The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-06-09
A Party of SDOila.

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lican party in many states has all oc-
CURED since the unfortunate event
that made Mr.. Roosevelt President.
From the moment that death closed
the eyes of President Mckinley fac
tional fights began to develop, and
have now eliminated in the eXtraordi-
nary dissensions in Wisconsin, Illi-
nOis and other states. What has
brought about the antipathy Of these
rival factions to each other is a Ques-
ton of Importance to political STU
dents. 1t will be noticed that only in
those states that are strongly Repub-
lican are the partisans of each faction
at each others throats and in nearly
every case the spoils of office is the
chief cause of disruption. 1t shows
that President Roosevelt, the man at
the helm, is either incapable of dis
tributing the federal patronage fair
ing the control of the party machine
for his own purposes that he has an
tagonized the leaders of one or the
other faction to the point of rebellion.
When a President of the United
States enters into the details of party
management for his own aggrandize-
ment, it surely leads to weakness and
division and disgusts many voters who
regard politics from a higher plane
than to secure Office for themselves or
their friends. President Roosevelt
has attempted to manage too much.
He is ambitious to be the whole party,
and instead Of healing divisions he
has disgusted many important leaders
with his Interference. He is attempt
ing to dictate candidates and platform
and even to supervise the speeches to
be delivered at the national conven-
ton, and the feeling of distrust of his
has been increased by his
meddling. Party leaders
have declined the vice-presidential
and the craftsmanship Of
the National Committee goes begging.
The party leaders long ago determined
to allow him free rein, although many
Of them were entirely opposed to his
or nomination, but there
was nothing else to do, as to defeat
him would have been to acknowledge
that his administration had been
failure. That would have put the
party on a defensive attitude on many
important matters and would have
been difficult to explain to the voters.
Ex-senator Thurston, referring to
the Roosevelt presidential boom, said
that Mr.. Roosevelt was "a man whom
everybody is for, but whom nobody
The old "gray wolves" Of the Senate
are intent on saving their own scalps
from the ruin they see impending and
Quay is stated to have said
that the Republican party is prepar-
ing for q good licking and deserves 1t.
It is given out from the White House
that the party platform has been
agreed upon, except the phraseOlogy
of the tariff and trust planks, which
IS troubling the mind Of the President.
Not the question of revising the tariff
or curbing the trusts, but how to COM
pose the plank so that the tariff bene-
iciaries and the trust magnates will
not be alarmed and the voters lulled
INTO the belief that the Republican
party is for vigorous measures in the
peoples interests.
Craftsmanship is lost art with the
leaders, and chicanery and
wire pulling has succeeded in its place.
With the traditions of the party
brown to the winds and all ethical
left for an organization,
here is no element powerful enough |
o Withstand the fight for spoils. No
the worst elements have come |
% the front and are fighting amongst |
themselves for mastery and that per-
'onal ambition is their sole motive of |
lction. 1t is disheartening to those
Who believe in righteous party govern
nent to see a great party descend to |
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