Arizona republican., 1919-06-28
An Open. Easy Path

An open Easy Path
 To what extent the republican party has been purified by the purgatorial existence into which it entered in 1912 what lessons in the bitter political period which began then have yet had no means of discovering. We aware, though. that it was stff-necked under the reinstatement which began in 1910, but trust that within the last years it has come to realize that there is hide-bound majority behind it. but that it must de- pend upon the favor. bestowed for merit of great body independent voters. those who would rather be republicans they can be without injury their convictions.
 The result of the election last fall by which the republicans again swept into power in congress does mean that the people of the United States had changed their minds with respect the repub- lcanism of 1912; that they believed that the actionary leaders of that time had ceased to be reactionary. The election only meant that the people were weary of the ineptitude of the party of it's consistent and monotonous blunderng of it's Kichins it's Bakers it's Buresons the southern control of the country the benefit of the south aided and abetted by the administration
 The situation had become so bad that it could not be worse; even if the republican party had not i'm proved since 1912, it might reasonably be expected ahat it would bring back it's old time efficiency, and q great majority of the people proposed to give lepubicanism another chance. They took it out of purgatory not into perfect confidence bliss but put it probation
 { It is up to the republican party; it's future rests with itself. It would perhaps be incorrect to say that the election 1920 will depend upon what the republicans in congress may or may not do in the meantime. But believe that if there should be plain manifestation of reactonary control the Same thing will happen that happened in 1912 2 The party created unpleasant impression in he organization of the senate but that did not nec essarily justify invite unqualified condemnation It was not assured that Penrose and Warren were incapable of having learned; they were only dis trusted. Their preferment also by way of prec- tdent, and could hardly be looked upon as re- actionary victory
 If Theodore Roosevelt were living he would Certainly be the republican nominee for the presidency next year and he would certainly be elected The republican party can certainly elect any man in whom breathes the spirit of Roosevt and who stands on the doctrines enunciated by the progressive plat Form on which he stood and whose principles he ad- iocated to the day of his death
 The republican party succeed, can perpetuate Itself only progressive. constructive forward looking organization If should turn back or should be found to be standing where it stood in the period 19l0-1s12, it will again be repudated as a party Nhlch can neither forget nor learn.
 Here was a situation that must have become ap- parent to republican leaders before the war and t was brought into clearer outline by that great Conflict The country was already moving toward encouragement the placing of labor and capital into new positions and giving them new relation based on genuine cooperation and a better under standing of their mutual problems The war hastened that period of cooperation it effected it. and if Is now for the republican party to recognize that if has already been done and to ratify that accomp- Hshment by appropriate legislation
 The party cannot confine itself to looking for issues which may be more less temporarily popular, for no other than to maintain itself m popular favor. It will not be sufficient for inc party to oppose itself to the democratic party in point out the mistakes of that party numerous and harmful as they have been It will not be enough for the republican party profit by those mistakes 9nly to the extent of avoiding similar ones.
 The people expect from the republican party than that they expect recrudescence of those qualities which first made that party great under Lincoln and which renewed it's greatness under Roosevelt, those qualities which gave this country lead and foremost place among the nations oe pne earth The party leaders thought that they could conjure with the names of Lincoln and Rooso Xelt though the principles of those great men had been abandoned. greater mistake was never made
 The party had suffered defeat in 1884 and 1Se2 though it held out the image of Lincoln; but it had oscarded the substance. It was opening the way for private exploitation and the country came to be leve that under republican domination the rich and powerful had come to enjoy special favor and were being given free access to our great natural re- sources Roosevelt redeemed and strengthened the party in time to save it from third deefat It was when special privilege rose again. that the party vas for the third time overthrown
 It must now be realized what was meant otbat # was not mere phase,) by "government for the reope, of the people and by the people," and that a9 legislation shall be for the benefit of the vcbole lhope.
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