Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-07-19
onicial Paper Of Ramsey County.
THE REPUBLICAN CRISIS.

THE REPUBLICAN CRISIS. !
That crisis now presents itself to
the Republican party, as a result of
the proceedings preliminary to and at
the Chicago convention no sane or
thoughtful person will deny. That it
means division in the party's ranks,
the alienation of a large number of
progressive and independent voters,
cannot be disputed. What the ulti.
mate outcome will be it may not be
possible to say just now with exact
certainty. We are prepared for the de.
feat of the presidential candidate at
the polls in November. The revolt
against the arbitrary action of the Ma
tional Committee and the convention
itself may 60 so far as to defeat Taft
and Sherman. If it does, then the sin
and its penalty must be On the heads
of those few men who are RESPONSE
BILE for present conditions within the
party. No sort Of political scphistry
can shift the burden Of the blame.
No man or group Of men can so out
rage the American sense Of justice
and fair. play wiahout reaping a har.
vest Of their own howing. But such
result does not necessarily mean the
end Of the Republican party. It's
publication need not be synonymous
with its death kne1l. :, !.
- In, this crisis :, two. courses present
themselves. There are two roads we
may travel,two kinds Of treatment to
be prescribed for orr party, sailment.
The internal or the extefha1.; In 9th:
Ell words, We may stay within the
ptrty; and make oursAght there or we
Ian i stop :,outsides ma ally ourselves
with other forces. W. have more
faith in the internal remedy-we be-
:.ieve> shat the leaven of civic riehte-
business and purity is still to be found
with good men, leaders Of the party,
within the ranks. We cannot consist:
emily lend very active support to the
nominees Of the Chicago convention
for the sake Of well established pfin-
eip1es which we hold. We cannot hon:
estly endorse Che methods which I gave
Them their nomination. But we hall
not for that reason antagenize thereon.
vietionsJ Of those who do not view the
situation as we d. ;''@ a*ssssE' >.
M Supplying the external remedy to
this crisis there are two; steps which
the voter may take-one:is tossuppors
the democratic nominees; and the 9th
er is to suppo1tsand vote for the nom.
:inees of the third party; which is as
yet unnamed and has not formulated
the platform on which 1t will present
itseH to the country. To those who as
Republicans are inclined to lend their
support to Wilson and Marshall we
simply want to say. this-these men
were nominated seemingly by virtue OF
the dominating mastery Of w. J. Bry.
an over the Baltimore convention on a
progressive platform, but they were
nominated none the less by the votes
Of Tammany Hall, (owned by Ross
Murphy and the illinois bunch
.(owned by Roger Sullivan and W. R.
Hearst). Vote for them if you choose
these are the facts. As to the Third
Party, Of which Theodore Roosevelt is
the head and probable nominee, we
have this to say: Whether we believe
in it OF not, it is here, the incarnate
voice Of, protesting republican millions
against political oligarchy, who believe
that the hour has come to strike and
strike hard. They will have to be
reckoned with-sophistry and sarcasm
cannot thrust them out Of the way.
Their enthusiasm in their cause and
leader will not die OF diminish-rather
will it grow greater. Third parties
have always had a purpose and have
always accomplished results, however
temporary their existence may be.
We have here simply laid the facts
before our readers, with the alterna-
tive courses Of action which are before
them in determining what stand shall
be taken. There is ample time to
think the matter over carefully, and
We trust that no one win jump at a
haphazard conclusion and do that
which may be regretted after the cam.
paign is over.-Cando Herald.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
As result Of the bitterness in the
republican national convention and the
long drawn out strife in Baltimore