The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-22
STEADY, REPUBLICANS!
By WILL H. HAYS,

Chairman of the Republican National
Committee.
Steady, Republicans
This, of all times, is the time to
keep the ranks firm.
We are in the front trenches, posted
on the iring-steps, each and every one
of us, and our duty there is to keep
our eyes-eyery second-on the oppo-
sition.
Don't let anything in the rear draw
our gaze from the enemy's line!
This is the imperative call to the
performance of an instant duty.
Steady
Let not the certainty of Republican
success, which means so much for the
country's welfare. be lessened in even
the slightest degree by any inability to
order our own affairs.
Our day is already certain-the day
of Republican victory-but we have
got to remember-and we must re-
member NOW-that sure as the dawn
is and bright as the day will be. the
moments before its arrival must not
be allowed to be fraught with threat
enings, for the daylight will be of
small use to us in our task of making
the most of it, if we blind ourselves
before its coming.
Let us keep our feet on the ground
we musti
Let us keep our eyes ahead-it is
our duty.
Let US kesQspur minds clear-if we
don't, then< victory, certain as it
is, decisive asAEakis bound to prove,
will fall short of that benefit to the
SEefptry as a whole which The next
years demand from the Repu5lf
party.
Fe have q national duty We have
xoy 70 null this cnuntry out of the
sfJqh of despond and disorder, of ex-
tra@gance, of an half-baked and false
and evil idealism. We have got to set
its feet firmly again on the solid high
way of progress. We have got to start
it-aye, and keep ton the road of
justice to all and from all, the road of
prosperity, of those things that are
best for every man, woman and child
among its inhabitants. We have got
to restore Americanism to America.
This is the gigantic task.
Gigantic-but we can do it.
1t is up to US. There's no doubt
oCOo1 thoA. LIN We o4t SOlAS W w II
thoroughly.
But we must be fit in every fiber
NOW. We must perfect our training
NOW.
Steady, Republicans
Do now what you did during the
World war. Repeat the patriotism of
1%917-191S.
Hold the boat steady. The winds
may blow. We have reached the
place where the c-ross-currents may
run. But remember that the ripples
do not show the direction of the main
current, which flows surely and strong
ly underneath this eddy and that froth.
Here is no moment for little things.
We have to perform a task worthy of
our party strength, worthy of our par
ty history; we have a patriotic work
to do that is epoch-making, national.
Upon u performance will depend the
future of the country. The chronicler
of centuries to come, the generations
of Americans to be, will look back
ward at these now-approaching years
as of the most tremendous import in
the development of American policy
and it is the Republican party that is
to direct that development.
Let US permit no distraction.
No acrimony among us. No petty
chickering's. Nothing-NOTHING must
decrease the certainty of our doing
well that which we are certainly about
to be called upon to accomplish.
Let no stones be put into the snow
balls!
Loyalty to the party first.
Loyalty to the party always.
Loyalty to the party that is to save
the country.