The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-18
Fred s. JackSOn'S Idea of What
Harmony Means.
First Thing Is to Agree to Abide
Primary Results.
NATIONAL COMMITTEES PART
1t Must Grant Certain Demands
of PrOgressives.
Calderhead Talked of as Con-
gressiOnal Candidate.

Harmony in Kansas next year is pos
sible, according to Fred s. Jackson,
former congressman from the Fourth
district and twice attorney general.
But to secure harmony in the state
and nation, the national committee
must make an honest effort to show
progressive tendencies and the Repub-
lican regulars in kansas must bind
themselves to support Capper and Bris-
tow, should they by any chance be
nominated on the Republican ticket next
| August. Then. Jackson says, there will
probably be some real genuine har-
mOny.
In a statement made today Jackson
suggests a new line of thought on the
| harmony question. He proposes that
in event Capper should become a can
didate for governor and Bristow a can
didate for reelection to the United
States senate-bOth on the Republican
ticket-that the Republican regulars
| declare their Willingness to support the
| two men, should they be nominated. Such
! action, says Jackson. would bring about
| harmony in the state, provided the Re
publican national committee at its
meeting in December should declare for
new deal and make a real effort to
satisfy the Progressives.
| so much depends upon matters or
national Importance which may trans
pire within the next few months" SAID
Jackson, that it is too early to say that
the Progressives and Republicans will
! or will not unite upon harmony ticket
| for next year in Kansas.
There are many thousand Republic
cans in the United States who still be-
| lieve in the party name; there are a
| few who would prefer to be progressive
without that name; but more. 1 believe.
who would prefer to make the Repub-
lican party really progressive. If the
national committee has breadth of Wis
ion to see the Importance of giving
| I
really progressive and representative
of the people, there is no doubt but
we can Lave union.
Up to the Committee.
eff the committee in December, takes
steps wE-ch will satisfy such men as
Cummins, LaFollette, Beveridge, Roose-
Welt. Pinchot Garfield, johnson and
Stubbs, that real reforms of the party
have been undertaken, there is an OPP
pOrtunity for former Republicans to
work together in the future. However,
such men as Penrose, Barnes and Crane
and the national committee in general
must understand that no deception can
be practiced; reform must include such
rules of party government as will en-
able the rank and file of the party TO
control it, name its candidates and
make it's platform and policies.
'And in addition to this, there must
be a housecleaning. This could best
be accomplished by a new national
committee and new polcy II TINS IS
not done, and there remains ma
tional Republican and national Pro
gressive party, it would be the rank
est kind of fusion for the purpose of
securing offices for the Kansas Re
publicans and ProgresslVes to work
together. The Progressives outnum-
Der the socalled regular Republicans,
and if all should participate in the
Republican primaries, the result un-
doubtedly would be the nomination of
r. non
ton of a progressive platform con-
tanning progressive principles such as
we have had in Kansas during the
past ten years
Danger of Another Bolt.
another result would be that these
very men who are now claiming to be
'saviors' of the Republican party,
would bolt the ticket as they did last
Democratic associates.
''Fusion, therefore, is as impossible
as it is unwise and wrong. If there
can be no national union, there can
he no state union. 1 believe Arthur
Capper, the regular Republican noml-
nee for governor, was elected at the
election last fall Senator Bristow, IN
many ways the ablest and most valu-
able man Kansas has had in the sem
ate, is entitled to denomination and
reelection at the expiration of his
term, although anyone else has, OF
course, a right to be a candidate.
"But many of those who are now
talking harmony could do more for
that subject than in any other way by
assuring the people of the state that
if these two men are nominated on
the Republican ticket, they will not be
bolted by these self-termed saviors of
the Republican party"
That w A. Calderhead of Marysville
NAV again enter active politics and is
preparing to announce his candidacy
for the Republican congressional
next year, is the general
belief of state politicians. Calderhead
has always maintained a wonderful
following in the Fifth district and un-
til his defeat by Rollin r. Rees in the
1910 primaries, was recognized as the
dean of the Kansas delegation in con-
gress.
AS early as last winter the Calder
head boom took root. While attend
ing the Kansas Day banquet, Calder
head admitted that he might consider
making the race if the harmony move
ment in the state developed sufficient
to make Republican success in the
state probable. Since that time
has made a number of
peeches in his district and while the
Marysville man is ranked with the old
crowd in Kansas politics he has a fol-
lowing in the Fifth district >fhat will
make him a most formidable candi-
date against Guy r. Helvering, the
present Democratic congressman
Helvering defeated Rees last year
after Calderhead's successor had
served one term in the national house.
Calderhead has little hope for the
success of the Democratic tariff pro-
gram. according to a statement made
recently to a friend. He believes that
the operation of the present tariff
law will demonstrate its own weak