Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-25
EvENING CAPiTAL NEWS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1912

landlds colonel
We do not believe there is intelligent person in the
United States who in contact with all classes of peo
pie in such way that he ascertain their sentiments
and what they thinking who reads the newspapers
and magazines of the country and his brains but will
admit that probably Mr. Blythe has the situation correctly
The Taft advocate who makes the claim that there is
any chance for the reelection of the president knows that
is making such claim for other than that
of informing the people of the truth The chances are
that he is making it in the hope that enough votes may be
held in line for Taft to prevent the Republican party from
falling from the first party in the nation to the third party
The Roosevelt man who claims that Roosevelt will be
elected knows that he is basng such declaration upon
the hope or belief that there is, will be, landslide for
Roosevelt.
Just as matters now stand the Wilson man has the best
OF it in forecasting his belief and the Taft has
justification standing whatever, for there is nothing
more certain than that Taft will place the Republican
party in the ranks of third party organizations.
Mr. Blythe admits that the Roosevelt people have
for their hope belief that there will be land
slide for their candidate He admits seeing signs of it
everywhere but he refrains from acknowledging it as
political certainty merely because he quantity puts it,
is not indicated far the politics of the situation
shows. BY that he that inasmuch the normal
Democratic strength very little less than the normal
former Republican strength, and inasnch the normal
former Republican strength divided does not seem
politically likely that either faction of the badly divided
But he claims and admits all through his articles what
everybody knows to be fact that there general per-
ceptble visible drift toward Taft while there is such
only thing Mr. Blythe cannot determine is whether
that drift toward Roosevelt is going to be general
pronounced and effective formulate landslide
which will sweep him into office.
We believe there is abundant indication that this is
just what will happen
But that is not the point wish to make in this article
Mr. Blythe in his last article have Just mentioned
states that it is certainty that Mr. Taft cannot be
elected In another of his artceste before the
he said:
The old Republican i n
radical
next Marchif they
victory OF
power begin to split jas as the Republican
Now, here is the point in all this The formation of
these two parties has actually begun One the radical
party called the POgressve the other the conservative
party is called the Democratic. The coming election will
be fought and won squarely upon this alignment Thos,
who remain with the old Republican party and who vote
with it, will do merely because they thus better
serve the new conservative party to which they expect
hereafter to belong Those who with the Progressive
party now, will get into the movement in it's formative
PERIOD Will have the greatest possible Influence in shaping
its policies and will be in line with future certain
whether the party shall win at this time not
The best possible way to it and the state and
country in Idaho at this time is to line up election day
and elect the entire Progressive state ticket thus putting
Idaho to the forefront in this alignment of parties this
new nationwide movement which is to sweep the
country as the sun is sure of rising election morning
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