The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-31

publican candidate for the senate
will, Of course, not arrive in this
state until the adjournment of con-
gress. Immediately thereafter "things
will be doing"
The real fight promises to be be-
tween Poindexter and Wilson, with
Burke worrying the latter not lit
tie. It's going to be great politi-
cal battle. The Press prints this
editorial today simply to explain the
present situation, and to urge citi-
zens to take the most active interest
from now on. The people will win
if they all keep interested, because
Washington now has the primary
system of nominating senatorial can
didates. But the crisis may come
when the state legislature convenes,
with the struggle to keep the legis-
lators firm in their pledge to elect
the nominee at the primaries. So
it's up to the people to keep sentries
in the watch tower until a senator
has been chosen.-Spokane Press.
Theodore Roosevelt, First Insurgent.
Insurgent republicans are progress
i've republicans. The forward move
ment in the republican party is. true
republicanism. The real object an
nature of our party appear in the
insurgency of Mr. Roosevelt.
This republican has been an in
surgent ever since he entered public
life.
When he became republican can
didate for the New York legislature
he insurged against machine meth
ods-and the people of his silk-stock-
ing district gave him such majority
as they had never given any other
republican candidate.
When he became commissioner in
New York city he revolted against
the alliance between the republican
machine and Tammany Hall-and
right-minded republicans and decent
democrats stood by him.
When he was governor of New
York he disregarded the regular
leaders of his party-and the repub-
licans of the nation in 1900 made
him their candidate, despite himself,
for the vice presidency.
When he became president he
forced the republican conservatives
to carry out reforming policy-and
the party spontaneously nominated
him for a second term, with full
knowledge of his progressive poll
cies.
When these triumphed over the
recactionaries and he designated Mr..
Taft as the right republican to car
ry them to full fruition the party
elected President Taft by the largest
majority that any presidential can
didate ever received.
These facts all point one way. In
surgency is the breath of life of the
republican party, progressiveness the
indispensable element, without which
it never succeeds. The insurgent is
the republican who exercises his
rights of judgment and of initiative
as a member of the party. Every
reactionary republican who votes
against a clause of a bill advocated
by the regular" leaders is to that
extent an insurgent. Every insur
gent congressman who forwards the
Taft and Roosevelt policies in their
large lines is a regular republican.
The people have made it clear for
20 years that Rooseveltian republi-
canism is the real republicanism.
Republican voters, by choosing DEM
ocratic candidates in every congress
sional district these Is months past.
have demonstrated that their party
must move forward along the trails
of progress followed by Taft. The re-
publican party owes its power to in
surgency and it's progressiveness,
and Mr.. Roosevelt was the original
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..