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TKC.V. TWO ASHLAND TTDrXG8 Thursday. June 27, 1917. Ashland Tidings SEMI-WEEKLY. ESTABLISHED 1876. Issaed Mondays and Thursdays 15-rt II. Giver, - Editor and Owner W. H. ... City Editor W. E. Barnes, - BaMiies .Manager subscription rates. One Year J2.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 50 Payable in Advance. TELEPHONE 39 Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, Postof'ke as second-class mail mat ter. Ashland. irr., Thursday, June 27, '12 LET EPHRAIM HAVE HEK. LINCOLN A.VI JEKFEKSOX. The convention which nominated William H. Taft at Chicago Saturday waa in no sense a republican conven tion. It was organized in defiance of the wishes and principles of the rank and file of the republican party. Its declaration of principles is out of line with original republican princi ples. Theodore Roosevelt has done exactly what Lincoln and Jefferson did. When the Whig party failed to tand for the principles that Lincoln conceived as vital to the best inter ests of this nation he joined hands with and helped to vitalize the new republican party. Jefferson had a part in the or ganization of three distinct political parties. First it was the democratic party. When he became convinced that those opposed to the first prin ciples as enunciated by that party had taken control of its machinery he organized the republican-democratic party. When In turn that or ganization went into the hands of those not in sympathy with its pur poses he organized the new demo cratic party. Jefferson and Lincoln stood for well-defined principles, not for a name. Instead of worshiping the in stitution, they were sticklers for prin ciple, and they did not hesitate to abandon the ship when they saw dan gerous holes in its hulk. The Tidings Is in hearty sympathy with the movement inaugurated by the progressive element of the party. The time Is at hand when the motto, "Thou shalt not steal," should be made a distinctive vital principle in party organization and in adminis tration. The sincere hope of the Tidings Is that the Parker element shall domi nate the Baltimore convention just as the reactionary element of the re publican party dominated the Chi cago convention, to the end that the real progressives of the democratic and republican parties may be forced into a movement that will result in the complete overthrow of the reac tionary principled in government. A government of the people, for the people and by the people must not perish from the earth. NEWSPAPERS. Editing a newspaper in some re spects is a good deal like preaching the gospel truth must be presented Jn the form of generalities or some fellow will get hit and howl. Few jtersons like the truth, even the homeopathic doses, If It hits them. But while preachers criticise editors for what they do say, no one thinks of giving them credit for whHt they do not say. Yet what they keep to themselves constitutes the major por tion of what, they know about people. Very many people harbor the be lief fhut newspapers aro eager to jiublis;)! duroautory tilings. H'h a '"mistake. There Isn't a newspaper that does not keep under the lock of iwcrecy scores of derogatory thir.j whjdi never meet the public ear. Deciding whnt not to print Is the most troublesome pivrt of newspaper work. The many good stories suppressed because of innocent relatives and for the good of the public, nobody out Hide of a newspaper office has any means of knowing. In some Instances he who flies Into a passion because a newspaper prints something about him which he considers uncomplimentary, has every reason to feel profoundly grateful to the newspaper for pub lishing so little of what it knows about him. And oftentimes the loud est bluffer is the most vulnerable to attack. A big noise is generally a device employed to cover trepidation. Newspapers put up with more bluffing than any other agency would endure. It Is not because they lack courage; It is because they are unwilling to use their power to de stroy or ruin, unless the Interests of society demand It. It might be well for some people to reflect upon these truths and In silent gratitude accept mild admoni tion lest worse befall. THE XAME. In the solid south states tnere is no republican party. A number of lerson3 have banded together there to control federal patronage, and are enabled to do so by an unjust appor tionment cf delegates to the national republican convention. As long as one republican voter in Georgia, where there is no possibility of party success locally or in the national electoral college, amounts to as much as ten republican votes In Illinois, where the party is always locally suc cessful and returns a full republican delegation to the electoral college every four years, there can' be little hoe for justice from the delibera tions of a convention dominated by delegates originating under such con ditions. The national republican convention, as now constituted, is not representative of the party in the nation. Therefore why should repub licans consider themselves bound by it? There was a time when parti sans could be whipped Into line un der whatever circumstances. But that time is past. Partisans then be lieved in the principles and integ rity of their party. But as it has grown more apparent that party or ganization is becoming based alone on spoils, that apparent great party issues are but tinkling brass, and party platforms are but ladders upon which leaders climb to prefer ment, regardless of clean and up right administration, party fealty wanes. The common people do not care a