Springville Herald | 1930-09-11 | Page 2 | The "Prosperity Plank" Dies

The "Prosperity Plank" Dies Political writers have not been slow to point out that the platform issued for the current campaign by the Republican party makes no mention whatever of the 1928 platform's bland assertion that national prosperity could best be obtained obtain-ed by electing a Republican administration. Every other plank in the 1928 platform is mentioned; that one is quietl left out. I ., ; ; It may be that this will prove a long step towards healthier health-ier political campaigns. In point of fact, this country's prosperity pros-perity depends very little on the administration at Washington. Wash-ington. If the present G. 0. P. platform sets a style by recognizing rec-ognizing that fact we shall all be better off. In the future, it may be, we shall be able to fight out political campaigns on the fundamental issues instead 1 letting the "prosperity issue" divert our minds from the real points at stake.