Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-07
Even the Old Timers Are Hes itating About Yentufing on Political prOgn0S-
 ticaiion
PAST EXPERIENCE
 FURNISHES NC LIGHT
t Is Agreed That If Taft Is to Be Saved the Work Will Have 10 Be Done
 Quickly
0By Victor Elliotu

.he United States is composed of ex- office holders. The proverbial states man out of job may he seen on nearly every street corner. The poll .cal clubs of tbe country thrve on he membership they draw from this lass of has lecn' politicians. When election day comes around they may 1e heard handing down sage gossip .olati sa to thc political aspect Oi nings. and they can give you fiEures at a moments nOtce to show which .gly the several states win go
 few weeks before the election lumher of the eject gather in each Tub house and figure away for hours Jn the margins of newspapers. They now the intimate history of every -ampalgn within their political hie
 me and the why and wherefore oi All that has gone before.
 The ForcaSters
 Among these superannuated states zen, many Of whom were never more han judge of election in some remote ural district. it is only natural that aere be some reasonably sagaciOds eads. men who have actually been ot cal service to their country, but who through the fickleness of Dame ortune, democracy and republican, ism, with their several handmaidens. nave been relegated Co the back. ground of pubic affairs.
 These men, wise in their day and generation. and still cOgnizant of the trend of public opinion. are among .he most valuable forecasters upon. Shieh the present day politicians de pend Stories are told around many a banquet board of how men occupy ng h gh station in the public service. frequently go to these men for ad- rice before launching some new and 4ntried political move.
 They have an advantage which none can gainsay in that their opin- ions are free from prejudice. Being out of the active pol tical field they are bound to see things in a fair light and are consequently more mod. crate in their advice than even more able statesmen who, influenced by the activity of the hour, may entertt-l an unconscious prejudice.
 These politicians of the old school then, form a class Of spectators, who are abundantly qualified to say thumbs up" or thumbs down" 6o any new project The wiser of them say the least, and are consequently more attentiyely listened to. They do not speak often but when they do speak, their friends who are pluns- .ng through a newer era of politics. dearken to them as to an oracle.
 What They Say Now
 4 time has come when they have begun to speak and the topic Of the.r .tterances is that one most feared oy all politicians the advent of a lew and mighty party.
 They are saying that the time has come when the public has grown .eary of the triflings of partisanism, and that the graver issues Of nation Il poi tics have been subordinated 10 the petty scher3ing of dominant politicians, who are politicians rath- CT than statesmen This class oi old .ue statesmen is historical There always has been such a class since the republic was formed
 In the ente-belnm days when the predecessors of the present rul ns parties were waning and the order Of things was slowly changing, a reor- ganization was predicted by eX-states- men. Furthermore the reorganization came. as was promised and it was SO strong that it bore to the White house Atrzham Lincoln and to the African race is emancipation from slavery. Witness the virgin strength of q new party, organized at a propi- lious moment.
 That similar reorganization is to rlke place shortly in this country is the pred cti0n now being made The time is ripe With democracy divided by two elements and with in surgency and conservatism strivins for domination in the republ can ranks, the breach stands wide open. inviting the entrance Of a third party conspicious for it's solidarity.
 No Third Party
 There can be no third party, how ever, unt it has become solid. for until it has reached that state. where factional squabtling is foreign 10 it's main purpose, it cannot command sufficient popular ty to make it i'm pregnabie 10 the old party inroads.
 It is commonly conceded that un- less President Taft takes some ac- tion which will elevate him immedi- afely in the eyes of the people, he cannot make good showing in 1912.
 On the other hand there is so much dissens on in the democratic ranks that victory is out of the question unless at the last moment the several forces now opposing each other, swing into line 10 meet the republican attack. So bitter has become the factional feeling within the two par. ties that there s little likelihood oi n unification which win insure vic tory to either Of the present parties
 No Leader in Sight
 Primarily a new party must have