The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-02-13

ute 10 INC peSt eAdLlple i hHOW vi
this particular kind Of erroneous
thinking.
Such false methods Of accomplish
ing a good result invite unnecessary
materialistic disaster, thus crushing
the uplift Of the spirit which secures
It's quality only because of its super
riority.
Government Burdened
"This error has taken its most
unfortunate form in the popular mis-
conception of the meaning of wealth
and in plating upon government re-
sponsibi tiles and burdens impossible
Tor it to bear effectively.
t'Our present government at Wash
ington, whatever may be the integ-
rity Of the motives of the President,
which l do not impugn has been I'M
der the influence of fallacious econo-
mic ideas and so has violated that
American policy OF protection which,
properly explained, means that each
tariff schedule should be so high that
no American industry can be destroy
ed by foreign competition and SO low
that no American industry can, thru
1t, secure abnormal profits.
This is the economic mistake
which has been made. Assault up
on wealth, as such is an assault up
on the power to produce. Power to
produce means employment; the lack
Of it, idleness, which II long contin-
ued, means starvation.
Legislative Tendency Wrong
"The second error is the confusion
of the ideal of democracy, which Is
liberty. with the pursuit of efIlcien-
ey. The tendency Of recent legisla.
tion to establish efficiency through
responsibility is an assault upon
democratic institutions"
Mr.. Barnes said that his ideas OF
the place the Republican party should
occupy TO withstand the political
errors Of the time" were based upon
Arm beliefs. The American repub-
lie, he said, was based upon the rock
Of individualism. He found fault
with "a tendency in American
thought to deny democracy by ap-
preaching government from the an
gle of common welfare as antagonis.
tic to Individual welfare" This ten
dency. he added, was most popular.
ly voiced by a peripatetic accelerat-
or and party leader. Mr.. Bryan"
President Roosevelt he asserted
publicly expressed ideas So conso'
nant with those which Mr.. Bryan ad
vanced that he was depicted In the
press Of the country as having stol'
en- Mr.. Bryan's clothes"
| Why He Resigned
The national committeeman review.
ed the Republican anteconvention
struggle of 1912. When the year
1914 came, he went on, 1T was clear
to me that We had relinquished no
thing Of the contention which We had
made in 1912. and the issue for which
We had battled had become more
clear; no candidate for governor
senator or state office who had &C
cepted the Rooseveltian propaganda
Of 1912 could be nominated by the
Republicans.
Therefore, he continued, prior to
the primary election, he announced
that he would not again accept the
craftsmanship of the state commit
tee or retain membership IN 1t. Had
remained In the responsible posi-
tion at the head of the party, organ.
ization Of the state after the victory
which was certain to come, the en-.
tire purpose for which ! had been
contendlng might have lost its quail.
ity," he continued. 1T would have
been charged that my desire was
for power and not for the. mainten.
ance of the principles for which !
had insisted that the Reppbliean
party should contend; that my pur.
pose was to build up a party orgaut
cation through the aid of patronage,