rap now for the success of this party or that. The thing they want and demand is good govern ment. They are determined to have it in spite of party and politicians. Corrupt domination of politics by big business has already progressed too far. People are beginning to see ! that it is the party organizations that need to be reformed. Special privi lege has long ago captured both the republican and democratic parties. Special privilege has no politics. In Illinois it is republican and In Louis ana democratic. Wherever po'.tical power is lodged there it entrenches Itself. Is It to be supposed that special privilege will reform itself? Can there be found an example in the history of the world where an organization grown sleek and fat by the spoliation of mankind has had the virtue and honesty to correct the wrong where the abusers have abol ished the abuse? The great Issue in the republican convention at Chicago just closed was not whether Taft, Roosevelt, Cummins or La Follette should be nominated, but whether the republi can party should be representative of the people or of special interest. The people went to the convention determined, but the system was so deeply entrenched in the organiza tion it was found impossible to dis lodge it. And falling, the people are no less determined. Party loyalty will not hold them, because the party lacks substance. It no longer repre sents them, but has been stolen by privilege, and they feel no further allegiance. Let Ephraim have his Idol and go; the American people will worship none but the true and living God. Administration must henceforth be representative. rose by' The thing this nation needs "What's in a name? A any omer name wouia smell as (Higher ethical plane in politics. In BWPAt " Vet Iharb fc 9 tin1 t...-. t.- . - n . . - - ui mo- i .iu;iu:., u: tanaaa, or c.ngianu, cination In a long-honored name, j where the ehtics of sport is applied ; The name of republicanism has been 'to the political game, it would have' long associated w ith justice and ' betn impossible to seat delegates se- progress. It was the party of Lin-i cured bv means wholK- disrnnfj.l.1 T j , m of the:t THE BASIC DIFFERENCE. t I 1 1 I M I i 1 1 H II P is a 'I Tfc Tl n H 7T7JlL-H rureMoumain waierice cola, the champion opportunity great emancipator, and land unworthy. Every one of human rights and equal southern contested Taft t v- j were elected by such meat The name democracy is associated ; least that fairness and justice could' with the great principles enunciated j dictate in sach case would have been i bv Jefferson and bf-lived in hr rj'trt thrr,- ... u . . ,j j.i . ?T delegates , means. The 1 ! Reduced Prices on Ice FOR SEASON OF 1912 ran ana me 01 its aanerents for from these sections, and allow the .K . And so these names bear a sacred aspect to those who have long asso- I convention to proceed with delegates selected by the rules of propriety and decency, with due consideration to dated their original principles with; the states which had sent up de'.ega- the name. After all. a name is but a symbol a word. "Purity" conveys a thought of cleanliness and right, but to at tach the word "purity" to acts of op pression and injustice does not change the consequences of the act. During the last Cleveland admin istration, when the democratic or ganization had the opportunity to put into force the long-cherished tariff doctrine of that party, instead it adopted the Wilson tariff bill. tions by the popular will of the party , through the primary system. ! Government is instituted to serve . the ends of common justice and the;T general good. When it ceases to do that It deserves no longer the support jt and respect of the governed. Indi-jJ vidual candidates may come and go, political parties may rise and fall, but the political life of the people must go on or government, under whatever name, will fail. People now think independently. I Save money by purchasing coupon books. Issued for 500, 1,000, 2,000 up to 5,000 pounds. This is the cheapest way to buy your ice. Delivery every day except Sundays. ASHLAND ICE AND STORAGE CO. TELEPHONE 108 4 I t REPUTATION. Cleveland did not call the act "dem-'The day of blind party servitude is PI RKLV REACTIONARY. The republican organization has gone on record as opposing the ele mental principle that this is a gov ernment by the people. The bosses have triumphed in the organization by theft. The party no longer repre sents a great and vital principle of government; It has degenerated to an Instrument through which special privilege entrenches Itself In an at tempt to further Buck the Ufeblood of the nation. It has struck a rock and is rent asunder. One part of he shji) carries the name and Is manned by a piratical CreW floating toward destruction! In trying to ap propriate all It has lost all. The other ptirt encompasses the substance and is protected by the saving com partments of principle. By whatever name It Is known In future, it will be commanded by true representa tives of the people, and will be truly representative of the people In ad ministration as well as in declaration. So let It be. It Is a hundred to one that before the end of this week it will be dem onstrated that the same interests which stole the republican organiza tion at Chicago will steal the demo cratic organization at Baltimore. It Is a desperate fight between the peo ple and special privilege. The or ganizations will go to privilege, but the government will be held by the people. At the end of this national campaign the people will be in the saddle, and equity and justice will again ascend