The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
One of Four Senators
Given to Roosevelt
Party
DESERTERSSCARCE
Only Eight in Two House:
Are Openly with the
Roosevelt Party

IOOSC VOll !. uIl
Washington, ID. C.-On the eve of
the gathering of ''progressiveism" at
Chicago h republicans in congress
are engaged in taking a political CEN
s0s OF nominal membership OF the
once Grand Old Party. They have
V been counting noses.
There are in the Senate today
fifty republicans. or this number fiji
teen received heir election from leg
%lslatures dominated by the progress
siVe elemnt OF the republican party
IN their respective states. OF the fiji
teen four will join the Bull Moose
movement. The so-called progressive
Senators are:
Messrs. Works of California, Borah
If Idaho, Dixon OF Montana, Cum
nIns and Kenyon of Iowa, Bristow
of Kansas, Townsend of Michigan,
Clapp of Minnesota, Brown of Ne
braska, Fall of New Mexico, Gronna
OF North Dakota, Bourne of Oregon,
Crawford of South Dakota. Poindext-
er of Washington and LaFollette of
Wisconsin.
ioai II Will ScNel lIle IlIlh
now binding them to the national re-
publican organization and cast their
fortunes with the new party are Sen
ators Dixon, Clapp, Crawford and
P~oindeXter.
The remaining eleven will take diff
ferent methods of showing their pro-
gressivism, but for the most part
they will remain within the party
works tiUht fnr tho ,an,11ion,,
party in the coming campaign in a
more or less enthusiastic way, and
wait for the future to brink them
the reward of their fidelity to the
party in its hour of distress.
Four House Deserters.
In the House the situation is more
complex than in the Senate. Members
OF the House Of Representatives are
%biennially candidates for reelection.
They have to act quick, think quick
and talk fast. The actual detection to
the new party is a negligible thing.
The announced deserters are Repre-
sentatives Kent of California, LAT
ferty OF Oregon, Porter of Pennsyl-
Vania and Curry of New Mexico.
In the Kansas delegation there is
much doubt. Representatives Anth-
ony and Campbell will remain, as al
ways, regular. Representative l2ees
favors sticking by the ola party. Rep
resentatives Jackson, Young and
Murdoch though preferring Roose-
welt to Taft, probably will stand by,
unless the situation developing at
Chicago makes their desertion of tn
older standard a necessity.
In Pennsylvania Mr.. Porter's de-
lection is occasioned by the fact that
he is William Flinn's own particular
congressman. Representatives Farr
and Bowman, the other Roosevelt
men in the keystone delegation, will
stick by the republican organization.
The Wisconsin republicans, nine in
number are anti-Taft men with the
possible exception of Messrs. Esch
and Davidson, but none of them will
leave the republican party for the
new organization.
Iowa Men Follow Cummins.
The Iowa republicans. also nine in
number have taken the attitude indi-
Gated by the action of Senator Cum
Minis. They are, already, without eX-
ception, candidates for reelection
and have been re-nominated by the
primary. None of them has an inten-
ton of deserving the regular organi-
cation.
In Illinois, Notwithstanding the
conditions brought about by the pri-
mary of last spring, there is but a
single acknowledged Roosevelt man
in the delegation. Representative
Copley prefers to see the Illinois cleo
tors cast thir votes for Roosevelt. He
has not announced his intention of
joining the new party.
Representative Willis of Ohio,
elected as a progressive, is for Mr..
Taft now. Representative Wedemeyer
OF Michigan, a progressive, will re-
main on the regular party band wag-
on.
In Nebraska Representative Kin
caid prefers to remain in the old
party. Representative Norris wants
to stick by the party, but is having
a hard time doing it. Representative
Sloan don't know"
In the Washington delegation Rep
resentative Humphrey is an out and
out Taft man. Representative LaFol.
lette. who preferred to see his distin-
guished cousin nominated by the re-
publicans at Chicago, will stand by
the party organization, although in.
different to the election of Mr.. Taft
Representative Warburton is fol
Roosevelt. but hesitates at taking a