Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-06-18

WNASaA AAS ~APA C0SIS AA AoANihaC OSAA HIS
some of the principles which he be-
heVes the republican party should
advocate in the next campaign. 1t
is veil worth the careful considera-
ton Of every student Of politics.
Here it is:
NY Dear Mr.. Holman: Ihave just
read in your paper the following:
From age to age history does in
essence repeat itself, but no situa-
tion is ever precisely that of for
nher time. Revived Republican
iRm, II it Is to win and retain it's
advantages, must not be precisely
the Republicanism of four, much
less Of ten years ago. There has
come new era. There has arisen
q new conscience in relation to
things both governmental aud So
clal. New ideas and new standards
possess the mind and stand fixed in
universal judgment. Republican
ism In the form ana shape of few
years back is no longer workable
scheme. Old ways of looking at
things and doing things are no long.
OF feasible.
Every Republican who is looking
forward, not only to the return of
his party to power, but to its contin-
uation in power and to long SER
vice upon the part of that party in
the interest of the whole people, will
be grateful to you for this statement
SO effectively put in your paper.
That we have moved on, that we
have left behind some of the prac-
tees which long exercise of power
mixed with the arrogance of success
gave us, ought to be apparent to all.
That we do not propose to return
to those practices nor own again
Some of the political precepts Of the
past ought to be equally apparent.
That a powerful organ like the Ar
gonaut voices so clearly the true sit
uation will vastly aid the end for
which every Republican ought to
strive, to-wit: to bring his party
back to power with full realization
that the world has moved and that
the world does move"
The vital principle of liberalism,
or of progressiveism, is that the peo-
pie are entitled to better, cleaner
government and to a more whole
some system of politics today than
yesterday. and this is brought about
and assured to the people by that
open-minded leadership which care.
flu / v preserves b e principle:
wrought out Of past experiences anc
with equal care and open-mindednesl
undertakes to weld them onto tn,
present with its multitude of neV
and unsettled questions. The dan
gel which arises from changes i
ma hanics, in business, and in gov
ernment comes from a lack Of du,
regard for the experiences of tn
past, desire to tear down, destro,
absolutely, and build anew, rathe
than to push old wisdom into th
pre- and build for the future uI
on e sure foundation of the past
long as men have a regard 70
thai highest form of wisdom, th
wiz pm born of long years of expel
ieuee, and at the same time du
appreciation for the stupendous obi
cations of the present, and seek OF
" to make the one mortise into an
prop and strengthen the other, v
need not have the fearful dread /
cAknge which seems to characteris
50 many. The liberal element of Il
Republican party does not propos
and with the exception of few e
ratic and irresponsible individua
whose political aspirations seem
consist Of q nebuIons desire for VI
versal chaos, has neven suggest.
anything other than the appIicati,
Of the great fundamental principl
Of Anglo-Saxon government to t
80 problems and obligations viii
aew industrial era has imposed 4
"A M. IN spite Of anything that ,
5 M hy say or do. we have a new soc
IL {; different social condition;
ch |anged industrial situation, q
with these conditions and situatio
. they are We must deal.