The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-04-08
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE
AWAKENING TO SITUATION

Washington, March 81. - Three
cities In Maine go democratiel Repub-
licans overwhelming beaten in Mas
saehusetts!"
Such messages as this have awak.
ened the republican leaders to a full
realization of the sentiment Of the
country. They have al last taken
cognizance Of the political signboard
which reads: Stop! Look! Listen"
President Taft has labored under the
false belief that insurgency was prac-
tically confined to such states as Wis
consin, Iowa and Kansas. Now it de.
velops that insurgency extends from
Maine to California Il appears in
the former state in OPPOSITION to the
reelection Of Senator Hale. Insurgency
broke out long ago In California in
the form OF the Lineoln-Roosevelt
league The republican party in IN.
diana is rent squarely by the same
force that has divided It in Iowa and
Kansas. Ohio, too, is IN the throes
of the malady
New York republicans are divided,
and insurgency exists in every repub-
mean state in the union The ropub-
lican leaders have revealed political
blindness that has been almost incon-
ceiyable as regards their estimation
of the proportions of the insurgency
movement But now they see It, one
and all The regulars are trembling
The average republican is willing to
admit, though perhaps not for publica-
tion, that the next house will be dem.
9cratic. Here are a few Of the straws
which have each played q part in
awakening the republicans to a re.
alizatlon Of their peril
The antirules outbreak In the house
The democratic landslide In the re-
cent Fourteenth Massachusetts con.
gressional election, In which Eugene
n Foss, democrat, was victorious with
a plurality of 5.640. as against a re.
publican plurality Of 14,250 only two
years ago.
The sudden departure Of ex-For.
ester clifford Pinchot for Europe
called there presumably by a cable.
gram from Roosevelt
The reported refusal of James r
Garfield 20 run for governor of Ohio
on the Taft policies.
The democratic victories IN the local
elections of Maine.
The 100 per cent gain made by Dick
inson. the democratic candidate. over
the plurality of the previous demo
cratic candidate IN the Sixth Missouri
election
The result Of the Success Magazine
straw ballot, which showed 5l7 repub-
licans approving and 6.sl3 disapproy.
Ing the attitude OF Aldrich (approved
By the president on the tariff
The reducing Of the majority OF the
republican governor Of Massachusetts,,
In an election in which the new tariff |
law was the main issue from $4,000 to
5 goo,
How do the democrats view the sit
nation is asked Chairman James T /
Lloyd OF the democratic congressional
committee believes the next
house win be democratic But he be.
ieyes Il viii be democratic only II The
democrats throughout the county take
advantage Of their opportunities. Sue.
'ess viii depend not only upon effec.
I've state organizations. but upon the
organization work In counties, cities.
wards and precincts
Let us not have a repetition Of
$50. said an old southern democrat
o the writer In that year. not long
lefore the general election. Maine
vent strongly democratic. Yet Gar. /,
.eld republican won handlly.