The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-09
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| IN 1912, there Is nothing In outer signs
and tokens. That he Is practical poll
tIclan of the first order will be readily
allowed; to hIs great popularity the
! circumstances Of his Western journey
! fully attest; but precisely hox he ex-
poets to make the landing" two years
| hence, we confess we are unable to
divine.
The clevereaL spectators IN human
credulity sometimes take the pitcher TO
the we'll once too often. The ex-
| President has had amazing success
violating the conventional. That
which would ruin another seems 10
have brought grist to him. He has
handled even the dilemmas that have
now and again crossed his path with
signal skill and address. Good for
tune. we are told attends good play.
But, in order to win, he will have TO
reyolutionize the character of the Re
publican party.
It is nothing Il not a conservative
To meet his demands and interests It
must become radical Nor 4 this
all; 1t must CROSS and recross It's own
tracks, and become a self-occuaing
critic; to reach Roosevelt 1t must dis
own Taft; to accept the Roosevelt
teaching. IL must deny the teaching OF
four decades OF Republican leader
ship.
The evil conditions which the Col
onel excoriates have sprung up under
the hand and rule OF the Republican
! party. Every word he uttera Is an
arraignment Of The party. The more
salient of the abuses which draw his
! fire have come into being within the
! life of the present Republican Admin
igtration. There can be no escape for
/ the Republicans short Of setting Taft
aside and Of placing Roosevelt again
/ in command.
The split seems already an accom-
plished fact Not as deep a. we'll
perhaps, nor as vide as barn door,
] It Is enough 10 Insure an irreeoncil-
oble quarrel, unless the President that
Is tamely stands down and aside IN
! favor of the President that Wa. and,
even IL he should do this, the elImln-
alton of Taft would not necessarily be
/ the making of Roosevelt There would
5. remain issues n be adjusted. From
i statesman. which It has always
claimed to be. the Republican party
must turn phIlanthroDist, and. n the
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/ Ter very many claimants, holding
priority of possession From de-
j gotee of the Eigh Tariff system i must
! abandon the Protective principle and
undertake TO compete with the Demo-
Gratis as n Revenue Reformar. VIII
/ the manufacturers and the allied In
i lerests submit - this VIII theY not
] the rather say better four years of
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/ Mr.. Roosevelt processes To be 4 he
publican. II Is the Republican nomi-
nation he VII seek Suppose he
should get II. would he not Haxe 10
face q divided party, and could ne
hope I'm the election 20 make II IN
Democratic votes what he would lose
Of Republican votes
In case Taft refuses 20 stand aside.
the Steam Roller would be fnr Taft.
not Roosevelt. n The National nenub-
lican Convention. The CommlHHary
stores the 0uaTtarmaster'a supplies
the heavy Artillery. would be 9Th the
Administration. Wall Street proper
If not so much concerned n N *
President would have the haYzHeeds
Of the Wild and Noolly West helesxe
The stock gamblers want activity and
Roosevelt gives them that. m tho
organized wealth OF the country l.
hardly yet HenIlmentalized. With
Theodore Roosevelt back in the White
House. Il might reason, no mn )
property would - safe" The money
would be poured out freely for Taft.
and, In default Of Taft, for some nfher
representing the warp and wool IF old.
fashioned RepublIeanlsm.
We may vel believe that there Is
Sill a great deal Of RepublIeanIzm IN
the Republican PARTY. Having Theo-
dore Roosevelt for the Republican
nominee. the issue Of life-lenHre Is
IIngeapable The Back from Eiba"
crowd may derive the Man-onz Horse
back and laugh 70 scorn the Hngges-
ton OF Caesar md Chcsnriam. Dut.
all the same. these will moi down IN
the popular mind. for especially IN
The Republican mind: for precisely As
Roosevelt vii propose 10 come hack
have all the men Of history aud desi-
tiny got there The Identification all
points would be perfect, The sole
argument. the ONLY reason which could
be put forward Tor the return Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt % power. would be the
claim that representative government
Is failure and that the strong arm
Of man rising above Constitutional
checks and balances is indispensable
10 the cleansing Of the Augean stables
The Courief=Journal has never taken
much stock in the "hooray.s Mindful
of what happened to Clay and Douglas
and Blaine. the three popular heroes
Of our historic Dolltics-and Il might
add Bryant e0neeises that RIan the
most highly favored personality Il
spread over The Continent. 1t Is likely
to spread very thin In the md sum.
mer OF 1872. It looked as though Hor-
ace Greeley would sweep the country
In October d that year he swung
around the CIRCLE Immense crowds
greeted him everywhere. He made q
series of wonderoua speeches. When
the returns came In he had carried
but six States By greatly reduced mn.
iorities
Mr.. Roosevelt my succeed In split
ting the Republican party wide open
Judge Douglas did that for The Dem.
ocrats. In another way. 30 ID Mr.
Cleveland Parties are not immortal
| They are made Of flesh and blood and
what has happened may happen. The
crying need Of the time In a change ri
representing the warp and wool Of old.
cures us this. he will have done good
thing. and he deserves well Of his
country and e0untrYmen.
: In short and IN fine. We d0 moi