The Topeka state journal., 1913-12-20

Emporia Meeting Helped Re
publican Cause.
National Committee Action
Guaranty of Good Faith.

With the meeting Of the Republi-
can national committee out OF the way
and assurances OF changes In the
basis OF southern representation ana
provision for seating Of primary elect
ed delegates to future conventions.
real Republican harmony in Kansas IL
perhaps nearer realization than at any
time since the 1912 primaries. From
now until tho November election the
fight Of the Republican harmony lead
ers will be to break down the organ
ization Of the Progressive party and to
secure enough converts to beat the
Democrats.
For weeks the politicians have look
ed f,rward to the meeting Of the ma
tional committee with hope and fear
and trembling. They have urged the
men and women in the ranks to be-
lieve that the committee would do
much. But down in their hearts the
politicians feared and doubted. Now
that the meeting IL over there arc
perhaps more happy Republicans in
Kansas than at any time in tho last
year. The national committee did all
the politicians promised. It did even
delegates from states having state
wide primaries and cut down the basis
OF southern representation.
Test Sincerity Of Voters.
Now the sincerity and good faith Of
the voters will be tested. Last fall
tASEe wa IN uO00oS 0l11OE0uC0 OF
opinion concerning the legal nominee
OF the Republican national convention
for tho presidency. Hundreds Of men
in Kansas voted for Roosevelt declar-
ing that they were Republicans and
that Roosevelt and not Taft was the
which surrounded tho Chicago CON
vention last year have been remedied
by the work Of the national committee
and the Questionable false representa-
Af~~~ - r&>
removed and provision made for the
seating Of delegates from states where
delegates were elected In state wide
primaries.
Since the 1919 election. hundrsds Of
Roosevelt voters have returned to the
Republican party under the assurances
that the national committee would
change the old and Questionable rules.
Harmony in Kansas was strength
ened when the get-togsthsr work
er resolutions pledGing themselves
to support the 1914 primary nominees
This declaration Of principle meant
that there would be no repetition Of
It meant that II Bristow. Capper.
Akers, Ross and others Of the Roose.
welt supporters Of 1914 sought and
won nominations in the Republican
primarie. that there would be Nc
and that the incidents Of the receni
election would be forgotten.
That II the peace paot which the
state and local leaders In Renublicau
politics have offered. OF course Il
| must be ratified by the voters Fol
that reason q campaign Of educatiou
will be conducted by the harmony pro-
! moters to lead the wandering voters
back into the fold and convince them
| tina. the party 10 progressive and
! should be returned to power Only the
, returns from the next election. how.
| ever. can tell the real results Of thi1
campaign.
Progresaaves Won't Give On.
| No one anticipates that the Pro
gressfves will withdraw from th<
tight. They won't. The real Pro-
gressive leaders in Kansas have issued
their ultimatum and they propose te
stand by their guns until the battle h
over. Not only viii the Progreasaves put
+! q full state and congressional ticket n
the field next year. but In practicailj
every county In the state they havi
Threatened to contest for local offloes
It II becauno Of the certainty or 3
ithroe-eorneEod light IN Kansas thai
the Republicans Win work the harde1
to put In 0k1oct their harmony pro.
gram. with three tickets In tie foad
much Of the strength Of the progreo.
1 stve cause Of last year must be Wor
back before the Republicans can de.
feat the Democrats
In an ultimatum made today WN,
Ham Allen White. Progressive M,
tional committeeman for Kansas, Dc
chred that the Bull Moose leaders
were sincere and indicated that thaa
! would make just a. desperate Q flehl
4 for control next year - viii the har.
lmont Republicans.