The Washington times., 1912-06-21

CRISIS, SAYS BRYAN
Boiling Pointed Out as D ificult Matter, Owing to
Necessity for Leader to Garry Follow
ers Along With Him.

self. The mind must subjugate the
body and keep II under control before a
human being Is worthy to be called a
man: man But mental control is not sufh-
clent. The mind may control the body,
but the mind itself may run wild.
Without a moral balance wheel, a bril-
iiant mind may use both itself and the
o1Sy for or great trs harm harm Solomon tells US
greater than he that taketh a city"
Where there is the highest average
OF intellectual and moral power, with.
highest average Of citizenship. Our
nation is making progress because It
has a high average Of citizenship. A
larger percentage Of its people than In
to estimate the problems with which
they have to deal and the moral
strength to grapple with those prob
lens.
All Glasses Represented.
This convention is. in a way, a photo
graph OF the nation. All the great
forces that exert a potential influence
In our country are here In person or by
proxy. Democracy has its champions,
| aristocracy has Its representatives. and
plutocracy it's agents. The poor are not
without spokesmen. neither is accumu-
lated wealth without its advocates.
The convention hail is like an arena.
in which a gladiatorial contest is being
waged. Strong men and fair women
lcok down from the galleries. while the
, participants " the great conflict battle
over policies and principle. 1t is re-
markable that so much intensity of
speech, so much tenacity Of purpose, so
much depth of conviction can be brought
tc gether on opposite sides with SO little
display Of anger and such an absence
Of rudeness.
The convention is nearly equally d.
vided: the Roosevelt men believe that
Mr.. Taft represents organized greed,
legislative pillage, and political corrupt
ion carried to the seventh power, and
some have expressed themselves on the
subject in no uncertain terms. the
that the Roosevelt crowd Is largely
n nade up of self-seeking politicians who
are willing to resort to demagog1c ap-
peals to secure their ends: men who
against law, order. and property. This
opinion has also been expressed quite
freely for some months.
Meet Face to Face.
Now the most distinguished leaders of
these two elements in the Republican
party are brought face to face in one
room, and are permitted to speak their
feelings freely to each other. States
are divided by narrow aisles, and these
antagonists see each other at close
range. Mr.. Barnes, who Is not able to
produce a certificate Of character from
, Mr.. Roosevelt less than "a year old.
rubs against Mr., Finn, whom President
, Taft cannot regard with any degree OF
allowance, and yet there Is no physical
combat The Massachusetts delegation
is divided half and half; eighteen dem
Sp aof o po
ticians," and representatives Of pre-
datory wealth." and yet there has NOT
been a fight. Several of the delegations
some on the edge, but the best Of doc
Drum prevails. Even Senator Bradley
of Kentucky and Mr.. Heney. of Cali
fornia, can appear upon tho same plat
have their differences and they are
fighting them out, but they are doing It
inn most creditable way.
I am not now passing upon the
merits Of the decisions rendered. neith-
er am 1 indorsing the parliamentary
methods employed, but I congratulate
the Republican party on the splendid
proof it so has given eth Of the ability ability of
earnest. to discuss their differences
| calmly and settle the questions in
volved without recourse to violence. 1t
faith in the incorruptibility of the peo-
! Pile, the court of last resort in a re-
| public. This report must be put on
the wires before the convention opens
at II and 1t is impossible at this
| time to forecast the action that the
! convention. will take.
Seating Taft Delegates.
| Mr.. Roosevelt's statement has not
changed the attitude Of the Taft forces
in the least. The credentials commit
tee is entirely in the hands of the Ad-
ministration and the Taft delegates are
being seated as rapidly as the cases
can be disposed of. The contest over
the length Of time to be given to each
case was really much ado about moth
| ing" because the action OF the COM
mittee is sure to be the same whether
much time or little Is given in each
case. The facts are thoroughly under
stood bv both sides. and the hearings
are merely a matter Of form.
| Unless something unexpected happens,
| the Taft delegates will be seated, and it
looks now as II the regular convention
1 of his delegates, It is said would pre-
fer compromise candidate, but the
amiable gentleman In the White House
is showing that he can ''sit tight" when
| necessary. His fighting blood Is aroused,
and II anybody says enough" the word
is not likely to come from anyone living
west Of the Alleghenies. At the present
| time Mr.. Taft has the best of the situ-
4
/ up his mind to run the former President
| out OF the Republican party, or make
him swallow his words.
Undecided About Bolt.
Mr.. Roosevelt is apparetly facing the
crisis in his political career. Boiling In
easy where one is not a candidate, but
1t is a more difficult thing where fol-
lowers are necessary. If Mr.. Roose-
welt could take his delegates with him.
he could organize a convention that
| would represent a majority of the Re-
publican vote of the country. but ne
| cannot do so. A considerable number of
| his delegates will not bolt. and his con-
vention therefore, would not carry with
| II the moral force that goes with the
majority. He cannot tell until the
| split comes exactly how many will walk
| out for some are unwilling to decide
| the question until the time arrives for
action.