The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-28

ed Republicans are realizing that
Roosevelt is merely a self-seeking
four-ausLer and they are looking
with hope to Baltimore.
One of the biggest men in the
Illinois delegation said to the
Intelligencer man Saturday
night: Il am thoroughly dis
gusted with the Republican party |
and l don t think | will ever vote
the Republican ticket again. Butt
| don't care very much for Teddy
either and | am not going to vote
for him. If the Democrats nOmi-
nate Bryan I will vote for him
If they nominate anybody else,
except perhaps Wilson, | will
vote the Prohibition ticket. "
An alternate from Idaho voiced
the sentiments of many when he
said: "If Bryan is nominated
he will be elected easily. If
Clark is nominated there will be
a big fight between him and
Roosevelt. In that case | believe
that four years from now there
will be no Democratic or Repub-
, lican party. There will be just
, Progressives and Conservatives.
Really, if the Dehocrats are
I wise they viii nominate a pro
gressive on a progressive plat
/, form. Then there will be no
: need Of a third party except for
those who think that Theodore
: Roosevelt is the only living per-
son who is fit to- be the head of
the nation. In years. past the
Democratic party has advocated
: just the principles for the over
riding of which the progressive
are now leaving the Republican
j party. The truly progressive
will come to the Democrats un
! less the same forces which role
~ at Chicago viii roll at Baltimore
The followers of the big monarc
!. viii fan with him.
70 The movement which ROOs,
i.- velt started is aimed to start nj
az a progressive party, but a RooS
bal veh party. As matter of fac
a most of the progressiveS diff
from the staHd-patters mainl
q in the matter of the tariff. No
ON Roosevelt processes to be PR
,lv gresive; but what is hEs tarr
m resOrd? He never once tOucht
en the question while he was
he office and he has earefRlly le
Ad it out of has speeches. dnrlal
yed his campaign this spring. /
Ia wants not a better tariff, bI
are Just his own election. AT presc
a. It seems that he Will continue /
om residence at Oyster Bay for +
lid eral years.
I'M LOOKING AHEAD.
ON It is now up to the Democra
re They have chance now
ION san right into power and st
Taft there indefinitely. AT BaltimC
uld the fight this week win be str
in nous one. The men who we
I'M behind the move which gave Il
ose- the nomination are behind
# somewhat similar move at Ba'
ties more. They want nominated
able man upon whom the big intere
sesf can rely. They want plato
ted which viii be conservative. ~
had win work just as hard at Ba
66, more as they did here-prob'
My ly harder, for they have mC
ave of a fight on their hands.
I'M The writer has always admin
um- Mr.. Bryan, but never before t
nen time picked him as a vim
-elt, Until last week the writer thou
ally that it would be a calamity
be- the Democratic party to nol
nate the Nebraskan and was
to easy because the signs show
but that Mr.. Bryan was in reeipi
is mood concerning the nominat
,mi- and that neither Mr.. Clark
His Mr.. Wilson was likely to sh
ONE up with enough votes to get
hat prize. But after seeing the gr
J on Republican schism, after seei