Arizona republican., 1912-09-25
Electoral Tickets

It is quite probable that when the last of the presidential ballots in the various states have been printed, it will be found that on none of them will the Roosevelt candidates for electors be found under the repubi- can heading.
 There will be two reasons for putting each set of electors in it's own proper place. It has been decided by eight federal courts that Roosevelt electors are not republican electors, and cannot therefore be voted for as re- publicans. The United States su preme court will finally pass upon this matter about the middle of next month.
 It is very likely though, that by that time all the controversies on this point will have been settled in favor of the republicans out of court, except in the state of California and even there there seems to be a weak ening of the progressive inclination to cling to the republican name.
 The second reason why the pro- gressives are disposed to act fairly in this matter is because it has been found to be of local advantage to do so. At first glance it appeared to all the progressive leaders except William Finn of great advantage to retain control of the republican ma chinery and name where they could do so and compel the republicans to go on the ballot as independents. They had this power. barring inter ference by the courts, in Pennsyl- vania, Kansas, Nebraska and Cali forna and a few less important states. ever great that advantage might be to Col Roosevelt it menaced the state ticket and threatened his position of leader in the Keystone state. After several stormy scenes with MT. Roosevelt and with or without the consent of the latter he entered into negotiations with the republicans for the withdrawal of the Roosevelt electors from the republican ticket.
 Last week William Allen White, the Kansas Roosevelt leader, decided that the progressive electors should not appear on the ballot as republicans, thus practically ending the litigation over that question that has come be- fore the United States supreme court from two sources. Tn view of the extremely narrow margin of the prOgressives over the republicans in the state primaries the margin in the senatorial contest being minus 5000, it was evident that if the republicans were forced to become independents the state would go democratic and Stubbs would be defeated for senator The state ticket and Stubbs could be saved only by the sacrifice of the Roosevelt electors and that was de- cided upon last Thursday.
 The situation is slightly different in California. The democrats are so far in the minority and the majority of the prOgressives over the republi- cans is so overwhelming that the pro- gressive state ticket would probably be saved anyhow. Here and there the progressives might suffer in a county or a legislative district, but the casualties would not be suf- ficiently numerous to affect the re- suit as to the state ticket or the leg islature
 Therefore unless barred by the court, the California progressive elect ors will come before the voters in the guise of republicans, but we believe the situation will exist nowhere else for nowhere else could the pro- gressives afford it. And, We do not believe the court will finally permit it in California