The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-05-22
This Plan Hinted at by
Well Known Repub-
lican Leader.
WANT NEW UNION
Doubted if LaFollette is Man
Who Can Bring Elements
Together,

Washington, ID. C.-Means for the
rehabilitation of the republican part
are being considered by the old guard
as We'll as by the progressive faction,
which held a conference in Chicago
two weeks ago. But the old guard is
going about it with caution and with
out making amy noise.
Not the least surprising develop
ment is chat there is a sentiment fav-
oring a call to Theodore Roosevelt to
lead a reunited party to victory in
1916.
A Popular Leader is Needed.
The real question thai is botherinG
the members of the old guard is CON
siderinS means for getting the party
back into power is where to find a
candidate who will posses the quail
ties of leadership and attract strong
support by his own personality.
They fear Senator La Toilette viii
not do, though he has kept within
the party breastworks. Senators
Cummins and Borah have been coh-
sidered and discarded as unavailable.
Hadley of Missouri has developed
strength. But the stanpat leaders
here declare the hour has not yet ar
rived and when it does it may bring
the man with it. AT present he is not
in sight.
A widely known republican, a nat
ional figure and N who supported
Taft last year, startled some of his
friends recently by suggesting that
it might be We'll for the leaders to
sonsider taking Colonel Roosevelt.
Third Term Idea Dead.
He pointed out that the chief OBJ
lection to the colonel was the man.
ned in which he turned on Taft: that
the objection to the third term idea
evidently made no impression upon
the people, Judging from the verdict
at the polls: that Roosevelt was right
on public questions from the repub-
lican standpoint. and that he no
no doubt could be induced to forget
the recall of judicial decisions and
other ideas to which republicans
would hesitate to subscribe.
Standpat Leaders at IL Dinner
Franklin Murphy, republican nat
ional committeeman from New Jer-
sey. gave a dinner at his home in
Newark, which was attended by
George w. Sheldon. treasurer of the
committee; Senator Boise Penrose,
formerly committeeman from Penn
sylvania. and other staudpatters of
the party. While the dinner was an.
nounced as a purely social function,
it is understood hat it really was
made the opportunity for a ]gatheril,g
of ~brigandiers of the old guard for
the purpose of discussing ways and
means OF rehabiliting the party.
The question with them is what is
the right thing to do. Senator Pen
rose, typical representative of the
standpat element. has expressed his
opinion to the effect that a reor9an-
~ization cannot be effected by an.y cor
ference of so-called leaders. A long
experience of politics has taught him,
he says, that voters cannot be driven
into a new party or driven out of it
again. They go of their own volition
and reorganizers can meet and adopt
resolutions as often as they please
without materially changing the sit
wuation unless the voters are %convinc-
ed that their best interests lie with
the republican party.
Old timers Must Sit Back. :.
The ~reograniZers urge that if the
members of the old guard will step
out of the limelight and turn the
party management owe to the pre-
sressives that it will do much to re-
store confidence of the people in the
party. Some of the veterans would
be willing to efface themselves, but
they are or from convinced hat this
would result as predicted. A number
of them already have been pretty
thoroughly effected by events.