The Republican journal., 1919-02-13
Vital Issues Drawn

WASHINGTON, Feb. TO- The Republic
can Publicity Association, through its
President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr,
TODAY gave out the following statement
from its Washington Headquarters:
at is fortunate for the future of the
American Republic that the issues be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties have become clearly defined upon
vital fundamental principles of govern
ment. Not since the issue was drawn
upon the question of the indissolublity
of the Union has there been presented
more clearly defined or more important
issue than that presented today.
1.-THE Democratic party stands for In
ternationalism-the exaltation OF world
interests above National interests-the
subordination of the interests of America
to the interests, or supposed interests, of
the aggregate nations of the earth. The
Republican party, having absolute conf
dence in the superiority of American in
situations and in the ability Of the Ameri-
can people to fl the best solutions for
social and economic problems, believes
that not only the welfare of America but
the welfare of the world will be best pro-
NOTED by leaving this nation free to work
out its own des tiny, through which it will
set an example for emulation by all the
rest of the world.
LAS the Democratic party would sink
the nation in lnternationalism, so that
party would sink the individual in So
cialism. 1t would paralyze the efforts of
the individual, to equallze the supposed
interests of the aggregate attempting
to place all upon an equality of reward
regardless of differences in effort and &C
compLshment. The Republican party
believes that aggregate advancement is
no more nor less than the sum of individ
ual advancement, and that every reason
able inducement must be offered to en-
courage development of the individual,
not at the sacrifice of the rights and in
terests of other individuals but with ulti-
mate resultant good to all, through the
accomplishments of the most capable and
most energetic. Encouragement of in
dividual initiative, enterprise and effort,
as proposed and practiced by the Demo-
cratic party, must inevitably retard the
development of the whole. The progress
of this nation has been measured by the
attainments of it's most highly developed
individuals in every line of endeavor-
its Websters and Lincolns and Roose-
velts, its Fultons and Edisons, its Hills
and Harrimans, its Morses and Bells,
Schwabs, Burbanks, and innumerable
other individuals who typify develop
ment under the stimulating influences of
opportunity Socialism measures it's at
tainments in terms of Bergers and Lleb-
neckts, and Trotzkys and Lenines.
Gas natural accompaniment of its In
ternationalistic and Socialistic proclivi
ties, the Democratic party tends toward
paternalism, government ownership and
and in harmony with the spirit of Ameri-
canism, the Republican party believes in
protection of American producers against
unfair competition with cheap products
of other lands. 1t opposes government
ownership or operation of industrial en-
terprise as calculated to destroy initiative
and impede progress.
"We shall abandon nationalism when
we abandon individualism. We shall
adopt internationalism when we adopt
communism. We shall cease to have
rivalry among nations when we cease to
have rivalry among individuals. Weshall
cease to have contests among nations
when we cease to have contests among
individuals. We shall have both COM
munism and internationalism when we
attempt to set aside the law of the sur
vival of the fittest."