Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
AN ARTIFICIAL" REORGANIZATION.

AN "ARTIFICIAL" REORGANIZATION.
There need be no haste in artificial reorganization Of
the Republican party, declares the Salt Lake Herald
Republican, the standpat organ of Soot and the Utah
reactonaries; which then continues to argue that by
of the proposal the part of the Democratic
party keep the pledges OF that party to revise the tariff
the tariff advocates in that party will flock to the Re-
publican standard thus adding strength to the all but
exhausted elephant.
The Salt Lake paper is correct too. Any reorganiza
ton possible be made in the Republican party is bound
be only ''artifical reorganization, just the
Herald Republican calls it. 1t would not be bonafdc
reorganization in the interests of the people such the
progressive element would demand and expect but would
be merely artfcial attempt at reorganization which
might be sufficient to attract back to that party few of
those who left it when they understood beyond doubt
that it had become committed to the special interests
The Herald Republican is also right in it's belief that
those Democrats who remained with that party for the
sake of regularity and because of their hope that office
it would not prove progressive it promised in the
campaign will gravtate toward the old Republican
ganzaon if the Democrats actually fulfill their pledges
in in any degree satisfactory to the people who
placed it in power.
The real hope of these Democrats however that the
party will break faith with the people just Taft and
the Republican party broke faith with them during the
last four years In that the Democratic party will
become the party of reactonary doctrines and the hopes
OF the Salt Lake newspaper will be in van for in that
event it will be the old line Republicans gravitatng to-
ward the Democratic party instead of the old line Demo
Gratis gravtating toward the Republican party.
If Wilson turns deaf to Bryan, who made him
president just Taft turned deaf to Roosevelt,
who made him president then there will be no hope for
the Republican party because the remaining members of
that party will find their natural asylum in the Demo-
cratic party along with Wilson and his hackers Should
Wilson make Bryan his chief adviser then there will be
renewed hope for the old Republican organization because
the reactonary Democrats will Immediately quit the
Democratic party and having nowhere else to CO. will
naturally seek asylum in the old Republican party Any
artificial reorganization of that party will deceive
and WILL therefore, avail nothing while, by retain
ing the organization just it is and for just what it is,
there the chance to gain from Democratic dis
gned because the party promises to keep its pledges
kept
In any event. however, there is little encouragement
for either the old Republican organization the Demo
cratic party The Republican organization cannot pos
sby receive accessons sufficient to make effective
force in politics outside very few states WHILE what
course it pursue the Democratic party stands
to endure sufficient losses to place it in second place
most Of the states with the Progressive party in first
place.
is easy for people to deprive consolation out Of
election for instance, that newspaper which takes
to itself credit because Judge Stewart carried his home
county by plurality of 126 votes Masmuch as the
average Republican plurality in the county something
like 30OO it would that Judge Stewart would be
rather thankful that he did not receive any stren
support from that than he did, otherwise
the small plurality he received would have been turned
into fairsized plurality for the other candidate.
Without the recall the people could not think Of
adopting the short ballot but with proper recall priv
leges any give single argument why the people
should be asked to elect dozens Of officers concerning
whom they have neither time to inform them
selvesf