A MAGAZINE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
AMERICA’S SAFETY LIES IN REPUDIATION
OF MEN WITHOUT PARTY PRINCIPLES
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HE MAN who professes political independence of any and all
men, who cannot find political breathing space in anyone of
the existing political parties in America, is in a bad way. His
political and patriotic proclamations are necessarily lacking that
sincerity which creates faith in man and faith in principles. The
road to government in America lies through the political party.
The party disciplines the individual and the individual disciplines
the party. In this way the balance between the citizen and his
party becomes adjustable and the party, while specific in principle,
gives ample room for minority as well as majority expression.
The disgruntled partisan who instead of changing his party af-
filiation sets to work to undermine his party from within, can lay
little claim to that saving grace in manhood and citizenship
we call honor and integrity. A prominent national figure in America
who owes his exalted position to a major political party, is today,
while nominally a member, engaged in the business of destroying
the party that made him. Backed by a vari-colored army of dis-
content, this champion of new and untried doctrines is in the race
to capture the presidency of America. A congressman from this
state who only recently, through the aid of a major party, gained
a seat in that high council is today proclaiming a new independence
which leaves him, if re-elected, free to sail the uncharted seas of
the political freebooters who owe allegiance to no party and who
trade in prejudices and all popular forms of credulity.
Citizens who believe that the incentive to America’s advance
ment is to be found in the freedom and unhampered progress of
private initative should carefully note that the spirit of this new
independence that is threatening political party government in
America is drifting towards government ownership and to the
eventual Utopia—The Communistic State.
OCTOBER, 1924
PORTLAND, OREGON