The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-10-09
\ NATIONAL PARTY.


 sei7cs someone in America every once in a while, It is a most laudabe ambition and the design of being the founder of party will be the peoples savior is sure sy highly patriotic.
 It is very encouraging to observe that the fate of the other nonde- script parties which have arisen from time to time, glowed a while on the political Armament before setting for ever, does not dishearten those who would attempt the very difficult up-bringinc of such a party as syolld reach adolescence and over come that period of fatality infant political parties must try to pass.
 The name Of a National Party is really half the battle IL is a fine name and with q good reliable plat form hammered out by skilled workmen and of solid wood, it ought to appeal to the politicians as supremacy natural A national party ought to i'll long felt want, for there is quite jealous rivalry among the many and most opposite, for the claims to be spokesman for the simon pure American.
 Thus the former Fathcrland has blossomed out into the Niereek' $ Weekly. the American weekly" and here is Golfers laying still ..Mm to the national weekly.
 WithaI there seems 10 he as many vatictias ol Amnricanism as there gre of democracy, and hence q par ,. that would separate the sheep tram tha goats ought n the tulmess of time to prove its usefulness.
 5t must be admitted that it Is embarrassing when a progressive and q rcactionist both alike cali themselves republicans, or when a radical ani a conservative both ..laim To be democrats Of the Jcttcr- 5onian type.
 It is quite evident that there are men who are repubH ans and mon who are democrats are much nearer 10 one another politically thar they arp close to many in their Dwl pCli- jcal ranks.
 1t has long ago been observed 4bst many democrats fer reaction had many of he r'oG"'i...s b,akcd ou the map. and -l4-.-- ..-..- le- uocrats finally claimed to b. ultra progressive, they could not but look with dis;rust upcn such an alliance as they were compelled to effect ip fheir own party
 Nothing has been more interest ing 10 watch than the careers ot some of the progressivCs. Beginning as tribunes of the people to dare all the powers ot vested interests and Eor progressiviam having doctrines amazed and aStounded old party pO- IitiCians. instead of absorbing the party they ended by being absorbed By the party. The hot blood of pc 1itical youth was progressive out il became the cold blood of political age lacking all enthusiasm for re- form.
 There have been exceptions. Such an exception as Lafollette is for ln- stance whose prosreasivism never grows old. But it is such ar eXcep- ton that proves the general rule of eactionary assimilation for all progreSsives.
 A National Party will no doubt be compromise party. It will b, one which will leave the reaction care of themselves. It will, how ever, draw the line where no lme now exists, to prevent enthusiastic reformers failing into the hopeles. .schism Of socialism aud the social ist party.
 it was thus that the Bull Moose party functioncd But il was mol discovered until too late that Put Moose was nothing but Roosevelt He was the spiritual head, bu, IL was also the party doctrine. An( when he saw that there was litt'' chance of the public realizing tin, fact he knew many years befor' ahat his leadership was nccessaI> 70 the safety of the country, he