The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
BY THE EX-SENATOR.

What of the future Of the Republican
party. and who will he its leaders? VIII
the party come back
Col. Roosevelt says it is dead. Such
men as Gov. Hadley, who once won Mis-
souri, from the Democrats and did not
hear the Bull Moose call at Chicago;
Senator Borah. who. it would seem, bril-
liant lawyer and orator that he is. did
his own thinking at the great Republican
gathering last summer: Senator Lodge,
eminent in letters and s:atecraft. sturdy
lifelong champion Of Republicanism: Sen
arOr Root most astute of them all-these
real leaders among many others, say tho
party is not dead.
And there are younger men. such as
REPRESENTATIVE Gardner of MassaChu-
setts. Lodges son-in-law: Nick Long
worth the COlOneIS own son-ln-laW:
Davis EIkins. who in surprising measure
held, West Virginia, in part at least TO
the faith of Lincoln a few weeks ago
and may he rewarded for his work with
n seat in the Senate. These do not De-
lieve the party is dead.
In a long list of sturdy characters who
remained true to the Republican cause.
although they knew that in the peculiar
circumstances 1t was a losing game. such
names as lnt'S'' O'tul stNlaAOA N9liii''A "a
Michigan, BrandcEce Of Connecticut. Nc
Cumber of North Dakota. Sutherland OF
Utah. Curtis Of Kansas, Kenyon Of
Iowa In the House, John W. Dwight of
New York. J. W. Weeks of Massachu-
sctts, Z. J Hill of Connecticut, and Rich
ard BarthOldt of Missouri
These do not believe that the Republi-
can party is dead. and they are ready
to go on with the battle to perpetuate its
principles.
FOR they say that Col Roosevelt is a
bolter.
They say that the methods employed
in nominating Taft in 1872 were in no
wise different from those employed in
honoring the colonel in 1900 and 1904. He
made no complaint then.
They say that he misused the power
thus acquired by making the Republican
party the instrument OF his imperiOus
ambition. pervertinE party principles to
personal ends, building himself a plat
form, the materials for which he gath
cred from the wild creCds OF radicaliSm
from exploded Weaverisms, from early
Organisms.
All this he did. the rank and file of
Republicans say. in contempt of the
beneficent national policies which brought
fame to his great Republican prede-
Cessors.
And when he could no longer use the
machinery of the Republican party to
further his strange purposes, Roosc-
Welt repudiated Republcanism. set up
a political organization of his own, COM
posed Of the disappointed, and conse-
quentIy the disseminated, elements en-
gendered by his reckless and incOnsis-
tent course in the White House.
This is what Republicans are saying.
and they are not afraid; they do not be-
lieve the party is dead.
As they view the situation, Roosevelt
is a political iconoclast. a desperate pre-
tender to righteousness, false prophet.
a self-secker. ready for revolution, for
martyrdom for anything that will con-
tribute to the triumph OF the man on
horseback-and Roosevelt must be the
one who rides.
All this, they declare, does not detract
from the soundness of Republican prin-
ciples. or toll the knell Of the party I'M
der whose constructive policies, as they
believe, the country has prospered and
civilization has advanced with astound-
ing stride.
In their opinion the effect Of the result
in November is merely to check rather
than to put an end to the party's useful
ness
So that. turn where we may, amidst the