The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-17

ness. the party is ruined. This is so Ip national politics. IL. Is so in state politics as shown in New York, and f. is equally so in county. town or pre-. circt politics. No party divided against itself will ever progress or even hold what 1t has won
 Most of the splits in the parties have occurred over nothing more serious than personal ambition. personal feel ing or personal pique One man or few men in a state or county or pre- cinct who are more concerned with their own advancement. their own re- tention of power or their own personal influence and agFandiRamsnt bsfora the public than they are with the party Rood, will eventually ruin the party in that state. county or precinct. It has happened times without number 90 many times that by now it should be considered an axiom and known to every man who makes any preten tiens to political acumen.
 Certainly there have been examples enough spread upon the political black be ard for the veriest dunce of a poll tical student to learn that d party split means a party defeat It means also the loss of party power in places VI here, perhaps. the defeat of the par " means very little in the grand total If national politics.
 Certainly in any organization, poli- tical, or of any other nature the less the harmony. the less the power and the less the consideration given the members of the organization.
 One very good example of this has very recently been given in the case Of the army and the navy of the Unit en States Both large and importan, services and both filled with men de
 oted to their service. But each one "f these branches of the government las felt the utter hopelessness of ad- vancing it's interests unless 1t will gc, t' 'gether and go to congress united as 10 what it needs. And neither th- army nor the navy will get to- gether
 That is merely an example of tho utter futility of pulling apart An other example is the rout of the re- prblicans when the progressive drew away because of an internal party | mixup. Another example Is now be- l fore the public in the case of the dem ocratic party in New York
 It will not do. Never has a party Tr"spered. be 1t in a community O! millions or in a community of hun dreds. where those who would lead or these who seek perferment will Full together. A party organization split and pulling against itself has two courses open to 1t and 1t should take ne or the other as soon as 1t finds that It is in the deplorable state of split" It should either go out of business or its members should adjust their personal differences and come tc gether like men for the sake of the ca use.
 If the republican leaders had let the personal mattesr go. who knows but that right now there might have cen republican administration in Washington. If the New York demo- cTatS had sunk their personal differ ..nc4s for the good of their common I,@rty that party would today be l stronger in New York
 IL was personal spite and pIque and desire which ruined the republicans. T. was personal spit and plque and desire which ruined the democrats in New York and the same things will ruin any party anywhere when its
 members are not big enough to ignore the personal and pull and work to- geether for the good of the party. | Harmony within the party organ
 lzation. be 1t great or small. harmony even at the cost of some persona
 sacrifice Is the most desirable thing foi any party organization and with out 1t any party organization is a use less thing Harmony. the sinking 0
 all personal differences should be tn
 one aim of any political organization After that let the talk of influence an,
 os place be heard But first harmon and a pull together.
 :. We have not yet been educated |