Show PARTY government IS OF importance for the reaper by F frank rank P litschert too much cannot be said nowadays about the importance of party government and party organization for the trend in the united states for the past few years has ben away from party government and toward personal and bloc control such a trend if not noi c checked leads ultimately to anarchy or a dictatorship during the past few lays days two distinguished americans have called attention to the importance of maintaining our par party ty system in a letter to the rhode island wo m mans an s republican club secretary hoover declared that men and women who believe in government by the people will ally themselves and be willing illing v to render genuine service day in in and day out in the maintenance of party organization A the secretary v of commerce emphasized the importance of party organization and told something of the bloc systems as lie he had seen them operate in europe lead ing to a destruction of authority and responsibility and weakening of the democratic governments in which they are arc employed As an example of the results which follow the abandonment of the two party pait system of government will R wood noted indiana congressman pointed out the fact that one southern state in the presidential election of 1920 cast only six per cent of its eligible vote no party rivalry there on the other hand mr wood continued the election figures clearly demonstrate that the largest percentage 0 of votes is polled in those thos e sta states t e where party rivalry is keen it is a powerful argument for parties and the desira desirability ability of strong mid and a active p party arty organizations for not from t individuals divi duals and cliques but from organized national pa parties arties can the people obtain an accounting since the need of the growing republic first made evident the desirability of parties and party part v le ie every american citizen who has written his name high upon the scroll of american statesmanship has been a believer in parties abraham lincoln was a party man who thought talked and wrote along party lines in the troubled days prior to that great national convention of 1860 that called him to the immortal service of his country we find him busy writing to and conferring with ath the leaders of the new party about matters of party policy he was determined that local and sectional issues should not creep into the coming national nation al convention and destroy its purpose to serve the whole country in his well remembered letter to schuyler colfax he warned against the cliques and blocs of his bis day in the truer and better sense benl e of the word he was a politician through his contact with things political he came better to know men and gauge their purposes and out of the knowledge so gained his statesmanship grew here are sonic some interesting and logical statements from two distinguished men it is true that all our great national leaders party men it is 1 t true e also that the lack of two great predominating parties in the european republics has handicapped the progress of these republics for when there are a half dozen or moro more quarreling little blocs instead of two great parties there is no national responsibility instead there is greater danger and less chance of progress instead of government by the will of the people we have government in such cases by compromise and intrigue loss of party responsibility in america grew with the growth of the primary perhaps the repeal or amendment of the primary system would correct the evil but at any rate it will have to be corrected if america is to continue its progress pro giess |