The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-12-04
REPUBLICANS WILL BE REUNITED

The chances of closing the republic
can ranks are not of the most hopeful
character, Judging from the last
declaration of Colonel Roosevelt.
One John Yeiser, of Lincoln, Neb.,
an original boomer of the colonel
for the republican nomination at Chi
cago at the June convention, and one
of his followers into the new party,
has recently written the late candi-
date for president on the new party
ticket letter and is otherwise now
making an effort to bring about the
reunion of the republicans of the
country, under the one banner of re-
publicanism, and has issued a call for
conference to be held in Lincoln in
january, at which time it is said steps
will be taken to formulate plans for
getting together in Nebraska. Mr..
Yeiser is evidently willing, if not
quite anxious to see reunited repub-
lican party and would be glad if
Colonel Roosevelt would manifest
disposition to have such result
brought about, judging from the let
ter written by the former to the lat
ter a few days ago, expressing his
hopes in the matter.
In answer to this letter the colonel,
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that he did not see how he and his
followers could fuse with the republi-
can party so long as it remains what
it is. He complains that the republi-
can party is controlled by the bosses
and that they have fixed the party or
ganiZation, and the rank and file have
let themselves be bound hand and foot
by the, bosses and that the national
committee is dominated by undesir-
able machine politicians.
1t is evident that Mr.. Roosevelt
meant what he said when he told the
people of the country during the sum-
mer and fall that he was out OF the
republican party and short time
before election, that it was his pur-
pose to break it up, and later during
the campaign he went so far as to
assert that he had broken it up. His
letter to Mr.. Yeiser means, if it means
anything, that if he comes back to the
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terms on which he will come back,
and one of the conditions is that those
who have fought the battles OF the re-
publican party in the past must be
eliminated and he and his followers
substituted as the leaders of the party.
He does not propose that he and his
followers shall pass under a yoke, as
he expresses it, in order to come back
to the party to which they are invited.
He does not, apparently, appreciate
that he and his supporters voluntarily
withdrew from the republican party
and formed another which failed to
accomplish substantial results and
that in order to get into the republic
can party again they must come back.
1t is not recorded that the prodlgal
son, who became dissatisfied with his
fathers management of the house
hold, bolted the organization and went
into a far country, where he failed TO
realize his ambitions, was able to
again become a member Of. his faith
er's family, without coming back, and
when he did come back he did not
have the temerity to insist upon the
retirement Iof the other members OF
the family and have himself installed
as the head of the family in order to
consent to his coming back. While
his father was glad to see him re-
turn, he did not see fit to dismiss
those who had always remained by
him and assisted in the management
of affairs.
If Mr.. Roosevelt and his followers
who left the party and became men,
bers of new party wish reunion
of the republican party, they will be
met at least half way and every en-