The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-10-26
BATTLE Of NINETEEN TWELVE
William Walpole, Sr., Writes on
the Possibilities of White
House Occupants for
the Next Four
Years

AS time rolls by, the leaders OF
both of the old political parties
would like to know the sentiment
of the voters on the following
questions: Will you vote for Taft
or Wilson for president9 or will
LaFollette and Champ Clark be
able to win the nominations of
their parties! Will Roosevelt be
a candidate! What will Bryan's
attitude be9 Will the republicans
win, or will the democrats finally
occupy the white house?
Those questions will be discuss
ed by the newspapers from now
on and by thousands of voters all
over the states. We must admit
that both of the leading parties
are split into factions, but the re-
publican trouble is much more
serious than the democratic. The
republicans, to use an expressive
phrase, are all shot to pieces. "The
progressive faction is going on it's
way cheerfully convinced that it
has the old guard beaten to ulti-
mate destruction, and that when
the reorganization is finally effect
ed, progressive will be in control
from top to bottom. The demo-
Gratis are in better accord. 1t is a
fact that they are woefully hun
CRY. They are willing enough to
divide on questions of policy, but
their is no division when it comes
to question of pie. 1t is sixteen
years since the democrats had the
right to walk unchallenged up to
the pie counter, and that is a
mighty long period of fasting,
even for democrats who got pretty
we'll used to going hungry after
the civil war. But to return to
the question, who will be the
standard bearers of the two polit-
ical parties in the battle of 1922"
There is an abundance of demo-
cratic candidates nowadays, but
the republicans are singing NIGH
ty soft and low" 1t is an appar-
emily open race for the democratic
nomination and just as evidently a
closed one for the republican lead
ership. The democratic prize may
60 to Champ Clark, the eminent
Missourian, who has bore such a
conspicuous part in the labors of
his party in the House of Repre-
sentatives for so many years, or to
Governor Wilson, of New Jersey,
the politician and ex-president of
Princeton, historian and student
who has made brilliant record
for himself in the few months that
he has been at the helm in that
state.
There is of course a possibility
that neither ofthose two candidates
will be chosen and the nomination
may 60 to a dark horse, for in
stance, ex-governor Folk, of
Missouri, but all indications now
point to the selection of one of
those two as the democratic
nominee for next year.
In the republican camp, there is
practically no doubt but that Pres
ident Taft will be called upon to
make the race again. He has
friends who believe he can win
and he has other friends who be-
lieve that he is sure to be beaten
if he runs, but think that he is not
only entitled to the denomination,
but that he is under obligation to
take it and make the best fight for
his party that he can.
The insurgent republicans will
earnestly oppose Taft. They are
conducting q campaign for dele
gates who will vote for Senator
LaFollette. 1t is not likely however
that there will be many more than
a hundred votes for LaFollette in