The Washington times., 1922-08-13

raised by taxation imposed upon
ell the people cannot constitu-
tionaliy be voted into the pockets
of any individual or any private
corporation. My experience has
taught me that no party has
monopoly Of virtue. and that you
win find good and bad men In
both parties. and that long terms
Of either party without the purifi-
cation of change are likely to
lapse either into dry rot or Do
Nothins-ism or into bad. govern
ment by boss control Of the ma
chinery Of the dominant party.
New men and new ideas are re-
quired to keep its waters fresh.
Put that In your pipe and smoke
1t, Mr.. Voter. whether you live
In strong Republican State like
Iowa or strong Democratic
State like Texas.
DOLLIvER sOwED THE SEED.
In 1896. when all its neishbor
States broke away and voted for
Bryan, Iowa alone was held TO its
old course under the masterful in
fluence Of Allison, though II called
for all his strategy and looking
both-ways to stem the tide Iowa
was satisfied. II was never like
Pennsyivania--''co and con-
tent"--for the men of the Allison
school were clean and content with
conservatism. The only ruction
that ruffled the waters was an oc-
casional vigorous assertion Of a
squirt Of progress by Cummins,
who did much good until Senatorial
dignity pigeon-holed him into Al
lison's safe retreat and he cham
pioned the indefensible Esch-Cum-
minis humbug Of a bill. But It was
Dolliver who sowed the seeds Of
revolution from dry rot and reac-
ton in the Republican party here
and set the influences in motion
that gave the State to Wilson in
1912 and has defeated the Old
Guard in the late primary, hitting
1t hip and thigh. Kenyon receiv-
ed Delivers mantle. Not so elo-
quent'o or impressive az Dolliver. he
preached resistance to reaction In
the Senate until he was kicked up
stairs by the tender Of a Circuit
Court judgeship. Some folks out
here thought he hadn't orter" have
been silenced on that big piece OF
pie. but when. in q dignified and
judicial way. he helped to nomi.
nate q man for the Senate much
more radical than either he or
Dolliver ever dreamed Of being.
the ultra-Prosressives forsave him
for being interned in the gown Of
a Judge.
SPIRIT OF OLD GUARD.
II you wish to find bitterness OF
spirit and vehemence Of express
sion that goes to invective ! can
not print In this family journal.
talk to an Old Guard leader when
he il sure his name viii not be
attached to his denunciation Of the
"blankety blank Bolsheviks- who
have captured the machinery Of the
Republican party and are using its
honorable livery In which to serve
the devil and destroy Republican
principles" This II the mild and
moderate way they talk about
Colonel Brookhart. the Republican
nominee for the United States Sen
ate. II they can bury him with
out destroying their future, moth
ing would please them 90 we'll.
II should quote the exact words
these Old Guard men use in talking
about Colonel Brookhsrt. It would
require the use Of asbestos on
which to print this paper. I leave
you to infer the hellfire and dam
nation character Of their cussing.
THE wHIRLIGIG OF POLITICS.
The whiriigig Of politics makes
strange situations. Two years ago
Clyde Porter. the Democratic can
didats for the Senate. ran against
Cummins and made the Esch Cum.
minis bill an issue. He ID able and
popular and would have won X
there had been an election in 1890.
The invasion Of European ideas
and policies which ensuifed Ameri-
ca in 1920 enabled Cummins to get
through. This year the Republican
candidate makes his plea on
platform diametrically opposite
upon every live issue to the Cum
minis or Harding platform. II
Harding 10 . Republican on the
big issues at stake. Brookhart is
not. II Brookhart Ia q Republi-
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