New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
Express the Opinion That 1t Is
Too Early to Propose Re-
organization of Re-
publican Party.
TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENT
Third Party Regarded as Eva
nescent, and Democrats Are
Counted On to Make
the Issues for the
Next Campaign.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

washington. Dec 7.-Governor Her
bert s. Hadley of Missouri called con-
ference Of the Republican Governors
who had been attending the Governors
conference at Richmond to meet after
the gathering in the White House to-
day. II was Governor Hadley's idea
that there should be a Republican ma
tional convention in the near future to
formulate plans for the reorganization
of the party, to commit the party 10
Presidential preference primaries ana
10 provide for curtailmept of Southern
representation in the national conven-
tion.
Eleven Governors attended the con-
ference, most OF them representatives
Of the Progressives or quasi-Progres-
sive ring of the party, but practically
all Of them frowned on the Hadley idea,
and declared this was not the time for
such an effort as he proposed. Some Of
them pointed out that it would be folly
TO attempt such a thing now, when it
was practically certain that if given
time the Democrats would make the
issues on which the next campaign
would be fought. They said the Pro-
gressive movement in the Republican
party was no longer a question of men,
but Of issues, and il was the part Of
wisdom to await developments before
undertaking any serious steps toward
reorganization, especially as the course
proposed by Mr.. Hadley might easily
become wholly superfuous.
Governor Glasscock of West Virginia
expressed the view that the curtail-
ment of the Southern representation in
Republican conventions should be ac-
complished, but declared he would
effect ii by making the representation
in tho convention from all the states
proportionate TO the vote cast in each
state. instead of proportionate to pop
uat.oA.
Generally speaking. the governors
would not talk after the conference,
which lasted only a short time, but
some said it had proved valuable ex-
rerience meeting at which each had
described conditions in his own state.
il was learned. however, that practi-
cally all those present regarded the
Bull Moose party as evanescent, the
outcome of peculiar conditions which
could not long obtain. and that all ex-
pressed themselves as confident that
before the next election the Republican
party would be united.
"Preposterous!" Says Dixon.
Senator Dixon, when told the results
OF the meeting, declared that nothing
was more preposterous than the as
sumption that the third party would be
reabsorbed by the Republican party.
He insisted that the Republican party
was not, and never would be, progress
sive, IN the true sense of the word. and
that the Bull Moose party would long
outlast both Of the older and more
conservative parties.
At the conclusion OF the conference
Governor Hadley, prefacing his state
ment with the declaration that It rep
resented only his personal views, is
sued the following:
| have felt and acted upon the theory
that the Republican party has not out
, lived it's usefulness as an agent OF good
government, but do not agree with those
who contend that all that is necessary
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