The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15

Denver IOlO.s DeC- L. III SoiA
munication to The Rocky Mountain
News. Former United States Senator
Frank ]. Cannon says:
I have travelled in ten states since
leaving Colorado a month ago. The
cry of the progressives in these states
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebras-
ka. South Dakota, Wisconsin. Iowa,
Illinois. Indiana and even Missouri
is for La Toilette and Wilson. The
progressive democrats want the re-
publican party to nominate Robert NJ.
LaFollette for the presidency; so that
IF the democratic party shall lose
the people viii win.
And progressive republicans want
the democratic party to nominate
Woodrow Wilson so that-if the re-
publican party shall lose still the
people viii win.
You viii observe that the progress
sive dove has at last learned wisdom
from that WY old serpent the sys-
TEN: whose favorite plan has been to
select both candidates, subscribe to
both campaign funds and then let the
people, in deadly earnest. fight a use
less battle.
Personally. / fear that the progress
slve republicans cannot control their
convention. although that fear grows
less as one observes with what gigan-
tie stature La Toilette is now stand
ing in the public gaze. Half dozen
great periodicals Of republican ten.
denotes are advertising his as politi-
cal regenerstor. He is more discussed
-one nigh say more trusted-than
Roosevelt. And it is possible that the
popular feeling may find effective ex-
preston in the national convention.
But it does not seem to be probable.
The office-holding machine is power
ful. insidious, and experienced. The
interests are desperately determined
TO prevent a La Toilette term in the
White House; and their financial aid
makes the machine almost resisuess.
Frankly. | do not believe in this talk
of fatal breach between President
Taft and big business. On both sides
ii looks like a calculated quarrel, a
melodrama played for national enter
tainment. The need of such an affee.
tation of battle is too obvious Despite
his earnest work, the people had no
faith that President Taft would solve
our vital problem and restore the gov
ernment to the custody of the people.
A play was needed 1t is being played.
So the hope for both La Toilette and
Wilson--and an assurance that in
either event the country is turned to-
ward redemption--is not as strong as
the desire.
But there remains Wilson, whose
nomination by the democratic conven-
tion can only be presented by insanity
or perfldy-or both. Other candidates
are able; they have sincere advocates.
But the progressive republicans - as
we'll as the mass of democrats-want
Wilson nominated; and 1t is the pro-
gressiye republicans whose votes will
decide the issue.
If both La Toilette and Wilson shall
be nominated, the progressives of the
two parties will chose between them.
If. as is more likely, Taft shall he
the republican nominee, progressives
of his party would turn almost en
mass to Wilson--and Wilson is the only
possible democratic nominee to whom
they would thus turn. They Will not
leave Taft in order to vote for any
democratic ally of the interests. They
will not desert their own party to
chance any humiliating experiment
with the other. They want to pre-
serv their self-respect and at the
same time perform high public serv
ice
Washington, d. c., Dec. 13.-The fol
lowing is from The Washington
Herald
whatever the temporary depression
OF Governor Wilson's home friends
over the loss of the legislature we are
more than consoled, yes, we are elat
ed over the reports from democratic
members of congress returning from
many states, was the opening remarks
of Representative William e. Tuttle
of the Westfeld IN. j. district, last
night.
"The democrats of New Jersey, who
believe in Governor Wilson, and ex
pect to see him nominated for presl
dent continued Mr. Tuttle, under
stand the detection in the one county
of Essex that lost us a dozen mem
bers of the legislature Thst was whai
we call the Senator Smith detection II
Nrauorly 4ha most nonulnuS cffy of The