La Junta tribune., 1912-10-19


difficulty in spottinx the man who
raved against the progressive plat
I form In 1912.
A good many people who admired
7 Mr.. Wilson an scholar and orator
and high-toned gentleman sincerely
believe he will play hob II he ever
succeeds In giving US tAriff for rev.
/ enue only
7 II Is true that several pe rsons who
formerly held office have eulistrd "a
members OF the Progressive party.
All sorts OF people try to attach them
selves To winning cause. But the
movement is not dominated b. pro-
t.ssional officcholders and. come to
think OF 1t. We haven't In our ranks
nearly as many ex-holders of office
AS the Republican machine orYanika-
ton viii have this time next year
They say III. Colonel wants to be
King Nonsense! Why should he
want to be King when his followers
already regard him ~ an Ace.
IL Is better TO be- a half block
ahead OF the parade than two miles
In the rear.
The Wall Street conception OF a
perfectly good presid ideni IL Que who
viii never make a move for far OF
upsetting a stack OF chips.
The members OF the new partN ma.
In the Middle West they ar. so s..
rene In their infamy that some OF
them are still regarded ~ patriotic
Democrats or Republicans.
.
Every non producer. ~earinE an ex-
tra chin or t~o and sitting a. pad
.d~d chair. waitins for the tlru os =
ticker to give him something for
nothing.is against the Colonel and re
CARDS him as dangerous
.
4 few DAYS ago the first voters a'
one Of our Indiana colleges had = Sc
crot ballot for President aud Govern.
or The so-called Republican ticket
named at Chicago IN June received
20 votes In total OF 6I1. or little
over : per cent The remaining yot .
we're almost equally dltidci between
Wilson and Roosevelt Beyeridge.
for Governor. received a6p votes. The
Democratic candidate rc1elved s2
votes and the Republican candidate
- votes The young men Vho read
and think and who look 10 The future
instead of brooding over misunder-
standings Il IA. past. are owe r~hclm-
lngly In favor OF Progressive policies
and Progressive candidates
>
\ good many oii.line Republieans
sincerely believe thai every man who
refrains from voting for the ticket
forced through by the bosses IL In.
directly voting against Abraham Lin.
coin and Oliver =. Morton We
hAv. looked over the list Of those
~'ho worked IN. old machine In June
and w~ cannot find one Who helped
to preserve the Union or anything
else. except In private Interests.
Thousands Of cx.Republlcans decline
to vote for Barnes and penrnse and
Gurx~nhcim because they believe an
indorsement Of those . rsons would
b. . national calamity.
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We are nov being shown be0tA.
ertne coafvston of figures to psose
that Taft vas really N. choice q .
majority Of Republican voters Asesas
the third week Of June. 1919. rhe
exp'ainsrs are pe-pirins freely. Il
Will take many . sheet OF paper and
many . lead pencil to convince ths
unbiased s,ertAtor on III. side r9cs
that the Colonel had no ciaim on
ANY oe those delegates.
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Afsss the Payne.Aidrioh ,artee III
was pesssd and the wlnona soeecA
was made. u became moral esocA
that Mr. Taft could no, he re-elect.
"a In 1919. This fact was cmpAasisr1
n the Congressional elections q
1910. Wherever tho voters had . lAis
chance at primaries las, sprins Il
b~cAme evident that the w-aknsss Of
Mr. Tar vas almost sp~c,acalas. An
the straw vot~s and new spapcr pel1e
and Ron.partisan canvasscs up = tA1s
moment pfove that the temper q ~