Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-02-11

Ol the RepuDllcan party, upon plat
form declaring the Republican prin-
ciples. That year the voters OF the
country, by the largest majority ever
given in a national election, declared
in favor of those principles of gov
eminent set forth in the Republican
platform. AS president, during the
next four years, he exerted all his
great power, force and ability to carry
out the pledges of the Republican
party as set forth in the Republican
platform, and it is generally admitted
that he succeeded admirably, and the
country prospered. Four years later,
1t is generally conceded that IL Col
Roosevelt did not actually write the
platform upon which Mr.. Taft was
nominated and elected, he completely
dominated those who did write 1t, as
we'll as the national convention which
adopted it. Has the Republican party
OF to-day dropped from its articles OF
political faith anything of vital con-
sequence since 1904 and 1908? II the
principles OF the party were correct
in 1904. and 1908, they were correct
in 1912. and they were still cor
rect and vital in this year OF grace,
1914. In all their essentials they are
the same. 1t must be admitted by
every one that that Republican plat
form OF 1912 was the most liberal and
progressive ever written by a Repub-
lican national convention, since the
party has had an existence. and was
not materially different from the one
adopted by the Progressive party, save
that in the latter were embraced some
OF the minor heresies OF the Bryan
wing or the Democratic party, that
would seem more at home in a plat
form adopted by a Socialist or Pop
ulist convention than one adopted by
men who had followed the party of
Lincoln, Grant and Blaine; but the
men who followed Col. Roosevelt in
the late election did 1t, not because
OF the difference in the two platforms.
but in spite of them.
The split in the Chicago convention
was brought about, not over any diff
ference in political creeds or political
principles, but over the methods used
in naming a candidate, and that is no
longer an issue. That issue was for
ever settled on the election day in No
vember, 1912, when Mr.. Taft and Col.
Roosevelt both went down in defeat.
Now 1t belongs to the dead past" but
the vital principles of government for
WHICH the Republican party stands
and has stood for more than half a
century, the principles which Col.
ROnGpUnlf m oil n Il 4
president, has endorsed, are not dead.
They can not and will not die. They
may suffer defeat, but they will not
perish. True principles are eternal,
imperishable, immortal.
The Progressive party believes in
the principles of protective tariff; so
does the Republican party. The Pro-
gressive party believes in a sound,
safe and sane currency; so does the
the same principle? The Republican
party in its national platform, in 1912,
declared its belief in ''self-controlled
representative democracy, which is a
government Of laws and not Of men. "
Doesn't the Progressive party endorse
thes anne principle? The Republican
party, in 1912, declared in favor OF
all new questions which social. eco
nomic and political Development have
brought, into the forefront of the ma
tons interest. Does the Progressive
party occupy more advanced posi-
ton than this?
The Republican party has declared
that 1t will strive, not only in the
nation, but in the several states. To
enact the necessary legislation to safe.
guard the public health, to limit effec.
lively the labor of women and chill
dren, to protect wage-earners engaged
in dangerous occupations, to enact
comprehensive and generous work
mems compensation laws, and in all
possible ways TO satisfy the Just de-
mands OF the people for the study and
solution OF the complex and constant
ly changing problems OF social well
fare. Does the Progressive party offer
anything more liberal or comprehen-
sive? Can it do so in good faith?
The Republican party is opposed to
monopoly and has enacted stringent
laws against 1t and has enforced these
laws. II fayors civil service reform. Il
vas the originator of our conservative
policy. Does the Progressive party
oppose any Of these policies OF prin-
| ciples? Certainly not The principles
of the two parties are the same. Then
why keep up two party organizations.
except in the interest of the Demo
cratic party?
In the second place am opposed
TO keeping up the organization OF the
Progressive party, because II can not
and will not supplant the Repub.
lican organization. II has no vital
principle. and advances no live issue
outside Of those OF the Republican
party, upon which II can survive.
In every state and congressional cleo.
ton in this countrv sfuce 1910 -.t.h