The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-19
G, 0. P. CHIEFS ARE
REVISING A LITTLE
Beginning to Sit Up and Dis
cuss Hopefully of Sue
cesses Next Year.
sv SYDNEY EsPeY.

publicans Of the house downcast and
hopeless regarding the outcome OF the
1912 campaign.
II one could mingle on the floor and
rub elbows with the leaders. the man
who. manages the organization 1t
would soon manifest itself that the
G. O. r. 10 not hors de combat. but Is
recovering from the November shock
Of defeat. and before the shadows Of
1912 appear upon the political horizon
the battle-scarred veterans Of the par.
~ will be found standing shoulder
90 shoulder ready for the fray.
II must be admitted that President
Taft In the favorite for the 1912 Presi.
Dental nomination. To use IA sport.
ing term. he Is at present a one to
ten favorite. But the unexpected
sometimes has happened. and an out
slider has captured the prize. Howev.
err. II n vote were taken today Pres
idcnt Taft would be nominated for an.
other term.
whip" Dwight, of New York, says
the Republicans were defeated by the
Democrats. Not the insurgents. for
some Of the insurgents were defeated
IN districts where they were supposed
20 be invinciblc. and a number OF
standpatters also bit the dust. II was
not individuals. says the whip but
the Republican party that was whip
ped. However. whip" Dwight Is not
discouraged. lie says the responsible.
ity Is now on the shoulders OF the
Democrats, who are charged with leg
1s;ation In the next congress and the
Republicans will see to II that the ma
jority In the house next December
hcw TO the line. President Taft, he
says. In today the choice OF the rank
and file, he has been faithful to the
platform and his administration has
been successful.
What Butler Says.
Representative Thomas s. Butler, Of
Pennsylvania. one Of the leaders OF
the house. who is considered good
forccastcr. says that the only thing
that will prevent President Taft's re-
nomination is the President himself
II the president wants another term.
says Mr.. Butler. he can have 1t. In
the opinion Of the keystone State
statesman the revision Of the tariff by
Q Democratic house will unsettle bus.
mess. cause manufacturers to limit
production. and thus make hard times
for labor. with the result that the peo-
pic will look once moro to the Republi-
can party for relief.
INT THE <,othusio atIc Taft co,ttu,oot
In not shared by all Republicans.
There are many who regard Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette. OF Wisconsin.
AZ tho man for the nomination.
Fighting Bob" Ms his friends and ad-
mircrs call him, belongs to the Pro
gresslvcs. He does not approve of
much tnat the Taft administration has
done. for on many vital issues he diff.
fers with the President. Some of the
most severe criticisms against the ad
ministration have been printed I'm La
Foliette's paper and they were freely
used by Democrats In the campaign Of
last year. II IL common talk that the
Wisconsin Senator has a following In
the west. banded together to bring
about. II possible. his nomination for
the Presidency. There Is no ques-
tioning Fighting Bob's' indepen-
dance Of party ties. He believes the
time has come for a reorganization Of
the G. q. p: for the infusion of new
blod and ideas. and his followers say
he In the one man TO rally that indie.
pendent element that played such an
important part In the November cleo.
ton. Tho statement has been made
that tho Wisconsin delegation to the
next Republican National Convention
will be instructed for LaFoilette.
How About cummlns
While l.aF'ollette may be regarded
Of presidential size the fact should
not be overlooked that In Iowa there
II man Of national prominence who
looms high upon the horizon as a pres
idcntial possibility.
Senator Cummins occupies an infll.
entail and commanding position in the
senate. He ranks as u progressive of
progressives and for years he has
been boss" of Iowa. He has been free
IN his comment on the recommends.
tsOuo VI HtVStuNuI NiN, anu udS uGNSI
hesitatcd to speak his convictions. He
10 ambitious and does not attempt to
conceal II. He has progressive ideas,
believing that times and conditions
have changed materially since the
Republican party was born. Those
who talk Cummins for 1911: say IL ID
necessary for some such man to head
the ticket II the Republican party is
to hold Its own. otherwise the party
will follow in the footsteps OF the old
Whig party. The Iowa senator be.
licves that the time has come for a
stronger government: that legislation
n needed to better protect the inter.
csts OF the people from the greed Of
tho trusts. and modification Of the
tariff laws Is necessary SO that the
burdens Of taxation may be more ev.
emily divided. The Cummins boom has
appeared, and II must be admitted
that Il possesses drawing qualities.
In the Hoosier state former Vice
President Charles Warren Fairbanks
IN looking wistfully toward 1912. He
has been called the "iceburg Of Indi.