The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-07-23

THREE FACTIONS
ING. @. P. RANKS
Trouble Ahead For Supporters
Of Taft, Rooseyelt And
Wilson
POLITICAL CONDITION CHAOTIC
Democrats Think Situation
Will Throw Minnesota
To Their Man
POLITICAL CONDITION CHAOTIC

To Their Man
On national questions party solid
arity has gone glimmering.
One candidate for governor, A. O.
Eberhart, is for Taft.
Another. Sam Y. Gordon. is for
Roosevelt.
Another, Ed T.. Young. is for
Wilson.
You pay your money and, take
your choice.
Two Are Silent
Lewis C. Spooner hath not com
mitted himself and William E. Lee
is also Sphinx-like.
And the rank and file is torn and
twisted and. tangled into the most
chaotic condition within the mem
DRY of man. The hubbub at the
time r. C. Dunn faced Johnson was
a placid siesta by comparison.
Others May Be Forced Out
Those gubernatorial candidates,
silent thus far, will be carefully
questioned before the campaign gets
far and they will find itrather handy
to put themselves on record. Where
will they go? So far as the presiden.
tial candidates are concerned it do
esn't much matter but so far the
next governor of Minnesota is con-
cerned it does matter.
Warped out Of all recognizable
shape the Republican Party in Mimi
sofa is a mere ghost of its prestine
vigor and beauty. Which can hard
ly be reflect of soul delighting
proportions to Governor Eberhart.
What if Wilson Won
If Minnesota should decide to flip
into the Democratic column what
would Adolph do?
Also what would Sam do?
Also can't you picture the expan-
siye smile on Eds face?
Old line republicans are beginnin
to turn purple with horror at this
spectacle. The anti-Taft candidates
will be denounced as 'bolters." and
state issues are likely to be obscured
by the wrangle over national candi-
Idates. The fight will not end with
| the primaries, but will only take on
a new phase with new lineup. ac-
cording to the result of the primary.
Third Party Prospects
All this assumes that there will be
a third party movement in the ma
ton and in Minnesota. Undoubtedly,
if Roosevelt is made the nominee of
a third party, he will be an import
ant factor in Minnesota, but the size
of his following both national and
state, is question. There are wide
differences of opinion among anti
Taft republicans. 1t is a question
whether there will be enough leaders
of national size to go into the third
party convention in August, to give
the new party standing except as a
personal asset of Colonel Roosevelt.
The objection has already been
raised that the Roosevelt movement
is founded on one mans ambition.
In spite of the bitter feeling of
Rooseveltsmen over the treatment
they got at Chicago, the movement
has lost supporters like Governors
Hadley andsDeneen, and many of
lesser note. Some have lined up for
Taft and others have declared for a
direct bolt to Wilson. When it
comes to political principles there
seems little essential difference be-
tween the Roosevelt and the Wilson
brands. The objection to Roose-
velt's candidacy is made that it will
divide the progressive vote and help
elect Taft. Cocksure Roosevelt men
are replying that Taft will not be a
factor. and that the fight will be be-
tween Roosevelt and Wilson. That
attitude is perfectly satisfactory to
the Taft men, who are confident that
public sentiment will swing back to-
ward the president before the cam
paign closes.
Democrats I'm Hopeful Mind
The Minnesota delegates to the
Baltimore convention are coming
back in different frame of mind
from the men who represented the
state at Chicago. The Baltimore
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