The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-11
THE REPLACEMENT.

& Evens that seem cataclysmic are frequently but the natural consequence of long preparation.
 ship is slowly constructed upon it's ways, but slides suddenly into the water It's process by evolution but the result is a revolution
 Nothing can be more orderly than the processes of birth things revolutionary than the advent of the born creature into the outer environment.
 The application is to the sudde1 rending of the Re- publican party the date of which could have fore told but which many perceived must later come.
 The truth is that for long time economic and political thoughts have been pressing their way into the minds of men, these thoughts have not grouped them selves in parties but have through the membership of Eall parties
 Voters, both Democratic and Republicans have been separating into two groups One of these groups has de- sired to keep politically and economically about as they are. The other group has desired change; change so great that it's fullment will amount to revolution. One group espoused direct government desiring to give great deal political power the people accurately to give to the people machinery by which they could better exercise the political power which has always been theirs under the theory of American govern ment. x
 The other group desired to maintain the system of checks and balances the legislatures whose laws hakable except by the cdrts and corts with power to defy and set aside the will of the nation These would preserve the political convention with it's debauched p naries it's influenced delegates, and the consequent steady robbery of the nation and the reduction of the pie to poverty.
 Not that this reactionary group desire per to inn poverish the people They merely wished to keep in be- ing the means by which privilege has been taking more than it's share of the product.
 It could not be that these groups of such antagonis tic thought could remain in the political organiza tion.
 New a1ignnaents became necessary and inevitable With Roosevelt the changed order n the Repubi party But Roosevelt the of the change other than the match which fires train of gun powder
 For a few days at Baltimore it appeared as if the Democratic party to be submitted to the deal The selection of conservative that convention would unquestonably have produced bolt.
 As is the realgnment will take place just the the Democratic party, but less spectacular plan
 Those who cannot accept Mr. Wilson and his progress l sive poliies will vote with MT. Taft.
 The progressive vote will come to Wilson though it will be somewhat divided with share to Roosevelt and sprnkling of extreme radicals to the Socialists.
 Those divisions in the ranks of those who desire derly change political and economic methods might bring disaster were not for the overwhelming superior ty of the Democratic candidate, who will bring to his Standard enormous number of Progressive Republi cans, while holding most of the Democratic vote.
 The readers of this newspaper may safely conclude that party agnents in this country will in the near m ture closely approximate party alignments in Europe
 There will be party that principle and philosophy will be the counterpart of the Tory party Great Britain
 There will be party in philosophy and principles the counterpart of the Liberal party in England and there will be ultra radical party, which will be the spiritual l image of the Social Labor party in England.
 This is the lineup that has appeared in Germany France Italy, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
 It is the lineup which is about to be realized in the I United States.
 l People who believe the same things or nearly the things politically will get together here as they have elsewhere whatever the party designations may be.