Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
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PLANS PROVED
A FIzzLE
6, O.. P. GOVERNORS TRIED
But Their Work at Washing
ton Was Failure

vague talk of reorganizing the shatter-
ed Republican party, which started at
the White House shortly after the oy-
erwhelming disaster of November ),
began to crystalize in to something
definite Saturday with the arrival in
town.of a bunch of Republican Gov
errors, and preliminary steps were
taken looking to reorganization at a
conference of the State Executives
which followed their visit to the White
House and luncheon with President
Taft
But it became evident the reorgan-
ization was not going to be arranged
right off the hat, as both regular Re-
publican and Progressive Senator'S
who were approached with definite
propositions didn't enthuse over them
at all. Governor Tener, of Pennsyl-
vania, was one of the State executives
who took part in the afternoons con-
ference and busted himself with talk
ing up the projected reorganization
with all Republicans who could be
reached. The other self-appointed re-
organizers were Governors Hadley Of
Missouri; Goldsborough, of Maryland;
/ Glassc0ck, of West Virginia; Eberhard,
of Minnesota; Carroll, of Iowa; eddie,
of Nevada; Vessey, Of South Dakota,
and Hanna, Governor-elect of North
Dakota.
Governor Hadley, after comforting
with Senators Borah, Kenyon and La
Toilette. spent an hour or more on the
floor of the Senate discussing plans
with Republican Senators. He talked
with regular and Progressive Repub-
licans and allowed it to be known that
he was in hearty accord with the prop
osition to hold a convention next year
for the consideration of serious re-
forms, among which he included cur
tailment of the representation of tire
Southern States in the national nom
mating convention.
Hadley's visit to the Senate revealed
to him that there are serious obstacles
in the way of his harmony plan. Al
though Governor Tener Endorsed the
plan, saying All who have been Re-
] publicans ought to be able to find a
way of getting together again; there
must be concessions by both sides, and
Governor Hadley will be potent fac
tor in bringing about harmony" the
Missourian was made to realize that
the advice that matters be allowed to
drift for year or SO until the present
bitterness had died away had much
point to it,
AS a rule Progressive Senators re-
fused to outline their views relative to
the proposed reorganization Before
the Senate convened the reorganizers
circulated among the Progressives a
proposition that Governor Hadley and
Representative Samuel w Mccall, of
Massachusetts. be agreed upon as a
committee to form a general plan Of
resurrection. The suggestion did not
evoke much interest among the Pro-
gressives, until it was submitted to
Senator Bristow, who declared that
the idea of a committee was all right,
but that the membership suggested
was not.
4 can suggest a better committee
than that if you really want to get to-
gether," said the Kansas Senator.
Make up your committee of Theodore
Roosevelt and Senator Root, Governor
Johnson and Joe Cannon; Senator
Cummins and Senator Lodge, Senator
Clapp and Senator LaFollette. This is
a representation OF the real Progress
siVes and of the real Conservatives.
When these men agree upon a plat
form and a declaration of principles
we can get togeHher Political parties
must stand for certain well-deined
and specific principles of government,
and the leaders of that party must all
favor these principles"
Senator La Toilette declined to make
a statement of what he thought of
the reorganization plan. Senator Nc
Gambler, of North Dakota, disposed of
it by saying: "A Republican is a Re-
publican; he is no a Socialist"
Senator Root, Senator Oliver and
other regulars declared that they got
nearly all of their information about
reorganization from the newspapers.
Senator Root made it clear that he
does not consider the Cummins plan
to hold a national convention as at all
practical
But if the preliminary pulse-feeling
proved disappointing, the Hadley plan
fell as fiat as a punctured balloon
when the much-talked-of meeting of
stand-pat and Progressive Republicans
turned out to be nothing more than a
milk and cider conference OF 10 Gov
] ernors. Congressman and Senators
threw cold water on the proposition
from the beginning
One swallow may not make sum-
mer, but one cocktail will make many
a fellow crow.