The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-10-12
Where Are The Insurgents?

insurgency has had very little to say
for itself recently. According to its
threats made just after the end of the
extra session, it was to make some
demonstrations while the president was
on his trip. 1t has made none thus
far. The trip has been under way
nearly three weeks. Almost half of the
tour has been made. A large part of
several so-called insurgents states
Michigan, Kansas, Iowa Colorado and
Wyoming-ha been traversed by the
president. But excet mild sort of an
outburst By Senator Bristow at Hutchin-
son Kan, scarcely a whisper of insurg-
ency has been encountered thus far.
The outgiving at Hutchinson was pro-
yoked by a gratuitous slur thrown out
by Secretary Fisher. which was as en-
barrassing to the president as it was
to Fishers Kansas hosts. Save at that
point, for a moment, the trip has
progressed smoothly, and no sign of a
rupture has revealed itself among the
Republicans. Apparently almost every
Republican who ] has been met intends
.o;be just a plain Republican. in 1912,
without any prefix or suffix.
The country has heard that the in
surgents will have rally in Chicago on
October 10. That affair has been
advertised rather widely in the past
week or two, yet not much popular
interest is likely to be aroused by it.
According to report all the progressives
in Senate and House will be there.
Speeches are booked to be made by
La Folette, Cummins, Bristow and
others of them. On that day the in
surgent headquarters at Washington is
to be deserted. and the whole office,
force so the story says, is to be in
Chicago. An effort will be made to
have the gathering as large and as
representative of the whole West as
possible. It will attract much less
attention, however than it would have
done had it taken place month or
two ago. There is general feeling
that the demonstration will be failure
SO far as regards any serious purpose
to make an effective fight against the
president in the convention in 1912.
Nobody doubts that Taft will have an
immense majority on the first ballot.
denominations for elected presidents
have been general among Republicans.
Hays did not get denomination be-
cause he was single term advocate.
All the other Republican elected presi-
dents were put forward for second terms
and all of them were elected except
Harrison. Arthur failed to get the
candidacy in 1884 but Arthur had not
been chosen to the presidency but
only to the vice presidency going to
the higher office on the death of his
running mate in 1880, Garfield, Roose-
welt, although he entered the White
House in the same way received
nomination for an elective term, and
swept the country.
On the day that the insurgents are
advertised to meet in Chicago, October
l6 the president will be in Los Angel
es, the home of Senator Work one OF
the most outspoken progressives in his
chamber Works is the man who said
that while ne will oppose the renomin-
alton of Taft, he will immediatele come
to the Taft side when the convention
acts. He is aware that the insurgents
have no chance to beat the president
in the convention, and he, for one in
surgent, will do his best to prevent de-
feat at the polls. Probably this will be
the attitude of three out of four of all
the Republican irregulars. While they
have a right to oppose Taft in the
convention, the moment he is nomi-
mated they must support him or else
forfeit their privileges to call them
selves Republican. It is not likely that
La Toilette, who is the insurgents as
plrant for the nomination, will run OF
an independent ticket. He knows Il at
would be suicidal for him. Equally fatal