The Idaho Republican., 1914-06-05

It into moral bankruptcy. Inc IoTm-
er will be controlled directly in spite
of their wishes by the incalculable
power of an aroused puDiic opinion
and the latter will be kindly remem-
bered. But the great work when
once the party conscience is aroused
will go on so long as the principle
and policies of party are vital to
the welfare of the people. And so
sir, notwithstanding the crisis of
those years, the great body of the
voters arose and gave the party that
renewed lease of power and prestige
which have written into history those
years of constructive legislation sec
ond only to one other period in the
history of the republic.
Sound Principles
Mr.. Chairman, the voters of the re-
publican party, the business men, the
farmers and laborers who constitute
it's strength, are the political sons and
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of civil heroes who met under the
oaks, who hung on Lincoln's words
at Bloomington, Freeport and Cooper
Union, who greeted William H.
Seward in his great tour in the north
west when he spoke here in this
same beautiful city fifty-four years
ago, who lifted the party to power in
the first instance and who have sus-
tanned it in it's great work and
achievements ever since. United
these sons and daughters like their
forebears constitute a most powerful
and invincible force for good and
efficient government. Broken and dis
severed, every principle against which
we have contended for fifty years
prevails. United, nothing can or ever
has defeated them-they have suf-
fered defeat at no time save through
internal dissension. Their policies
and their principles have been re-
jected by fair vote of the American
people. Why? Well, to start with,
they believed in our form of govern
ment. They believe that America
should have her own industrial sys-
tenn and her own plan of free gov
: ernment. They believe that under
our own industrial system we should
do our own work, employ our own
laborers, feed our own people, estab-
lish our own standard of citizenship.
They believe we should control our
own commerce for our own benefit
and own and run our own canals.
They believe we should protect our
citizens at home and abroad without
Difference to or dependence upon any
body else. They believe we should
have our own foreign policy which
: shall be an American policy, attend
to our own people. They do not
believe in this modern, attenuated,
highly capitalized cosmopolitanism
which apologies for everything that
is American and feels humiliated
when charged with that crime before
the nations of the earth. They do
: not believe in apologizing for our
: own theories of right and wrong nor
: that we should wait upon other
= nations to advise us what we shall do
, next They believe that the most
/ powerful factor for the worlds peace
is a republic, self contained, strong
: and happy at home, self reliant and
determined, able and willing to pro-
3 tect it's citizens wherever found,
2 anxious not to interfere with other
C nations affairs and determined that
C no other nation shall interfere with
Y ours. They believe in domestic pol
v icy and a foreign policy, an industrial
l system all of which derive their in
2 spiration from the intelligence, the
: sense of honor and the aspirations of
2 our own citizenship, and that instead
t of measuring our duties and response
bilities by other standards we shall
: measure them by our own and let
/ the other nations of the earth ac-
j, cede or reject as they choose.
= Coming Back
= Mr.. Chairman, the republican
I party is coming back into power.
i The proof of it is on every hand.
e The trend is unmistakable. I said a
4 year ago that the amalgamation which
/ would take place would be an ANAL
f gamation of the voters, not the as
s sumed leaders. l said furthermore
r that that was the only amalgamation
h that was worth while. The men who
voted the third party to the number
y of four million for reasons entirely
: satisfactory to them can neither be
t questioned as to their integrity OF
g purpose or their patriotism. But that
j it was a protest and not manifesto
e tion of purpose to permanently leave
L the party is now established by facts
s and figures which cannot be doubted
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