The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
REORGANIZING THE PARTY.

REoRGANIzING THE PARTY.
The prospects OF a reorganization
Of the republican party have not been
as bright at any time since the tr0u-
BILE arose as within the last few weeks.
We say the reorganization of the party
because it must be conceded there has
been dissension and trouble within
the ranks of the party during the last
few years. 1t was the boast of repub-
licans few years ago that the repub-
lican party was the greatest political
organization in the history of the
country, if not in the world. It is a
party whose purposes have been the
uplifting OF mankind and the develop
ment Of the country and that it has
succeeded in it's mission is evidenced
by the fact that it tore the shackles
from 100000 OF human beings and
changed their legal status from mere
chattels to that of men and women,
and lifted the country from condition
of bankruptcy and stagnation to the
highest pinnacle Of prosperity and de-
velopment and to point where its
wealth exceeds by far that of any 9TH
er nation on the globe and where indi-
vidual prosperity is more universal
and the comforts of life enjoyed by a
larger per cent OF the people than can
be found in any other government in
the world.
This record of changing the status
of race of people from that OF chat
tells to responsible human beings was
accomplished by the republican party
within few years after it's organiza-
ton and the phenomenal prosperity
of the country has come about within
the last sixteen years, during all OF
which time until the fourth of March
last, the republican party was in con
troll of the affairs of the government
and republican policies were continued
in force until a few weeks ago.
Notwithstanding the brilliant rec
ord of the republican party there were
members of it, or who protested re-
publicanism, who complained Of the
principles OF the party and have
charged that it has lacked in progress
iveness and in bringing about reforms
which they profess to believe are es-
sential and this feeling has gone to
the extent of creating faction and a
large number of republicans have
joined the ranks of the sO-called pro-
gressives, advocating many reforms,
and have undertaken to dominate the
republican party and control its pol
icy and failing to do so new party
was organized in 1912, the chief OBJ.
ject Of which, in addition to advocat.
ing reforms such as had been urged
by DIRECTORS to the course of the re-
publican party, seems to have been
to disrupt and destroy the republican
party, and led by Theodore Roosevelt
in the campaign of 1912, were able to
defeat the republican party in the
presidential election without securing
any other result.
Since the presidential election, how
ever, a decided change has become
apparent and a large per cent OF those
who united under the banner of the
new party have come back and are
now signifying purpose to act with
the republican party. 1t is true that
Theodore Roosevelt is still belligerent
but it is to be hoped that he will be
governed by spirit of patriotism and
will come back to the party which
showered him with honors and whose
object is to furnish to the people the
greatest good to the greatest number.
1t may require further experience of
the administration of the party now
in power before all of those who drift
ed away from the republican party
will see the mistake they made and
be willing to return, but it is safe to
assert that time will demonstrate that
the benefits of the country will de-
crease rather than increase under the
eventually all will come to see this
condition.
We say this because the business of
the country under the policies which
are now in force and threatened to be
put into force have always proved dis
astrous, and it is not safe to predict
that this administration will show it.
self an exception. We anticipate that
by the time another presidential cleo
ton is held the republican party will
be rehabilitated to such an extent that
it will win in the election and that the
congress will be changed to a repub-
lican congress and that republican
policies will again be put into force.
The class of statesmen who have
come to the front through the pro-
gressive movement have proved dis
to the country. 1t is dis
covered that many of them are agi-
tators rather than statesmen, and have
been able to secure offices without
a bility to discharge the duties which
they are called upon to discharge.
Some Of the .so-called reforms which
have been advocated have been crys-
talized into legislation, but they are
reforms which the republican party
had been considering and finally adopt
I'd and no doubt would have adopted
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