The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-08-19

THE REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITY
ity for vital national service in he present
pagn, 1t 1t has the vision and courage to see and
seize this opportunity 1t will insure for itself DOM
inent place for years to come.
This opportunity lies In the south
1t is the conviction of leaders in that section that
the nothern tier OF Southern States would go Re-
publican this fall II given half a chance.
In no part Of the country is there more marked
dissatisfaction with the present Administration No
where is there keener understanding of the changes
wrought by the World War; and of the need of meet
ing these changed conditions with a wide horizoned
type of statesmanship.
With the extraordinary economic Development
of the south Its people beginning to think in ma
uonal terms. They have come to that sectional
ism is bad politics and worse business; and that to-
days political parties cannot live yesterday 5
issues. All political policies affecting industry and
finance must upon national foundations and in
elude the whole nation in their In this broad
field. legislation which is sectional in spirit and pur-
pose defeats itself.
Since the Civil War the South has been soldly
Democratic. the North predominantly Republican.
This has been a national misfortune. Political part
isanshp kept the nation divided whom economic
necessity demanded that it be united. Today poll
teal sectionalism weakening, economic unity is
growing stronger. Democratic victory based upon a
solid South would not advance the South and would
njure the North. A Republican victory achieved Oy u
solid North would be almost bad
The time has come to separate politics from sec
tionalism both North and South Henceforth patt.us
must upon principles rather than upon geoera
ply. The South north and the No';h
south And both think in terms of the nation
The South needs the North but the North needs
the South even more We must bring the Souh's
three centuries Of undiluted Americanism into con-
tact with the polygiot North.
The Republican Party can do this Now Is he
time. In his speech Of acceptance Mr.. Hardring r'-
veaIed the hear,ening fact that he Is the needed
leader. sixty years ago the Republican Party saved
the Union Its woork viii moo, be finished until il
has finally reunited North aud South In n common
Americunisu.
The Republican Party OF yesterday never
win the South, but South and North alike being
floa1ed forward upon stream OF new ideas born OF
world conditions In all parts OF the country.
and specially in the northern tier of Southern
States there is growing progressive element. II
the Republican Party win this element 1t will
break the solid South, advance the whole nation
and insure It's own future.
II Is folly to expect that the citizenship OF the
South will be by policies against which it has
battled FOR two generations But these policies are
oyershadowed by tremendous questions that have
their origin tar outside either OF the great parties
The problems of International relations; the
essy for reducing national expenditures tae
stabilizng and harnonizing OF industry; the en-
eouragement of agriculture; the development OF 4
merchant marine the safeguarding Of our citizen
ship against dangerous alien dlutlon-rhese are
national issues.
Why not give the splendid Americans of the
South chance to work with their brothers OF the
North in solving those problems in America l
way?.-LeBlies Weekly.
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GOVERNOR COX HAD BETTER HALT AND