The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02


corruption that marked mis- administra-
tion became known, listened to the
apologies made for Mr.. Frazier by his
friends until it has become humiliat-
ing to realize that we have had Gov
ernor, though re-called-and are now
threatened with a United States Sem
ator-whose record as public servant
cannot be defended or justified except
by saying, che did the best he could /"
or by the further apology that he was
in the hands. of dishonest men who ad-
vised him corruptly for dishonest and
selfish purposes and whose advice he
implicitly followed. This apology may
exhonerate him from the moral stand
point but it is scarcely a compliment
to his intelligence or his administrative
ability. The people Of our country do
not wish to risk tho affairs Of the Ma
tion in the hands Of people who have
not been able or willing in other posi-
tions to prevent grating and misman-
agement Of public affairs.
With such a record Of hostility to-
wards the Republican party and with
such record as public servant, NOM
mated on the Republican ticket but re-
pudiated by OUT own state, he would be
liability to the Republican party as
United States Senator and detriment
to the state and nation. 1 cannot sup
port him, he is not Republican. It has
been demonstrated in our own state
during the past five or six years that
man may by accident win, the nomina-
tion upon tho Republican ticket al
though he never embraced any Of the
principles Of the Republican party and
never before even openly professed to
adhere to it's principles.
RADICAL1sM VS.. CONSTITUTION
ALISM
Sometimes issues arise that transcend
mere partisan consideration. They are
beyond self interest, beyond mere par-
ty interest, rs that is specifically in
terpretcd, and leach the very funda-
mentals of citizenship and of constitu-
tional government. On these issues all
good citizens stand together. We rise
from the lower levels Of personal and
selfish strife, ascend to a plane on
which we stand together upon these
great fundamentals. There is going on
in the United States today a struggle
that involves the existence Of the fun
damental principles of the constitution
and Of the Republican form Of Govern
ment. The forces of radicalism are
massed against the forces of constitu-
tionalism.' The one or the other must
go down. We have fought the fight in
our state for five years and are fighting
it today. We won the first battle when
the infamous House Bill No. a., which
sought to eliminate any reference to
patriotism and morality from the con-
stitution, was defeated, notwithstand-
ing the support given it by Mr.. Frazier
and Mr.. Lemke.
When Mr.. Frazier's Republicanism is
questioned, he responds that he is
Lincoln Republican. He evidently feels
that he is safe, and that his Republi-
canism cannot successfully be chal-
lenged when he goes back that far.
just so he does not commit himself in
approval of any Republican policies,
traditions or leaders of the last half
century. But even when he goes back
that far he is not safe. If you COM
pare the statements made by Mr.. Fraz-
ier on fundamentals Of Republicanism
with the statement made by the i'm
mortal Lincoln on the same subject.
you will find that Mr. Frazier is as
badly out Of harmony with Lincoln Re-
publicanism as he is with Republican
ism today. The great founder of the
Republican party, Abraham Lincoln,
gave expression to the fundamental
principle of the supremacy of the law
and the constitution in immortal words. |
1t will not be forgotten that Abraha am
Lincoln gave his life that the Union
and the constitution might be saved
that he was stricken down by the hand
Of a man who did not believe in ac-
cepting the vcrdicts Of the ballot, but
who, when the verdict was contrary to
his own preiudices and his own nas-
sions, resorted to violence and assassin
alton, Mr.. Lincoln said;
LET every American, every lover Of
liberty, every well wisher to his poster
ity, swear by the blood Of the revolu-
tion never to violate in the best par
ticular the laws Of the country, and
never to tolerate their violation by
others AS the patriots Of '76 did to
the support of the Declaration NJ Tn