the throne. If It required no brains, no nerve, no energy, no work, there would he no glory in achievement. ocratie." but he called it "party treason." And he was right. The organization had fallen into the hands of its enemies, and what that organization chose to exemplify as democratic was but treason to the principles for which that word had long been the symbol. So with. the republican party. The name has been stolen by those op posed to the principles for which it stood and has been attached to doc trines directly opposed to hat it originally represented. Now, this is the question' to be decided by the rank and file of both the old parties. Is it the name we worship, or is it a principle for which a name can be but a symbol? If the latter, then there is nothing in the name; there is all in the prin ciple. The principle of the people's rule and the destruction of the power of bossism must be adhered to under whatever name. A government of the people, by the people and for the people must no perish from the earth. This is and must be a gov ernment by the people. The old names are but sounding brass and tinkling cymble. The people will no longer stand divided one against the other on a name. The names that once stood for justice now symbolize oppression- that once stood for the people now stand for special privi lege that once symbolized the peo ple's rule now stand for the rule of the bosses. The great mass of American citizens whose interests are identical will no longer stand divided at the polls on a name without the substance of true republican-democratic principles. past. Only insofar as party, or gov ernment, serves the common good, will It retain the loyalty and respect due a just Institution. The republican party was not riven on the candidacy of Taft or Rooseevlt. The popular deflection is deeper than that. The people do not hope for good government from a party, or representatives, who gain power by theft. When the only In centive for action is common good, the majority is able to rule unhin dered, but when sinister motives pre vail, the necessity for disreputable practices arises. It is commonly charged, and gen erally believed, that a certain priv ileged class has sprung up in our national life. This class has been fostered by political manipulation, and by controlling political organ ization it hopes to perpetuate its abuse. The people are determined that no class shall thrive at the ex pense of the wnole by legislative and administrative control. That is the ground upon which the republican convention split. It Is said that people are speeded up too fast nowadays, and if some one will kindly have the wolf pursue them a little less swiftly, no doubt eVery one will be glad to slow down. An Indiana farmer is' to sow his oats by an aeroplane, but that is nothing new, as wild oats have long been sown by our high fliers. Reputation is what people say about a man when he isn't in the Im mediate vicinity. Character is what theij say to him when he comes In to pay that little balance. It is a very easy thing to acquire reputa tion, as new styles are continually being invented and tried on. Some reputations are quite durable and dog a man through a protracted meeting long after the court costs , have been paid. Others shift around like a petit juror in tight boots and change their location faster than the early symptoms of appendicitis. A man can acquire a reputation now adays for almost anything except be ing a devoted husbadn or joining the church without trying to stimulate trade. The hardest reputation to ! shake off is the kind which is manu factured by the neighbors, who are usually very frank and anxious to do full Justice to the subject. The man who has been saddled with a reputa tion which he would like to trade for a good family cow doesn't gain any thing by removing to the Pacific coast, for when he dies the neighbors will flavor the obituary with, the pious hope that he had forethought enough to take a palm-leaf fan along. It is astonishing how a judgment proof reputation will chase a man around the country until he can't settle among total strangers without having to pay the rent in advance. On the other hand, a man with a reputation which doesn't have to be bolstered up with a lodge grip or a letter of recomniendatoin from the official board is never advised over the telephone that a $3 overdraft would look better to the bank If it was accompanied by some collateral In the form of real money. A good reputation Is a very handy article ..o have in the safe when money is harder to find than a high school gradnate who can spell the English language twice alike in the same es say. It is harder to get than the other kind, but it pays a better rate of interest in the long run. V. V. IIAWLEY Contractor and Builder Remodeling and repairing, etc. years experience. 174 or Address P. O, Box TELEPHONE 30. The democrats feel mighty confi dent just now, but it isn't the hun griest applicant who always gets the job. Phone 129 27 Main St. C. II. GILLETTE Real Estate, Loans, Rentals, Conveyancing SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. FOR SEWING MACHINES AND SEWINC MACHINE SUPPLIES SEE E. J. mTZHTSM Independent Dealer 286 E. Main St.' Phone 113 Car Load of Salt The Tidings is for sale at W. M. Poley's Drug Store, 17 East Main St. Weekly Oregonian and Tidings one year, $2.50. Ashland Just received a car of hay salt. Price 13 per ton. Ashland Feed Store TEL. 211-R. STOPS COUGHS - CURES COLDS lontniTH No Opite 1 Safa For Children ' J. J. McNAIR. 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