The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-05-28
BORAH SPEAKS AT STATE WIDE
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING
Nevews the History of the Republican Party at Detroit
the Place of Its Founding, and Prophesies
Its Future Success.

Senator Borah has sounded the re
publican slogan in his speech this week
at Detroit, Michigan 1t has the true
ring and VIII find a responsi"a echn
IN the heart of every citizen who be-
leNes in true American government and
the principals which the republ can par
" always has stood for and stu stands
Tor This address was "elivered before
a state wide mass meeting of the re-
publicans OF Michigan, the bi tn place
and cradle of the republican party. Read
1t carefully, digest it well, and gee what
your honest conclusions are. The
speech is given in full as follows:
l do not forget tonight that | have
the honor to be the guest of the great
state upon whose patriotic soil the re-
publican party was organized and among
whose virile and progressive people its
great principles and policies have borne
their richest fruit. / never tire of
reading of that gathering and the plain
simple but powerful resolutions adopted
by those men gathered there under
the oaks" You will recall that portion
of the resolutions which says: Re
solved. that in view of the necessity of
publican government, and against the
schemes of an aristocracy, the most re-
voting with which the earth was ever
cursed or man debased we will coop
crate and be known as republicans un
til the contest is terminated" At the
time. sir, that that resolution was writ
ten and adopted there was scarcely an
individual within our government, from
the boot black lettering upon the steps
of the capitol to the chief magistrate
of the nation, unaffected and uninflu
enced by that cruel system which lived
upon the wealth gathered from other
mems toll But those men gathered
there under the oaks appealed to
constituency which no system could
corrupt or make afraid. They present.
ed an issue without hesitancy and with
out compromise and counted upon the
loyalty and patriotism of the people to
work out their salvation in peace If
possible, in blood and sacrifice If neces-
sary The resolution has in it the note
of a crusade, the heroic tones of action,
and the old veterans here tonight will
recall how it reverberated throughout
the length and breadth of the republic
and falling in the lonely aisles of some
vast cathedral Men felt the touch of
a new and indefinable power in politics,
the sluggish conscience of nation was
stirred by new inspiration, for in the
wake of that resolution was to follow
low marching armies, battle and sacri-
flee, a race unshackled and a nation
disenthralled and reunited.
Enemies Without and Within.
| Since the hour of the adoption of that
resolution the republican party has
| fought its enemies from without and Its
/ enemies from within. 1t has been M
less successful with the one than will
| the other and has been threatened abou
as often by the latter Is the former
More than once men have tried to util'
! iZe II vast power, the strength ant
worth of it's traditions and its prestige
for purely selfish purposes But II
every instance, in due time. the vot
ers have called a reckoning and th'
leaders have responded to the call.
ask YOU tonight, especially the youni
men. eager and restless for the con
/ flicts of life just ahead and who fee
the inspiration which comes from ap
! proaching tasks to be bravey met, t.
+ remember that those who have stoo'
with the party and resolved when
was weak to make it stronger, whel
it was wrong to make it right, are thos
who have won the highest honors, an
above all and better than all performed
the greatest services to their country
men.
In 1884. our brilliant leader was chars
cd with being a corruptionist and
brjbe taker, man gifted in mind bu
wanting. utterly wanting, it was said
in public morals 1t was said that Will
speaker of the house of representative
he used that great office for selfis
ends. And upon his nomination by tn
party thousands and thousands left tn
party. This was not charge of cor
ruption. of bossism. upon the part