Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
The Republican Party
BY WILL H. HAYS,
Chairman Republican National Committee.

The republican party is the party of the flu
ture, or there is no use for the party. Our past
record of so years of achievement is the best
guarantee to the country of our future fulfill
ment, but it is only on future fulhilment that
our usefulness will depend The republican
party will continue to be the instrument in this
country to apply to new conditions and chang
ing conditions the wisdom of experience and
the efficacy Of honest. jealous service.
The republican party guaranteed by its past,
underwritten by its present, will measure its
future steps forward by the new needs of the
nation.
Let all well wishers of good government re-
CARELESS of party affiliations, let all those who
love their country and its institutions listen
now for moment, listen with eyes aloft, listen
to the voice of experience and the call of in
spiration from the spirit of America which was
Washington and Lincoln and Roosevelt-listen
and hear from them the CALI Carry on, Amer
icansl Carry on! Garry onl Garry on, now.
Fought at Valley Forge, at the Argonne and at
Chateau Thierry. Carry on! Carry on. Find
disloyalty if there be disoyalty and scotch it,
find dishonesty if there be dishonesty and crush
it, find the right and cleave unto it. Keep your
eyes ahead, Americans, but keep your feet on
and meet it squarely; correct the cause where
there is cause and merclessly destroy the ex-
cuse 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. Remember
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 overmuch. Be patient with one
another, but as you value your country's future
wait not a moment to realize the emergency
nor longer delay your action. Each one is equal
ly responsible. Stop and look within. Look,
each one, to your own industry and thrift. Look
to your own conscience and moral responsible
ity. In the whir of the storm about you reach
up and seize upon common sense and good con-
science. Holding fast, then lift yourselves from
the maelstrom of unrest and regain for your
selves your own sound judgment-and then
reach for others as they are hurled by Yes,
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, Gam I my
brothers keeper" Remember we all 60 I'D or
we all 60 down together The great power
which is the spirit of America will not tolerate
any attempt to array class against class, sec
ton against section, or sect against sect Guard
against this as you would against pestilence;
the nation has no greater enemy than one who
While you are in turmoil our late enemies are
marshalling with dispatch all of their industrial
resources Let not our great accomplishments
in war be marred by our inability to order our
own affairs. Mere agitation and mere motion
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 enforce it.