The Detroit times., 1914-05-26

hNAh men dh ftdIilooll-IS44I=I AAs-A
and William Mckinley and that class
OF men whose craftsmanship was
made all the more excellent In the
eyes OF Christian nation because OF
their eXacted and spotless moral
strength end grandeur.
Furthermore. the Republican par
~ In 1897. after we had had the ex-
perience which came as a result OF
that split took three million laboring
men, quote the figures OF Samuel
Campers. the veteran president of the
american Federation OF IaDor-on
OF the highway. honest men anxious
TO work and unable TO find Il, and put
them back at their Jobs, and made
their homes, where there had been
want an misery and parched and fad
ed lips begging for the food which
was not to be had. again the scenes OF
.cOntentment and schoolbooks and
music and family life. Since that
time the foreign and domestic trade
.of this country has increased beyond
.auyfiing paralleled in the history OF
the world
Says Party Is Coming Back,
Mr.. Chairman. the Republican par
.y L. coming back into power The
proof OF II is on every hand. The
trend is NJ mistakable. | said a year
ago that the amalgamation which
would take place would be an ANAL
Eamation OF the voters, not the as
suned leaders. | said furthermore
that that was the only amalgamation
that was worth while. The men who
voted the third party ticket 70 the
number OF four million, for reasons
entirely satisfactory 10 them, can
neither be questioned as TO their in
teerity o. purpose or their patriotism.
hut that II was protest. and not a
manifestation OF purpose 10 perman.
emily leave the party, is now estab-
lished by facts and figures which can
not be doubted. ! think II worth while
10 call Your attention TO some Of those
figures.
In the New Jersey state election
last year 10000 Republicans who
voted thy third party ticket returned
and voted the Republican ticket. In
1912 I'm Multnomah county, Oregon,
the Democrats cast 1884 votes, the
third party 1883 and the Republi.
can 9,212. Since that time they have
adopted woman suffrage, which you
ought to do in Michigan. The regis.
tration in that county 5ust closed
shows Republican, 47,707; Democrats,
1907; third party or Progressive.
1903. In California in the campaign
of 1912, Taft received 1914: Roose-
welt, 2S2,6l0; Wilson, 283 .4S6 The
iafes' registration shows as follows:
Republicans, 236,769: Democrats. 1877.
3S3; third party. 127,7S5. In the
seventh district OF New Jersey, where
they held an election a few days ago.
the Republican candidate received
lo,t2O votes. Democrats, $3.50 third
party. $40. In Omaha. the latest reg
lstratlon shows Republicans, S.679:
Democrats. 1892: third party 343, as
against G.062 In 1912. The election In
Maryland last year, the mayoralty
election IN st. Louis, the compression.
al election in the state OF Maine and
registration in other states disclose
the same unmistakable tendency
These figures reveal the fact that the
Renuhiicans feel safer when they are
united
To Make Party Progressive.
Now m view OF this pronounced
aad unmlstakable purpose OF those
Who voted the third party ticket TO
ally thense Ives with the Republican
party, in view OF their determination
TO support its principles and it's pol
iciec. what is the task before us? II
is unquestionably TO make our party
equal TO the tremendous problems
which now concern us. It's TO build
Up in ibis country. out OF the tradi.
I chs, the achievements and prestige
% the past the duties and obligations
or the present and the hopes and
aspirations OF the future, an organ.
lzation efficient, militant and progress.
sNe-w worthy OF its old days and
equal To the obligations which now
rest upon us. II Is our duty, In other
words, in unmistakable terms to
make IL clear that the Republican
party IS TO be as IL was in its best
days, thoroughly progressive party.
I'VE ought not TO assume for a mo-
nent or concede for moment that
because the party bids fair 10 go back
into power, there is going to be any
with the forces which
brought il near its ruin. There Is I'm
this country a powerful influence for
the bad In politics and II will take
possession OF any party in the world
II II can which is enjoying power.
This kind OF influence does not fight
a party In the open. il holds itself In
readiness TO direct the course OF any
party which happens TO be in power.
With such influences there can be no
compromise II we are to have a party
Whi,ii is going to meet and solve the
great problems which a new indus
trial life and a new social condition
have imposed upon us.
Some Defend MONOPOLY.
"On the one hand. we have those
who defend monopoly, those who have
grown up with II and are ENJOYING it's
e torted comforts They say. we
Will erect some kind of bureau or
tribunal and we will dole out TO labor
and those who do not enjoy our own
whatever seems right and
PROF er. The heartless irony OF this
scheme has been recorded time and
tire again in the experiences OF the
past. The result has always been in
The end TO establish two classes OF
citizens. The property and govern.
ment class living I'm luxury and ease
the other class circumscribed and tied
down by the iron bands OF necessity.
at the other and opposite end
from the monopolists are those who
disbelieve In our government who
disbelievc In our whole industrial sys-
ten, who disbelieve the basis upon
which modern civilization has been