Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-15
REPUBLICAN PARTY
GUARANTEED BY PAST
RECORD, SAYS HAYS
(By Associated Negro Press)

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 12-In a
meeting Of the Republican Editorial
Association of Illinois, held here, at
which Governor Frank o. Lowden
was strongly indorsed for president,
one of the principal speakers was
Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re-
/ publican national committee The
address of Mr.. Hays had a most re-
markable ring of true and vital Amer
icanism. He said in part:
"The republican party, guaranteed
by its past, underwritten by its pres
ent, will measure its future steps
forward by the new needs of the ma
tion.''
Let all well wishers of good gov
ernment, regardless of party affilia-
tions; let all those who love their
country and it's institutions, listen
now for a moment, listen with eyes
aloft, listen to the voice of expe-
rience and the call of inspiration
from the spirit of America which
was Washington and Lincoln and
Roosevelt-listena and hear from them
the call: Carry on, Americans! Garry
on. Carry on. Carry on, now,
against the foes of our own house
hold as you fought at Valley Forge,
at the Argonne and at Chateau
Thierry. Carry on. Carry on. Find
disloyalty if there be disloyalty, and
scotch it; dishonesty, if there be dis
honesty, and crush it; find the right
and cleave to it. Keep your eyes
ahead, Americans, but keep your feet
on solid ground Find the reason
for discomfort, and meet squarely;
correct the cause where there is a
cause, and mercilessly destroy the
excuse where it is an excuse only
Find exact justice and demand it
demand it for all men and require it
FROM all men. Remember the stuff
you are made of, Americans. Re-
member the heritage which is yours
Remember and be. encouraged. The
manhood and womanhood of America
is sound. The stress of late days
has strained all over much Be pa
tient with one another, but as you
value your country's future, wait not
nor longer delay your action. Each
one is equally responsible. Stop and
look within. Look, each one, to your
own industry and thrift. Look to
your own conscience and moral re-
sponsibility. In the whirl of the
storm about you, reach up and seize
upon common sense and good con-
science. Holding fast, then lift your
selves from the maelstrom of unrest |
and regain for yourselves your sound
judgment-and then reach reach for
forget not the others who are about
you. 1t is as dangerous now as it
was just outside the walls of Eden
to ask in surprise, "Am l my broth
er's keeper?" Remember, we all go
up or we all go down together. The
great power which is the spirit of
America must not tolerate any at
tempt to array class against class, |
section against section, or sect
against sect. Guard against this as
you would against pestilence; the
nation has no greater enemy than |
one who would thus divide the coun |
try against itself. While you are in !
turmoil our late enemies are mar
shaling with dispatch all of their in !
dustrial resources. Let not our great !
accomplishments in war be marred +
by our inability to order our own
affairs. Mere agitation and mere mo-
ton are not progress The vicious
circle is not the shortest distance
between honest effort and highest
reward. Remember that one man is
only better than another when he
does better Give every well-behaved
man his equality of opportunity, and
require from him his full measure of
accountability Live and let live is
not enough-we must live and help
live-and as you live and help live
find always exact justice and en-
force it.