Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-02-28
TRIANGLE FIGHT ON
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
FOLLOWING EXAMPLE or
THE PRocREssIVEs.
START IN CAMPAIGN OF 1914
Opening of Democratic Headquarters
Delayed Until Wilson Makes His
Appolntments-G. o. p. Leaders
Still Hope for Amalgamation.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washingtaon.-Beg not later
than the first week in April the cam
palgns of three parties for the con.
troll Of the next house Of representa-
dVes will be in full progress There
Will be no hating, 1t is promised. at
the time of the 1914 elections. for It
Is the intention OF the three political
organizations to keep up the fight till
the successor to Woodrow Wilson is
chosen in 1916
At the time the plans of the Pro
gressive party and the details OF its
campaign beginnings were given In
these dispatches recently it was in.
hmated that the Democrats and the
Republicans might be heard from in a
few days. Now it is fully assured that
the Democratic and the Republican
parties are to follow the early ex-
ample of the Progressive party in
starting its campaign. and each OF
the older parties hopes that 1t may
profit thereby.
The Republican leaders have Just
announced that headquarters shortly
VIII be opened In the city Of Wash
lngton and that the endeavor will be
to "readjust matters" and to put the
organization into fighting condition
for the battle Of 1914.
The Democrats have not yet made
public announcement. but your cor
respondent is able to give their plans
The Democratic national committee
will be called to meet in Washington
just prior to the Inauguration OF Presi
dent-elect Wilson. While here tbs
members Of the committee, after &
conference with Mr.. Wilson, will ap
point four or i've men to act as lead
ers Of campaign which shall be con
tinuous from now until the presi
dental election of 1916, the first II
months to be given over largely to eff
forts to make sure that in 1914 tht
party shall re-grip its present ma
1ority in the house Of representatives
The Democrats intend to have theil
headquarters In New York, but already
they are planning to have an auxiliary
Office in Washington for the purpos,
OF giving immediate and direct pub
licity to such national legislative &C
ton as they think will appeal to thu
people in behalf of continued Demo
cratic rule.
Wait for Wilson Appointments.
It is known that the Democrat
would like to open headquarters a
once. but they are held from SO DOM
by curious and interesting fact. The,
do not know what men Mr. Wilson In
tends to appoint to ONCE. II is i'm
possible for the Democrats today /
ask any man of political prominenc
and of known campaigning strengt
to agree to take the post of campaig
leader. There are four or five me
who are looked upon by their part
colleagues as eminently IF In a mil
tant and strategic way to meet tn
leaders of Progressiveism and Repul
icanism in the field, but the fear. o
II not fear the belief, is that most Q
these men will be given government
places by Mr.. Wilson, which will kee
them from giving anything but coul
sci to the chiefs of the active politics
organization.
The Republicans closed their Wasl
ington office some time ago and
was thought that 1t might not be r,
opened for a long time. but the Leaf
ers of the party realized that til
closing of the ONCE might be col
strued as an act of hopelessnesi
Militant counsel has prevailed an
the Republicans are to get into til
triangular fight which many OF thel
hope, If only few of them believ,
may lose its angles before long, tn
field becoming a scene of battle wit
two lines of fighting men opposin
each other. That is. the Republican
continue to hope that some sort of a
arrangement can be made by whic
the Progressives can be brought bac
into the ranks
Framing Tariff Bills.
The Democratic majority of tn
ways and means committee ia Jus
starting at the work of framin
the tariff bills which will be Ii
troduced at the extra session. Whe
congress gets together again Their
will be some new members OF tn
ways and means committee, and O
course they will be consulted abou
the bills prepared by their brethre
of longer service. but the majorit
Of the present committee will be tn
prevailing majority of the next con
mittee, and SO the bills which ar
now being framed unquestionably wi
be the ones to be introduced at tn
next session.