The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-20
lNSURGENT WEST ALARMS
THE EASTERN REGULARS
Program Was to Have Been Stand-Pat-'.
Now Change Has Come Ger the
Spirit of Their Dream.

nous CONSIDERATION AT tle SUMMER cap
ital and at the Republican headquar
tiers. Reports have been called for.
There viii be an analysis of the situa
ton. The various aspects are to be dis
cussed with the President. An effort
will lie made to give the campaign a
good start in early September on q
basis by which the insurgent activities
may be less embarrassing.
The sum and substance of the situa
ton is that the regular Republicans are
in a serious embarrassment. So many
of their party have fred and are firing
upon the flag and still claiming its pro-
lection. that it is difficult to stir up
any great enthusiasm in the campaign.
President Taft has been facing the sit
uation with logged insistence, fighting
his way along inch by inch, but with
very great embarrassments.
The insurgents seem to have as much
opportunity for annoyance IN the cam
paign as they had during the session of
congress. They viii not yield They
kept their colors flying in every con
test. Considering the efforts made to
down them. they have been making re-
markable progress. They are essen
worthy that in recent times they have
been losing very few battles or Skin
mishes. They conduct their contests
within Republican lines and the at
, tempts of the regulars to east these
doubters out have been utterly futile.
Their successes have been essentially in
the West, but they are already talking
about winning the Nation.
Should They Win.
Should the Democrats win the cleo
tions in November the regulars count
upon greater solidarity of the Repub-
lean party They think some of the
insurgents will be forced into the Demo
cratic party, while some viii return to
the regular Republican fold. The in
surgents on the other hand argue that
| if the Republicans are beaten in the
State and congressional elections this
autumn il will be rebuke to the regu-
lar faction and that the insurgents must
come out on top eventually. They ex-
pect to begin organizing to capture the
+! Republican national convention to be
| held in a little more than a year from
now. They will lead movement
against the denomination of President
Taft and for the selection Of some lead
ing progressive for that office.
] tt is already pretty clear that sena-
tor Cummins. of Iowa. will be a candi-
date Presumably Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin, will also be among the
aspirants One thing is pretty certain.
1t will be practically impossible to hold
the so-caled insurgent States in line
for the nomination of any candidate
but progressive. and it will also be
difficult to hold majority of the popu-
lar vote for a Republican presidential
nominee unless he be of the progressive
type.
Therefore it is plain that the Repub-
lican leaders have very acute political
problem on their hands. In brief il
comes down to the question whether the
party is to become conservative or rad
zeal Apparently the States this side
of the Mississippi River are not to be
: won over easily to the radical doctrines
Conservative people and conservative
Influences are very strongly entrenched
in the Republican organization of the
, East
And yet the progressive movement is
making Roadway in that section. There
are progressive factions in several east
ern States, even in old rockribbed Re
= publican Maine and New Hampshire
So fierce has been the fighting in those
States between the two Republican fac
lions that there is quite an even chance
.. that the Democrats will elect governor:
this year in both States. Massachusetts
Rhode Island and Connecticut are also
r. in the throes of fractional troubles
which essentially are regular and insur
gent. The planes of cleavage are not
on quite the same lines as in Iowa an5
[ Kansas
The conditions make it likely that