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Show NOT BROAD ENOUGH. In his speech" in Chicago on dune 5th, Secretary MncVeagh set forth President. Presi-dent. Taft's idea of independence in political thought and action in these words: It goes without saying that no great leader of an American party. In this day and generation, can fall to understand tho values of independent thought and action In the party Itself, wherever thev are so manlfesled. whether In Congress or at large. If only this Independence .alms at the party"? progress and liberalization, liberali-zation, and If It seeks In nnd through the parly to answer more perfectly the deliberate and wise demands of the nation. na-tion. And you and I must agree for we cannot escape the conclusion that il might become at any time the dutv of any great party leader to create for his party a new majority and control. That; isn't broad enough. It doesn't meet political conditions. If doesn't free the voter. And if is the last thing that might be reasonably expected from Mr. MncVeagh. For, it is fhe "with-in-t he-party " remedy restated, and Mr. MaeVcagh is not himself a "with-in-the-party" man. lie is a Democrat, but changed to the. Kepublican party on lhe money question, he being a gold man. And the question, naturally arises, what, sort of success Mr. MaeVcagh Mae-Vcagh thinks he could have had "within-fhe-party" in trying to make that party a gold pa'rty. It is always well lo correct abuses or wrongheadedness within the party v.-hen it can be done. But it usually happens that the abusers and the wrong-heads arc in complete and impregnable im-pregnable control. What reform within with-in the parly is possible in New York City, with its Tammany domination and heavy majority at; command? And the same question might be asked in Utah. Whal possible chance is there for mending .parly or public matters "within, the party." when there is an ecclesiastical oligarchy in control of both parties, and uses one or both to suit its own purposes, without with-out the least concern for the parties or their membership? J?epublicaii5 who came out. from the Church Republican party aud joined in forming the American Amer-ican party, experienced by repeated rebuffs the impossibility of doing anything any-thing for politics, for their party, or for the public, by remaining in a party which gladly put itself at the service of the hierarchy, and overrode every progressive or sound political proposition, proposi-tion, for fear that the priesthood might be stripped of political dominance H was precisely the same with Democrats who joined in ' forming Hie American ' party: they, too, had. had the church political roller rolled over them until they saw that.it was of no use to contend con-tend "within the parfy;" there was always ample power in lhe shape of subservient voles at the command of tho priesthood, to "sustain " and make firm the ecclesiastical grip. But lo remain in and be identified with the church parties either " licpublican ' ' or "Democratic,' is absolutely impossible impos-sible to a self-respecting, independent citizen in Utah unless he is out for political pap. The Springfield (Massachusetts) Be publican construes Mr. MncVeagh 's remarks re-marks as a notice of the .President's intention to "get. in" on the tariff tight, on the side of the "insurgent" Senators. It. may be so. Hut, as a general proposition, it is the "insurgents" "insur-gents" that get the worse of it in these fights within the party lines; and the big ollicial commonly sides with the majority. And when il comes to a question of manhood and principle, if lhe citizen's party outrages his convictions, con-victions, there is nothing for him to do but to leave it, or let it leave him. And if there are enough so outraged by their party, they do well when they form a party of their own and battle lo the death for independence, manhood, man-hood, and upright; dealing in public as well as in private life. And as Secretary Secre-tary MaeVcagh rs remarks were not broad enough to' cover this point, which in fact is the one most commonly found, ii lacks breadth and application to practical conditions. |