Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-05
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gsPONsIBILITY-o PPoRTUNITY
epublicans are beginning to re-
er from their overwhelming VIC
and with the sober second
xht comes the realization of
I such a victory ean The re-
hslbility is indeed tremendous.
people have placed so much
1ddsnce in the party, have turned
It with such great expectations
I It will require the hardest kind
work not to bring on a reaction
I would mean disaster.
IL s,me people are expecting the
nnium, almost, now that the Re-
At,ans have been restored to
Tx. They see business picking
q. xes reduced. the cost of living
ling down and wages held al the
No high level a. during the war.
feel that a great many are doom
70 disappointment because no
tier what party Is In control OF
lst government there has to be a
tadjustment of affairs.
III the cost of living m down
VICES are bound to come with IT,
Taxes are going to be abnormal for
many years because the war we
htye Just passed through has got to
81 uaid for. The Republican party,
- capable as 1t may be In running
TIM government, cannot do the I'M
p6ssible. yet many Of the people,
III ring from the tremendous vote
si1en the Republican candidates
Wi expect the impossible to be ac-
,dmplished. When they find that 1t
F.nnot be done the party In power Is
ing to get the blame. The reaction
lfkely to be all the more severe
cause the expectations are so great.
"A 4 matter of fact, It would have
len better for the Republicans II
tfsir victory had not been so over
elmins. To win by a comfortable
rtty is just as satisfactory as
rssults are concerned and 1t
FIoo,eeling that everybody does
oect wonders of the new ad-
.ation. But when the vote Is
s%nendous as to be practically
= lous. It places a responsibility
successful candidates that will
rd for them to live up to.
en-. too, a strong minority is al
desirable from every point OF
.. It acts as a check on the ma
" and Il furnishes q means Tor
-ybody to have at least a voice In
lie affairs, One of the great
bles in the South has always
that there has been no minority
ne Democrats have always mad
everything their own way withou'
opposition. Under such conditions
there IL a certain amount of indiff'
erence and sluggishness that only
yirile minority can eliminate.
Here in New Jersey the minority
has been practically wiped out fol
the next year. There will be but ont
Democrat in the assembly. Ever
Democratic Hudson county has sen
I, ,tRepublican delegation to the stat
legislature. The one lone Democra
COMES from Warren county. Out o
twenty-one senator's there VII
l3s Democrats. In the whole New
by legislature. therefore, ther
Abe but seven Democrats. Sue
Atuation is unprecedented. 1t !
lily a serious state of affairs. l
ans that the Republican part
At accept all the blame for condi
MS as we'll as all the praise. an
tn who have had experience i
public life know that the people ar
more apt to find fault than they ar
to praise.
But just as the Republican part
has an enormous responsibility, 9
1t has a wonderful opportunity. ]
can show the people that 1t Is full
worthy of the confidence placed IN
by careful and progressive legisla
ton. The temptation to play polite
win be great; never has there bee
such an opportunity to put across
measures for party advantage. Upo
the ability of the Republicans to n
sist this temptation and legislate Il
the whole people regardless of part
san advantage depends the estim'
ton that the people will have I
them in the future.
--
ESTIMATING A GREAT MAN.
A sick and broken man sits In u