Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-10
old PARTY DEAD
Beyond RECALL
SAYS PO|NDEXTER
Washington Senator De-
clares That the Election
Result Means Burial of
the Republican Party.

The Republican party is dead and
buried and its reputation in the cleo
ton by which its bosses were cast
aside by the people, leaves little for
funeral ceremony, according to Sena-
tor Miles Poindexter of Washington.
He expresses his opinion in the follow
ing language:
The Republican party is dead and
buried. What there was in 1t of serv-
ice for mankind survives In the Pro-
gressive party, which comes out of its
first election the second party in the
nation. There Is no need for three
parties. The strong survive. The
weakest are constantly eliminated.
"Of the IL electoral votes which at
this hour seem to be all the Republic
cans have carried. four Of them are
from Idaho, where the Progressives
had no electoral ticket on the ballot,
being excluded by an absurd standpat
decision. otherwise Idaho would have
gone overwhelmingly for Roosevelt
"A party which, after years of pow
err, can only control 12 votes In the
near dead that 1t is Of no further con-
sequence The last three years have
witnessed the debacle of the Republi-
can party"
Commenting further on what he be.
lieved the political evolution of the
country would be, Senator Poindexter
said:
Progressive Party viii Grow.
1.-The Progressive party, will grow.
The Democratic party, by reason OF
the great power that has been placed
in its hands. will begin to have its
internal dissentions. 1t has not been
rid of the bosses and the machine poll
ticians.
1.-THE same internal strife that arose
in the Republican party between the
progressives and the reactionaries will
arise in the Democratic party between
the progressive Democrats and the re-
dictionary Democrats.
I'VE will see 1t first in the halls OF
congress, where progressive Demo-
cratic congressman and senators will
begin working with the progressivcs
Of those bodies. 1t will grow gradu-
ally, but steadily. finally taking ir
the rank and file Of the progressive
Democrats.
Will Split Solid South.
Particularly in the south. where the
Democrats have always maintained q
strong aversion to the Republican
party, the causes dating from before
the civil war; expect. to see the pro-
gressive Democrats coming into thu
real Progressive party. There will mo-
be the same feeling toward the Pro.
gressive party that they have towart
| the Republican party. and 1t will NEAR
the breaking up OF what has been thu
bsolid Democratic south.
] "Of course there IL the chance tha
the Democrats might be able to contro
their own party. believe Governo
Wilson intends well. I hope ne sue
ceeds and makes US fine president
But my opinion is that the Progressive
Democrats viii find Themselves Xix
the progressive Republicans foun'
themselves. hedged in here and Their
by the reactionaries and unable to &C
complish In their own party the re
fcrms they. want and which the natio
needs.
"The Progressive party 10 destine'
to be the great liberal party of tn
nation. 1t 10 Srty belief that the po
litical battles Of the future viii b., be
tween the sreat, liberal Progressiv
party and the reactionaries and stand
patters under the name Of the Demo
cratic party. -
''of course. we Progressives fee
proud Of our own state Of Washing
lion. am particularly gratified wit
the result on the legislative ticket.
Hooks like the Progressives will wi
lnearly the whole legislative ticket.
"This will help us In carrying ou
! the reforms and the principles n
: which the party has declared. particu