The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30

but before there can be harmony, there
must be unity Of principle, purpose and
event. We believe that the spirit of all
Republicans. in principle and at heart.
harkens to this call. and that the flesh
must yield; that the rank and file are
rallying to the standards; and that the
roll call will be complete"
The Progressive Republican"
Robert Stone of Topeka not only de-
tended the record Of the Republican
party. but he found opportunity to flay
the Democratic state administration for
Its inconsistency and extravaganza in
his response to the toast. '.rhe Pro-
gressfve Republican,"
Stones speech was in part as follows:
No party can live upon its good
name. It cannot feed upon its past
1t cannot stand idly by while the pro-
cession moves on. 1t must be keenly
alive to the present day and responsive
to pressing needs or 1t will pass into
history-a thing of the past.
"One element stands for progress.
the other for inaction. One believes
that good can be made better and pro-
ceeds to make it so: the other believes
that what is, is good and wants to let
well enough alone. One is the party
which pulls the car Of progress-the
other rides in the car and tries to set
Ia
other Democracy.
Last winter the Democrats in the
house OF representatives., in a fit of
economy. refused to appropriate a small
amount Of money to build a barn to
protect the milk herd Of one Of our
great insane hospitals. while on the
same afternoon, they passed an appro-
priation Of 81 500 to build a canopy to
protect Pawnee Rock from the burning
sun and beating rain.
to ~vnk - >~A
business and per cent politics, the ad-
ministration has violated every principle
Has or CIVIL nv,tsd service and Public S efficiency It
OF such men as Codding from the penf-
ttentiary and Amrine from the reforma-
ficient and experienced employees and Of
ficers at both of those Institutions to give
stTation TO Sas apIontesT The adm
at the reformatory and with its janitor at
the Agricultural college. It has demoral-
institutions and discouraged the faculties.
IN the first half Of the last year under
9, Republican administration. the coal M
under a Democratic administration, it
ing equal in dollars and cents to 81 SIS.
found the state with 2osa e@ploSees nj loSees While
the legislature of 1911 was Ssss5. .ss4Oi.
erae s a 1ss %a. S1 tss
an increase Of $53S. .02S. H.
I'VE, the People," Mrs. G. F. Scott.
Telling. Kansas Republicans of the new
Of lola. re- Responded to O. the h % toast we tse the
People" She declared that the new voters
would rely on record that the Republi-
can party had made rather than on
record that a new party promised. Her
speech was an appeal from the women for
the DartV. whether that stand
party success or defeat.
Her speech was in part as follows:
san. and as soon as time has inoculated
them with the political germ. they win
cipes most nsary prn
liefs and convictions and work with en-
ergy and zeal for its success.
clean cut direct policy that can command
respect: Women want in their political
ness virility and % COURAGE n Of sn conviction S1am
nigh principle and definite purpose A
nonpartisan party-as recently suggested
would as soon select a neuter man as
The Progressive party is now making
through its noisy advocacy Of certain
measures. These measures are good, the
.W;orkingmen's compensation act. protec-
women and others of similar character,
and they arouse that altruistic principle
isNA' DCSAt SL Ou8 III WOUueu since the
beginnifng Of the race. But-here lies the
falslty Of the Progressive appeal: BY
every means in their power they try to
give the impression that while they are
Tor such measures, all other parties are
against them.
.'Of course that is not true and women
should learn to Judge by facts rather than
,,9,, by proteststions At Possibly some men also
record of the Republican party is a mag
nificent one along these very lines The
statute books are full of laws for the
protection of women and children and for
the the amelioration Of the condition of work
these laws were practically all written be-
fore the Progressive party came upon the
stage Right here in Kansas we have.
what IS generally conceded to be the most
perfect child labor law anywhere in force
end it was passed by the Republicans.
before the Progressive party was born,
The trouble with us is that we have not
capitalized our approval OF the Ten Com
mandments.. we have not loudly and OPEN
ly boasted Of the possession Of those hu-
name instincts which are supposed to be
common to enlightened humanity every
where! We can only show what we have
done: we have not made enough noise
about it-a mistake that our Progressive