The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-26
RoosEvELT1sM is WANING,

The signs that political Roosevelt
ism is waning are unmlsIakablc
throughout tho country. The small sup
port given to the Roosevelt party, al
the recent primaries in Michigan. the
disappointing Of the hopes of tho Roosc-
welt party in Vermont where they
hoped to poll two thirds Of tho Re
publican vote but managed TO poll only
one-third Of it, the dishcartcuiug cx-
pcricncc in Maine, the moro recent fail
uro 10 make any impression in the
State OF Washington, tho refusal oil
great Republicans who supported Roose-
welt prior To tho Chicago Convention to
follow him into his third term party.
the fleeing Of Senator Cummins Of
Iowa 10 Europe as soon as he deliv-
cred his foolish declaration that he
was Roosevelt supporter nationally
but that he wanted the Iowa Repub.
licans to return him as a Republican
to the Scnatc--all these things are
unmistakablc evidence at once Of the
untcnahlc position of the Roosevelt
campaign and of the waning of en-.
tbusiasm for the man whose only pur.
nose appears now to be the wreck of
the Republican party. We find III the
BeIlingham, (Wash.) Herald of Sep
tcmbcr 10th, significant comment
upon the present situation Of Roose-
veltism in that State;
There is little comfort for the bull
moose bosses and candidates in the pri-
mary returns from the county and State.
They do. Indeed, indicate a handsome
vote for Theodore Roosevelt for Presi-
dent, but not large enough TO endangcr
the normal Republican majority in this
State. And that is all ii promises 10
amount 10. That single candidate on
tho State ticket can be elected is de-
clared impossible by shrewd observers.
and their contention is supported by the
returns. With the movement waning rap
idly in Whatco county. IT is not likely
thousand votes will be cast for any
candidate on the ticket and il is be-
lieved they will poll fewer votes even than
the Socialists,
And the reason for this waning is
fairly ami sensiblv stated in the fol-
lowing editorial paragraph:
Now that the Republican party has
finished Its housekeeping. The agitators,
malcontents and dYsturbcrs. crooks and
4J'oiUpGLsHNS OUTSIDE lIlt party lines, lnOSe
voters who honestly believe there was
need Of reform but did not believe il
could be secured from within. can have
no excuse for remaining outside the
party pale. II WAS family night. and
the disturber has been driven forth to
wander homeless until he can make ii
place for himself In the Democratic or
Socialist parties. Those who took The
part OF the diSturber and now know him
Tor what he Is, and find. they cannot fol-
low him into one of the other parties, are
making their way back 10 the regular
party lines. and will be found IN their
old places when The time comes to cast
their ballots next November. The family
fight is over.
The Roosevelt tide has passed its
flood and is now upon the ebb. As
to this the signs are unmistakable.
Utah, which was the latest to develop
Roosevelt enthusiasm, has not as yet
been caught in this reccding ebb. but
that ebb VIII come here as elsewhere,
although as we have said heretofore,
there is in The local conditions here
such call for another party which the
Roosevelt organization now fills, that
the local sentiment for it will be tre-
mendously far and above any possible
sentiment nationally in the same di-
rection. We believe that the Progress
sives in Utah will on their local
party nominations poll grent vote,
as they ought to do; but we believe,
as we have stated heretofore, that this
strength will not go to The same length
nationally that it will go for the State
and county tickets.