The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-10-26
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
WHY NOT ouMMINs?

The Minneapolis Journal is O
opinion that Senator Cummins would
be q better choice for the presidenc,
by the progressive republicans thar
is La Toilette. The Journal, as {
conservative paper, is under suspic'
ion by the progressives, but never.
thless there is much truth in what i,
says in this connection. The Jour
nal expresses its hope that the pres
ident will be renominated on his
constructive record, but it adds tina,
I'VE do not blink the possibility that
the west is in no mood at this time
to do justice to his administration
The Journal adds:
There looms, then, the distinct
possibility that an insurgent may b.
made the nominee. II that nominee
should be La Toilette, he cannot be
elected. His followers may believe
that he can be elected: but, fo1
whatever reasons, the man has toe
many enemies, too many persons
who misconceive him, or too trul,
conceive-which, 1t matters not TO,
the purpose OF this discussion. Tht
fact is that as a nominee La Toilet.
te would invite defeat.
"Cummins represents the same
school of politics as La Toilette, bu-
he represents them with a sweeter
reasonableness and with better in.
tellectuality also. AS president LIE
Toilette would be president for his
own faction, his own following, an6
fanatically so at that. Cummins
would be president not only of a fac.
ton and q party, but of all citizens
The Journal comedies too much
We believe, in saying that La Fol.
1ette's followers may believe that he
can be elected president. The appar.
ent fact is that he cannot be nomi.
mated by the republicans; and if h.
were, he could not be elected. Or
the other hand, it is very loubtfu
IL Taft can win against a democratic,
nominee who shows any sort of 6
progressiv record. And even ii
he is renominated and reelected, hi
will fail to give the republican party
that character it must have if it Il
to retain the leadership. A mar
with longer vision, finer imagina.
ton and greater intellectual freed
ON is demanded to keep the republi
can party to the front. A construc.
ZIONIST is the demand of the hour
and, comparatively speaking, at
least. Taft is not that.
Taft's standing with the voters
next year will depend largely upor
his course this winter with refer.
ence to the tariff. But much thai
the Minneapolis paper has said aboul
Cummins is true. He belongs rather
to the Roosevelt school than to thai
of La Toilette. He has Eeen willinf
to accept situations that cannot be
changed. without in any way relin-
1uishing his ideals. He is fascinat-
ing in personality, a maker OF
friends: he has the faculty of lead.
ing men forward. when the La Fol-
lette method is rather to push them
ahead.
Cummins would be quite as accep-
table to, the rank and file of the pro-
gressives in South Dakota as would
LaFollette, and it is surprising that
ne has not received more c%onsidera-
ton by the leaders of that movement
in this state. His candidacy would
come much neare representing that
which is practicable of accomplish
ment than does La Follette's.
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