The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-20
Brookhart's Sad Break.

Sioux City Journal: Colonel Brook
hart, Progressive candidate for con
gress in TIE First district, has issued
proclamation of neutrality in the
CUBE: Material war, and has serve no
|tlce on Des Moines that Garst speak
ers must not come into his distric,
and mix in his campaign 1t is painful
to see good MAJ thus going wrong
Colonel Brookhart is looking a, things
/ IN very unprogressive way He
i seems TO have acquired a notion that
j 1t Is of some Importance in the general
scheme OF things that he shall be nnn:-
mated for congress and elected there
70. This, OF course. is absurd Being
a military man, and having had long
experience with the grand strategy OF
/ the commander in chief, the colonel
should know better.
The important taing in this cam
palgn, as in any campaign in which
Senator Cummins is interested. is that
the interest of Senator Cummins shall
| be promoted. That is the paramount
issue in the coming primary campaign,
and all minor considerations must
yield to it The junior senator's in
terest required that Proutv and Byers
should run for congress in the Seventh
and Ninth districts. The prospect of
election is rather attenuated, especial
/ ~ in the Ninth, but the boys are doing
their best, sustained and soothed by a
patriotic feeling that they are obeying
orders from on high and, whether they
win or lose, the great cause will have
been advanced. Garst is running for
governor because Senator Cunmins
interests demand it. Garst's interests
dictated that he wait two years, and
thus cultivate a bright promise that
the nomination might be handed him
on hand engraved silver salver. But
TIE commander in chief issued Gen
erai Order No. 1923, and Garst is
running now Garst really expects to
be defeated, and the defeat will put
an awful crimp in his future prospects,
but the spirit of Balakalava is in his
bosom, and he is faring forth with
a stiff upper lip and shining eyes.
Prouty, Byers and Garst understand,
and Brookhart should also understand,
that a great moral issue is at stake
in Iowa this year. 1t relates to nation
al rather than state affairs. 1t in
wolves the leadership of the Republi.
can party President Taft is leading
his party astray Senator Cunmins
would lead it Alright. Therefore it is
up 10 the Republicans of Iowa to rally
behind Senator Cummins and tell the
world that his Leadership is right and
the Taft leadership is wrong. The
Cumlnils plan is not to be easily
accomplished under existing circunl-
stances. The fact is that the road
pointed out by the Iowa commander
in chief leads away from the record
of the Republican party, and locks
very much like a short cut to the
Democratic camp. Republican Iowa
might be slow TO follow the reckoning
finger if allowed TO decide the question
in cool blood Therefore there must
be tumult, shouting, the smoke OF bat
tie and the smell of hot blood. a
victory must be won in which the
Navarrelike plume of the leader shall
be the most conspicuous object.
Some OF the officers on the firing
line must risk and lose their lives. of
course. That is the way of war. But
what does II matter if General Garst
or Colonel Byers or Colonel Brook.
hart or al of them and more, too. fan
by the bloody wayside? Their lives
will have been winked ont in support
OF a great cause. They win be given
burial ~ita I'll the honors of war, and
their graves may lie decorated on fu-
turc memorial DAYS Nothing matters
so long as the coming state convention
can be Induced to repudiate Taft and
glorify Cummins.
Colonel Brookhart should know all
this and be ready to make his share
of the sacrifice. If he is not willing
he is not loyal follower Of the Ma.
yarrelike plume He should revise his
calculations as to what shall be done
ia the First district. or he is
likely to find them revised for him.