The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-08-20
SATURDAY. AUGUST 20. 1910.

The gauntlet mas been thrown down.
The 'old guard OF the New York re-
publicans mas refused TO recommend
Elk. President Roosevelt for the chair
manship OF the New York convention.
No one who knows Colonel Roosevelt
questions for a minute the course he
will take. He will undoubtedly accept
the challenge and the result will be
war TO the finish. Observing ones see
in this act tire last stage OF the prelim-
inaries 10 the struggle for existence be-
tween the two factions in the republi
can party on the one side the extrem-
ely radical type represented In LaFol-
lette, Bristow. et al and on the other
side the extremely conservative type
represented by Cannon. Aldrich, ct al.
II would be extremely unfortunate
should either OF these types Of men
succeed In securing absolute control OF
the republican party. That party has
always been looked upon as the conser-
vstively progressive party the demo
crat party a. the conservstiyely reac-
tive party. While the two great par.
ties retained their distinctive forms
radicalism found vent only In third
party, thus the greenbackers, the pop
ulists and other isms blew Themselves
ont only In the formation OF third
party which in time melted away the
virtues, IL any there were, being in.
corporated In either OF the two great
parties according to their tendency
In 1896 the democrat party was cap
tured, bag and baggage, by the extre-
mely radical money men. True to
their principles, the conservative wing
OF that party seeded from their regu-
lar organization and for decade the
democratic party was in state OF
chaos. Conservative democrats gradu-
ally gravitated to the republican ranks
with the result that the extremely con-
seryative branch Of the republican
party predominated to such an extent
within the organization that they SCI
cured -trangle hold on the party and
At that pitch we had arrived when
Theodore Roosevelt was elected % sue.
ceed himself As president
The disintegration Of the democratic
party a. remodeled in 1906 had begun.
old priniples were beginning to assert
themselves little by little, and old
heads were again getting hold Of the
machinery Co-incident with this
move came the migration Of a great
hord Of radicals from the democratic
ranks Of the republican ranks and this
new accession naturally amalgamateo
with the already progressive wing of
the dominant party which was chatting
under the yoke Of the extremely con
seryatiye. Little by little the storm
Increased until today IL Il a hurricane
that threatens 10 change the face Of the
party entirely Will il continue TO In.
crease as 1t did fourteen Years ago in
the democrat party un,il & drives the
conservative element from its ranks
and wrecks the party a. the democra-
tic rarity was wrecked in 1867
Moderately progressives like raft are
frowned upon today by big follow
ing in the republican ranks who, like
the third estate IN the French reyolu-
tion. are so blinded with rage that
they cannot distinguish between the
good and the bad in the republican
conservative wing
Where will IL end Will the ultra
conservatives. the Cannon.Alirich type,
predominatei Nothing could be more
unfortunte for the future usefulness OF
the republican party viii the ultra
radicals like LaFollette predominant
II would be misfortune. only equalled
by Bryan capturing OF the democra
tic party fourteen years ago, should
such an end be attained.
The aligning OF MIR. Roosevelt with
the one or the other faction will quick
~ determine what Is going 10 happen.
At any event. the rehabilitating OF
the democratic party is the one bright
spot In the American political skies
today, for by ia American development
Is assured Of safety Gluten in case
either faction OF the dominate party
starts 10 run away with the machine.