The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-10-09

they believe in the principles of the
Republican party. Is your hand raised
with an ak in it to dash out the life
of the Republican party? What have
you to gain by it? Colonel Roosevelt
has something to gain. He wants
revenge and even thinks that he can
get to the presidency. which is the
lode star of his ambitions, without
the aid Of the party that has so great
" honored him in the past, and which
he Is now so previously dishonoring
before the whole world.
It Cannot Succeed.
!, And that brings us to the second
point: Success. We realize that If
they could succeed with the new
movement, many men might 60 with
1t, for they want to succeed
But is there left reasonable hope
of success for this new movement?
Do you believe that Roosevelt can
carry this country? He thought to
break up all the existing parties That
is part of his egotism. He believed
that Democrats as we'll as Republicans
would flock to his standard, as they
locked to the standards of Napoleon
when he landed from Elba. But Yer
mont and Maine have shown that no
cannot get enough Democratic votes
to make 1t worth while to count on
them. There is no evidence of the
disintegration of the Democratic party
under the vitriol Of Rooseveltism. The
Democratic party Is going to gain. IN
many places, instead of lose. In or
der to win, therefore, Roosevelt must
get from three-fourths to seven
eighths of the Republicans, for it takes
that many Republicans to whip the
democrats
In Iowa, they tell US, he will carry
the state by 4O,00O-the fools. Where
will he gets the votes? II he got all
the old time Cummins' progressive
votes, he would hardly have half Of
the Republican votes Of Iowa-and
the whole of the Cummins' progress
sives have not bull moosed, by any
manner of means. But If he got all
Of them, he, would come 10000 votes
shy Of having as many as the Demo
Gratis will normally poll. To win in
Iowa he would need three-fourths OF
all the Republican votes in Iowa. and
few more. for the Democratic party
is about as big as three-fourths of the
Republican party in this state. Is
there any man so wild in his excite
ment and hysteria over this campaign
as to believe that he will get that
much of the Republican strength?
Look around you, will he get even
one-fourth? In Maine he got third
Of the Republicans, and the national
election was still two months away
with conditions constantly improving
for the regular Republican party. We
hear great things about his strength,
but it is always In some other state,
or in the next county. Three-fourths
Of party Is not going to bolt. but
unless 1t does Roosevelt canEot carry
Iowa. Just reduce it to figures and
leave the rhetoric out
/ AS we look at 1t there is no rea-
sonable or other hope OF Roosevelt
winning. That hope might as we'll be
dismissed from your mind.
II 10 Taft or Wilson.
It is then merely question wheth-
,er you want Taft or Wilson to win.
You cannot elect Roosevelt, but you
can throw enough votes to Roosevelt
to make the election of Taft i'm
POSSIBLE.
Now, if that is what you want to do,
then you should do it. Our remarks
are not to you, then. They are mere
ly for such members of the Republican
party as still believe in its principles.
To the man who merely wants to
defeat the party to punish Taft we
have no argument to make. He is
beyond our reasoning powers.
The country is at the present time
In fine position and in fine condition.
Prosperity is Astounding in the land.
We take it that no rational-minded
man can desire a change from the In
dustrial or commercial conditions OF
the country. They are about as good
as they could be- although many
might want them to be still better
DO You Want an Experiment?
Do you then want to embark on
four years of experimentation, simply
because you do not like Mr.. Taft,
and you will find that you simply
think you do not like Taft. There is
no real basis for the dislike. He Is
not perfection. He is full of mistakes.
He is stumbling mortal, as the rest
Of US. But he has given the country
the best there is in him. And 1t has
been a good best, after all has been
said. The country has prospered and
it has kept the peace and the cor
rorations that have violated the laws
have all been brought or are being
brought, to observe the laws of the
land.
But the supreme question for you
to decide is whether or not you want
~ change the pOlicies of the govern