The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-08
NEW POLITICAL PARTY GROW.
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Iowa has new political part, the
Progressive party and it promises
now to be great enough by the time
the next presidential election rolls
around to have national ticket in
the field So far as Iowa is concerned,
however the new party is a fact and
the struggle for existence is now on.
Whether it will remain an infant or
become grown-up depends, in
great measure, on the result of the
next city, county and state primaries
in Iowa. The voters of that state in
the next primary will have three
tickets to choose from, and three
separate and distinct political organ
izations are fighting for existence and
supremacy. ~ .a,.
Investigation of conditions and in
quiry among prominent men develops
that in the Des Moines district the
Republican and Progressive machines
are about of equal strength now, but
the true test of strength will be
furnished by the primaries next
June.
The new party is the party of the
Republicans who do not believe in
the stand pat" tariff policy and
while the sentiment of the people is
with the Progressives, the politicians
are loath 70 break from the old party
organization, because it has the spoils
to distribute and the Progressive
have nothing yet to offer in the way
OF patronage.
The political EMMY existing be-
tween the Republicans and the Pro-
gressive machines are about of equal
strength now, but the true test of
strength will be furnished by the
primaries next June.
The new party is the party of the
Republicans who do not believe in
the stand pat tariff policy and
while the sentiment of the people is
with the Progressives, the policians
are loath to break from the old party
organization, because it has the spoils
to distribute and the Progressives
have nothing yet to offer in the way
Of patronage.
The political enmity existing bet
ween the Republicans and the Pro-
gressives is much more intense than
between Republicans and Democrates.
The old time "Standpat" Republican
of Iowa is much more friendly to the
Democrat than he is to the Progress
i've.
If the people of Iowa in the June
primaries should return a vitory for
the Progressives or If aconsiderable
number should vote for that ticket,
then we may look to see the Pro-
gressive party spread so fast through
out the middle west as to gain a place
on the ballot in the next national
campaign
The strife between stand patters
and insurgents should not be passed
over lightly. 1t promises to play an
important part IN the Iowa Republican
primaries and in the congressional
elections that will follow liz the fall.
Some Of the new recruits are
politicians, who, because of one or
more OF dozen reasons, have fallen
out with the stand patters. 1t is true
also that some of the newcomers are
Progressives because they felt that
the old organization had not treat
ed them with sufficient generosity in
the distribution of patronage. Still
other Progressives are men who were
piqued because they could not be-
come leaders in the old party
Some PrOgressives are such simple be-
cause they are master politicians.
Their political instinct told them the
people had enough of rule by the
special interests, and that the time
was ripe for party with new ban
ners.
The majority of the Progressives
are conscientious men who
are rebelling at the fragrant misrule
of the Canon-Aldrich band OF Phil
istines. The great army Of people in
the middle west who are sympathiz-
ing with the Republican insurgency
have full confidence in the leaders
of the movement, who distinguished
themselves and earned praise of all
in their fight for downward revision
of the tariff at the last session of
ongress-Columbus News.
1t is said that the sugrap pettS will