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liam. tE. :sBorah of Idaho thinks those
who saw disruption Of the republi.
can party in its failure last Novem
Der to carry more than two states
misread the signs. Analysing the
wreck recently at the Lincoln Da,
dinner of the republican club of New
York, Mr.. B0rah characterized the
process within. tho party as evoiu
ton, not dissolution.
The subject Of Senator Boral's I'D.
dress was "The Republican Party
and at the outset he made it clear
that he spoke for those who think
this name an asset not to be surren'
dered, but one under which the v0t
ers, in q grim aud conclusive way,
have shown that the organization OF
a party at all times must be the SER
want, not the master. The terrible
wreck las: fall. he said, proved that
political parties, regardless Of their
traditions and past achievements,
; must be- kept and conducted on a high
plane, and held in touch with the
demands and needs of the hour"
The revival Of party strength and
the resuscitations of party power that
Mr.. Borah professed to see in the
more recent election In Michigan,
Maine, New jersey, Maryland and
other states, where he said third
party voters had returned to the re
publican ranks, were attributed not
to organization OF, leadership, but to
the fact that chose who had dared
to tear down had dared to rebuild,
and to do so upon broad lines and in
harmony with the true historic bent
sof the organization, with past achieve.
ments and future obligations,
/ ."Thete is. no installing what all
this means, 1t means that the vOt-
ers of the party are too Independent
to condone what they conceive to be
o. mistake or q wrong, and too wise
to abandon permanently the name,
the traditions, the prestige and honor
that they and their f~orebears. have
established and built up through 50
years OF relentless political warfare.
1T means that, no man or class of
men can turn the Republican party
from its true course and drag it
down from its exalt9 II station among
the great political factors of modern
times. and itE:means, moreover: that
no man. or class OF men can wreck
or destroy It. II every assumed
leader and every committeeman of
the party from ocean shore to- ocean
shore should resign toni:,2: and an
nOunce that the hour. OF, dissolution
was at. hand, before the sun had set
upon another day the rank and: file
would seize the banner where it fell
and straightway entrust it to loyal
hands," a.,
Mr.. Borall contended that all those.
VINO sought honor and place at the
hands. of the last convention of the
party in Chicago would ;lave been
glad to have utilized the party as a
party had the, results been satisfac-
tory and that those who afterward
left the party had expressed no doubt
OF the wisdom Of its established poll.
cies, o.. the integrity and purpose
and progressive bent Of its member
ship. or Is to the efficiency of the
party as an, instrument for progress
sive legislation and administration.
J :. t'The fact that thay we're there
seeking honors at its disposal proved
conclusively that they were in &C.
cord with its principle, had faith in
its policies. and relied upon !. as an
fundamentally of progressive ad.
vancement," said MIR. Borah. ITO
suppose otherwise would be to charge
them with duplicity and i%nsincerity,
q charge which 1 would be the last
to make,
Mr. Borah said he had been one Of
those VINO entertained the opinion,
after. the Chicago convention, that
''the majority OF the voters were one
way and the organization another"
Sincere men differed, he said, as to
the policy best to pursue.
1T seemed to some," said Mr..
Borah, that it was wiser to get out
ami f1phf from the outaido II