The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-10-04
conduct Of the Repuhpoan aarua'sn.l.


conduot of the Repubrqn uanua'sn!'.
.s,no. hor hating effort for pcltical Cf-
fnct is made ny the Repub lcpn man
ager in cla!m tha. che wom n CT ne
counrry are changing their at'V1uic
which has been in favor Of RE pro-
gressve party. In support Of yrs as
sor,son Is quoted the expression pf an
occasional woman Induced no errrk ~
support of the viaw dat sufffnsis;s
should no. aIgn alromse.ves with the
party. on the ground vnE Us
promise to thcm Is not slnrtre. Suih
EXPRESSION from a few indtN.d sui
frag,s.s is doubaloss ensy 20 Nccurc.
Bu.. mot only does the fact r,1nain that
women Of the country, and paru oularly
those who are in favor Of The suffrage,
are with the Progrcssives, hut that
they are beooming more gentally en-
uiuc.iSNlt Rtiu NppN4ht NNN'S NY
all that can be done 10 promote Nh
pau'y's SUCCESS. There is cm.hu.lpSn
everywhere among than and the rc-
suit is hard work everywhere. They are
practical. They insist on daking heir
part in raising money for the nccess airy
EXPENSES of party whrh Is not f.
nanced by the "intenests.' No cdthe
of eheir support has been alienated AM
none is likely to be.
OF Mr. Wilson in tlse campaign q:
may be said that, while he Is dev'.op-
ing ADMIRABLE qualities as a prh..c
speaker, he unfortunately Jacks def.nG y
mss in his speeches. He continues DIN
and elusive concerning the trusts. i.
is true that III has atasmrtcd to sa'k
on the subject once or twice, but I've
has nothing definite in his platform and
jhere is nothing iefiDte in him. it
Is most unfortunate for Mr.. WILSON
that he is not loaded for b2ar. III is
not sufficient for him, as he did when
consldering the subject, to merely give
Aaterance to the word ''rate' or al
vise Mr.. Roosevelt to tell 1T TO The
marines" There is still a general de-
sire to know what Mr.. Wilson THINKS.
about the trusts and w,lrat his lfntc1uois
are regarding them. The question OF
tlmir best control is the subject great
est in the minds of the American people
az the present time, since it is the
matter CHAT mos. affects tire peoples
future welfane. The Progressive party
has no handicap here. WHAT 1t proposes
to do and what it will do when in pow
er Is defined in its platform and reas-
sertad in the speeches of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Three is no change anywhere dn favor
of either MIR. Taft or Mr.. Wilson and,
in THE very nature Of things there caa
be none before election day. II there
Is ITO be a landslide It can only. be in
one direc;ton, and that toward Roose-
velt. In him alone lies the quaSsSa OF
potential strength which can indu,e
such rare but always possible polit,cai
occurrence. To Imagine "a landslide in
the direction Of either the eschoolmaster,
or the cumbrous Mr.. Taft woul
be like Imagining "a landslide up hill
There Ia not hing DRAWING mr. sOmnell-
ing or of the hammar-nlan in 9lthcr.
There is no force In either ito snIte
fisslre and induce a departure of the
Roosevslt is Jhe m
~ one of the three who can move
things. I
Republican gains! If che daalaration
that he is for Roosevelt, BY Governor
heading the Republican tick
1t in WISCONSIN; the hesitant nOmiila.io
Of the unknown Hedges. against the
loved politically formidable Strauss for
governor of New Yonk; the rasisnation
in favor of the Progressive of three
Republican presideMial elecuors in Mis-
souri,, and the. outbreak in favor OF
Roosevelt Of the farmers of the Ozark |
liils of the southern counties Of that
these be evidence of Ilspuo-
Jean gain, then there is some foundl-
don for the claim of MIR. Hants man
he is foolish.