The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21
new CAMPAIGN
v|GOR INJECTED
Policies and not Personali-
ties Will Mark Closing
Weeks of Battle.

New York, Oct. 21.-As the result
OF Col. Roosevelt's announcement that
he does not wish his disablement to
halt the discussion Of issues in the
present campaign. the slackened lines
Of politics throughout the country
were reported at the republican ma
tional committee headquarters today
to be tightening up for the final test
OF strength on November 5. It 'is now
realized generally that Col. Roosevelt
is not in danger, and the only effect Of
MS injury Is to remove bitterness and
personalities in the campaign, and
push the issues to the fore.
Henceforth the speechmaking will
deal less with personalities and more
With policies. There will be let.up
on calling people liars. crooks, and
other impolite things. and the atten-
ton OF the voters will be drawn to
some OF the essential differences be-
tween the platforms of the opposing
parties.
Battle Ground in the West.
According to the statements made
at republican headquarters, the west
Will continue to be the main battle
ground for the present. In opposition
west for the republicans. the third:
termers are to unlimber some Of their
big guns. Gov. johnson of California
Will I'LL some Of Col. Roosevelt's can
celed engagements. but will continue
to speak In the west for some ten days.
II 1t is found that Col. Roosevelt can
not make his speech in New York
shortly before the election. Gov.
Johnson will come here and put the
final touches on the third party cam
paign.
Ihe truth-telling" tours of former
Congressman Adam Bede and John NJ.
Harlan have been discontinued at the
suggestion Of the republican NATIONAL
committee, MIR. Bede and Mr. HarlaY,
have been following Col. Roosevelt
'anout the. country. taking up his vari-
behalf Of the Taft administration. The
speeches OF Harlan and Bede consid-
erably annoyed Col. Roosevelt. and he
frequently expressed to his own party
his desire to shake them off. Now
that the colonel is Off the stump him
self, the republican national commit.
tee is content to eliminate the colonel's
personality from the campaign and
conhne all speeches to the policies Of
President Taft in comparison with the
policies Of the progressive party and
the democratic party.
Republicans Need Money.
AS shown by the testimony befora
the Clapp committee in Washington.
the Taft headquarters has been de.
cidedly handicapped by the lack OF
funds but have plenty of speakers Of
prominence who have volunteered to
pay their own expenses in order to
battle Tor the return of the republican
party to power. The other headauar.
ters here are moe liberallyr supplied
With money. the progressive party es-
pectally. President Taft's own family
have contributed considerable to his
present campaign. but more contribu.
tions are needed for the final weeks
Of the struggle.
Despite the lack Of funds, however.
the republicans are making an excel.
lent campaign Of education, based
largely upon President Taft's own rec
party. especially in reference to the
protective tariff. The republican
leaders are more optimistic today than
they have been for long time,
Everybody in the republican party
today Is working whole -heartedly for
its success, and none Of the state lead
ers are bothered by dissentions in their
own ranks.
Insurgents in New Party.
On the other hand. it is reported at
national headquarters here that the
bull moose party is rapidly developing
an insurgent movement Of its own. <
great many politicians who Joined the
movement. thinking they would be
made generals. find themselves merely
working in the ranks. and they are
protesting that II they must work in
a minor capacity they would just as
soon be included in the ranks OF a
permanent organization like that Of
the republican party.
Scores Of leading bull moose poll
ticians in various states have returned
to the republican ranks because they
felt that they would lose their status
as republicans IL they continued with
the progressive party. They feel that
this would mean that they could never
he nominated for Office by the republi-
can party. because it would always be
brought up against them that they
had bolted the republican national
convention and were not really repub-
licans.