The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-26
BORAH THE SEER

est and trueSt vision. Senator bOran
In his speech before the Republican
Club OF New York in celebration OF
the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
has thrown upon the national canvas
a picture Of the renewed Republican
party that is worthy of the ideals of
Lincoln and that challenges the zeal
of every true lover of liberty and
promoter of political ideals.
The keynote of the speech was re-
plete with interest. 1t was the adop-
ton of a platform that should not
repr sent compromise and no har
mony not based upon common con
viction. The Republicans of the coun-
try will rise to the proposition to
decry any temporizign and spirit of
adjustment that must arise from d
platform brought by somebody into
the convention perfumed like an
Egyptian mummy and not the prod
uct of the virile and passionate senti
ments of the body of the Republican
voters. 1t is not hard to read into
this declaration a reputation in ad-
vance of any proposition thai might
be made by the Progi essive Repub-
icans that would call upon the Re
publican voters are or are not pro-
mighty and impulsive policies for the
welfare Of the people and designed to
conserve the ends of true progressive
ness In order to make way for vague
and theoretical congratulations. Sena-
tor Borah asks only one thing and
that Is to be shown whether the Re-
publican votres are or are not pro-
gressive In the sound sense of the
term. and. If they are, mo mere
question of party organization shall
be permitted to stand in the way or
to dive me out of the party"
As to the matter of party organiza-
ton, the brilliant speaker pointed out
the uselesnees Of such schism as
that at the Chicago convention; cit
ing the fact that as lamentable con-
ditions-due to the power of the
Southern RepubMcans-had existed In
previous conventions. He does not
conceded that party organization con-
stitutes sufficient cause for the dis
ruption Of the party, while princi
pies, burning and vital, await adop-
ton by the party. Now, however.
the things complained of at Chicago
have been corrected and the repre-
sentation of the South will be re-
duced to the minimum, not as pun
ishment to that section, but because
that section itself realizes the injus-
tice that has prevailed In the power
exercised by the section where Re-
publicanims was weakest.
Nor can there longer be contests,
as certification by the state primaries
will seat delegates bearing these Gre
dentials. without possibility of his
claim being called into question by
the convention thus will be insti-
tuted what in effect will be a ma
tional primary. With these reforms
in effect the only subject before the
convention of vital nature will be the
adoption of the platform; and this
Senator Borah declares, will be born
out from the convention discussions
and not be a platitudious set of
principles written far in advance of
the conventions meeting. 1.-THE next
Republican National Convention will
be in the hands and under the con-
troll of the voters of the party"
Nothing is more significant OF the
transitory nature of the break in the
party or indicative of the fact that
the voters have returned to their al
legiance than the veer of Michigan,
New Jersey, Maryland, Iowa and
other states where elections have been
held, back to the Republican party.
Already the Democrats see the hand
writing upon the wall and are fear
full that they will go down in the fall
congressional elections. The chair
man of the dominant party has seen
the signs and declared that the real
adversary of his party in the next
campaign would be no other than the
Republican party.
The party of Lincoln is fast re-
covering from the detection and
union and accord are bringing to il
strength superior to what 1t had be
fore the split. With the position OF
the party well defined upon the great
issues Of the times. there will be and
can be no competition with 1t in the
field of its aggression. The speech
of Senator Borah will be regarded
as an epochmaking one in the history
of a great party.
The Kooskia Mountaineer hits II
off about right when 1t asserts that