The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-30
THE TON

THE REORGANIZATION
John calan oIaughnn of the Chicago Tribune has been making an
exhaustive study of the political conditions of the middle west for hi
paper. Mr.: oLaughin is a man who has lot only been in the newspaper
harness fr years a IS a special correspondent at Washington M $
political writer u a been in the state department IS acting secretary.
All of this is merely introduced to show HI reliability of his reports.
and will in all probability Dol be in Indiana-what will he fine here:
Now it is oLaughnn who say that all the middle west there
is an unremittng fight against Aldrich and Cannon This fight is the
fight of the people against the vested interest n the manhandlns OF
their rights by a small clique who control the congress under tn fear OF
committee loss and by the trading of interests which the power which
they have in their hands by rules of their own mahins-in disregard OF
the wishes of the people in tn ranks.
And oLaughlin further points u the obvious fact that those inter-
ets and their agents will do and ae doing everything in their power
to defeat the insurgents in their W territory. They know the game
And they would much rather SCI M nsressona 0strlcs' te coun
ties. the cities-the whole state go democratic rather than to have back
in the congress the e who are embarrassing their studied program ar
ranged behind closed doors. Cannon himself will lead the fight against
the insurgents.
How will this be done, think you?
Will it be done in the open?
Will the issue be put up to the people squareE?
The workings of the master politicians who have held their places in
defiance of the people are o of the Sol or the people to fathom at
frs glance as at al open page.
1t will not be a fight tin the open.
1t will be a fight from behind.
Obviously the thing for the Cannon forces to d is to diScFed1 te
insurgents by forcing into the democratic ranks those states in which
they lave defended the rights Of their constituents.
To harry the outskirts.
To play O n the flank.
To break down the republican organization in city, town and county.
To break ID the ranks into cliques and factions.
To encourage the democrats. And this under the yelled pretext OF
something else.
Break down the republican organization in the state of Indiana and
where is Beveridge?
1t is then that the small voterw will stand aghast at his work when
it is too late.
We have constantly reiterated eve since Beverdge voted against the
tariff bill after having opposed Aldrich In the men whose agent he is,
that Beverage has made it possible for the rank and file to stay within
the party. The work of regeneration and reorganization ca not be done
outside the party. 1t must be done within. The party must be reorgan-
lied from within by keeping enough good blood in it to keep it out of the
hands If petty bosslets who are the aid and comfort of the larger bosses.
If men think that they cal work for the party betterment by staying
out of the party they take a very illogical and impractical stand. That
is no. the way that the republican party is to be regenerated.
Beveridge takes the stand that Cannon and Aldrich are not the repub-
lcan party. Beveridge has not left the republican party because Cannon
and Aldrch are in control. Beveridge has stayed in the party and embar-
raised Aldrich and Cannon. And he las done this thai the republicans
Of this country and this state may be rightly represented and that President
Taft "a work f r he people
And what Beverage has done in larger way. those who respect him as
fearless and honest a do in a smaller a by working inside the party
by leaving the party, but by staying gin the party and bding the time till
they may have their way. Party government is all We have at the pres
mt time. There is other way OF looking at things in a practical way.
If you ia With your party in which you al do much good by using
your vote at the proper times you may build up that party to be a power
which will defeat Cannon nd Aldrich and their agents in Indiana, the
bo&lets and the undesirables.
How Aldrich and Cannon would rejoice if they would have found some
way to make Beverage leave the republican party!
And how they fear him when he stays in the party and regenerates it:
Beveridge is reorganiing the republican party in TIL shte of Indiana
He depends o those republicans who are working for better things. to
identify themselves thoroughly with the party, 10 that he nay ave a strong
working force of progressive and honest men within the ranks on whom he
can depend. Is it the thing to do o play into the hands of Cannon and
Aldrtch and their petty bossets in this state. who aret trying to worryh him
in the f1anks: Or is it the duty of honest men to work with him. shoulder
to shoulder. dsregarding the ciques which are the advances of Cannon's
hope that thu senior matt Of Indiana may be knitted by h dssendon
within the party n that he be discredited by democratic victories which
will make his reelection questionable?