conservative gentleman, who will let
the old assembly, corporation and
standpat crowd run the state If he is
elected governor, is the republican
nominee. Then there is r. A. Booth,
who in the sta'e senate voted against
the primary law and who by tempera
ment and training is for the old or
Arthur. standpatter and machine
man, who is running for congress in
the Portland district. And in our
own district we have w. c. Hawley.
friend and supporter of Joe Cannon,
a congressman who is so absorbed in
getting a few dollars for his district
in the way of appropriations that he
has no time for the larger duties of
helping to obtain social justice and
industrial freedom. With such re-
, publican leadership is it any wonder
that we charge, and can prove our
charge, that the republican party is
d being re-organized as the conservative
or standpat party of the nation, a
: party placing its emphasis on proper
: ty rights rather than on human
rights? Stick to the party of Lin
coin" ! hear some one say. Stick
rather to the principles of Lincoln,
even though his principles of human
rights drive you into a new party.
; Loyalty TO names, whether of man or
party. should never mean disloyaIty
; to principles. AS Abraham Lincoln
, left the old whiS party and founded
the new republican party, so we must
dedicate ourselves to the new party
of the people, by the people, and for
the people.
The progressive party is a nation
wide party, not a sectional party. We
have come from the republican and
democratic parties and from all po-
litical parties bringing with us the
good principles, the good ideas and
the good policies of every party in
order that we may make the progress
, i've party a true party of the people.
The republican party has only a
struggling representation in the south
on account of the prejudices against
lit growing out of the Civil War and
; the reconstruction period. For forty
/ years the republicans have tried to
build up party in the south. but
without success. Why seek to re-
establish the republican party which
would have TO look entirely to the
: north and west for support and politi-
: cal success? Ii is surely unfortunate
; for the country that any party. such
as the republican, must start into
} every national campaign with one
third of the country hopelessly lost
to the opposing party, thus making
IL necessary to carry practically all
the rest or the country In Oruer 10
win the election. Think what hand
leap the republican party is under to
be obliged TO carry practically all the
north and west to win. Think what
premium Is put on a few doubtful
northern states. Think of the money
used to carry these doubtful states of
the north. Think how the convictions
of the rest of the country are sacri
ficed in order that the local interests
lof one or two doubtful northern states
like New York may be satisfied and
their electoral vote won. As the re-
publican party on account of these
old prejudces cannot command fol-
, lowing in the south. II should give
} way to n nationwide party which ap~
peals to the south as well as the
north, to the east as well as the west.
The progressive party starts with
clean slate. without any prejudices
against II in any section of the coun-
try. The progressive party has al
ready commanded a following in the
south ana starts out as a nationwide
party.
Who are our progressive leaders?
Who is leading that battle line in the
great fight for the people? There is