Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-06
DEMOCRATS
 PLAN RAIDS
 ON ENE MES
Will Fight for Supremacy In The Insurgent Districts of Iowa, DaktotaS, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois
Special by Tav.)


 DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 5.-R.- gardless of whether there will Ue three great political parties ln the field by the time the next presidential contest rolls around, the three parties are here now so far as Iowa is con cerned, They are the Democratic, Re publican and Progressive.
 Each of the three parties has a sep arate and distinct organization in Iowa Indications are that in the near future each organization will have it's own ticket in city, county and state primary elections. And if the Repub- Ecan insurgency keeps to its present course, overspreading the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois and h. diana, it is not too much to prognos- ticate that the next presidential cleo tion should see a national progressive ticket in the field.
 The fate of the infant party will be decided in Iowa. The people of this state VIII decide whether the insur- gent movement is to remain a pigmy or whether it shall become a giant. Iowa has come suddenly to be recog- nized as a political battle-ground in which will be fought out in the eight or ten months a great struggle be- tween the insurgents and standpat- ters. Therefore peep from the in side is worth while.
 I am now writing from the heart of the insurgency regions after having visited various sections of the state. l have discussed politics with mem- bers of the house of representatives, federal officials, state officials, mem bers of the Iowa state legislature, ed itors of newspapers, political bosses and politicians and plain citizens.
 Here are some of the most striking phases of the Iowa situation, as they exist today:
 Measured in political strength, the Republican and Progressive machines of the Iowa congressional districts of Iowa are about of equal strength. Whether the Progressive or Republi- can organization is to reign supreme will be determined at the primaries next June.
 The sentiment of the voters of Iowa is with the Progressives; yet the ten dency of the politicians is to cling to the regular organization. Reason: The old organization has ''spoils'' to distri- bute, while as yet the new organiza- tion has no pie"
 Republicans are bitter toward Pro gressives The intensity of this bit terness is growing daily
 A Progressive is much more friend ly to a Democrat, whom he considers as a half-brother, than he is to a Re. publican.
 To an Iowa standpat Republican, his old-time foe, the Democrat, even as strange as it may seem, is most desirable citizen when compared to 2 Progressive.
 The strike between standpatters and insurgents should not be passet over lightly. It promises to play aT important part in the Republican pri maries and in the congressional cleo tionse that will foulow in the fall.
 The present bitterness between in surgents and standpatters may be ez nectad to increase in the primaries explained a leading Iowa politician speaking from the inside. Each fac tion will, of course, attempt to secur the nomination of one of their r. spective leaders. The enmity on bot sides is so bitter that in most COT gressional districts Of the state th