Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-10 | Page 16 | A Dying Party

I I A Dying Party LL LIl things thing's considered the decline of the thc Pro- Pro A h n movement mo is in nowise Jt It inevitable inc that tho small ing jug w was Mas s proportion proportion pro pro- proportion portion of its membership which honestly considered con COIl it to be bc exclusively an association for the promotion of political pu purity it should discover disco the that th the exceedingly exceed mistake it was equally as certain e large percentage of the party that followed Air Mr Roo Roosevelt because it thou thought hl he could not lose should hould also regain its normal balance Both varieties varie- varie vane vane- ties of third party devotees dc consequently tl are mc returning returning re re- returning re- re turning to the great political organ organization that is is upon the rock reck of principle enduring and aud everlasting unaffected by tho the temporary defeat t of those who were for the moment it its visible lenders leaders The history of the United States is replete with the examples of the futility of third party mo and ami of tho tile fatuity ly of those who essay to lead lenel them and anil history when l n it deigns to repeat re rC rc- rc peat d. d docs cs so with commendable accuracy A majority majority majority ma ma- I party arl temporarily r reduced to a minority by bythe r the tue and wholly irresponsible accidents accidents accidents acci- acci acci acci- dents of politics surfers suffers only in spoils its is Is not g greatly really diminished Tho Tue pen pendulum that swings winS's to one extreme today is morally moray certain to toI touch the other tomorrow I n By an all immutable immutable- natural law that lat works as 15 remorselessly re le ye- ye I as ris death lentil and the tax gatherer tIle the furu fur fur- u u. u timer ther IB is is kicked the resilient football pi ot of pol politics tics W- W greater the rebound But third parties caught between between between be be- tween the upper and nether extremities bein being neither fish tish nor flOe flesh nor good red rel herring profit b by neither eventuality e Progressivism ism lives pseudo is is breathing its tr treacherous and unfaithful last Let us give thanks Jl