The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-11-13
No muarRsrS' Bench az the
Republican Revival,

with their party because they believed
that the national convention was un'
fairly controlled. No matter what the
real facts may be, this was the i'm
preston created on their minds, and
accepted by millions Of voters who
otherwise would have supported the
republican party.
Without the aid Of the greater pro-
portion OF these voters the republican
party cannot win national election or
elect a majority in congress, Thous
ands of them have already returned to
the party, but other thousands are hes
itating. They want to come back but
not as repentant political sinners, They
do not regard themselves as subjects
of prayer or penitence. They look
upon those who were steadiast, and
who. supported the national republican
ticket, as constituting a minority OF
the once powerful party-the party
that elected TAFT in 1908. They are
still republicans-and they are eager
to again enlist as republicans but
they insist that certain things be done
to assure fair and unquestionable con-
troll OF the national party organization
by majority OF the party and control
OF the preliminaries Of national con
ventions by national committeeman
elected at the time delegates to
national convention are elected, in lieu
of such control by committeeman
elected four years prior to the con-
vention.
One Of the oldest and most faithful
Republican leaders Of north Missouri,
man who stood firm in 1912, asks, in
letter to a republican editor, whittier
the rules OF the republican national
committee are to be revised to the
end that it shall become the agent Of
the party instead OF its master" Con-
cerning those who protested against
the procedure Of the national com
mittee at the Chicago convention, he
asks, are we to be taught that we
have transgressed, and that, BY making
suitable amends, we may again be per
mitted to bask in the warmth OF the
approval Of the minority of the party1"
And he says There are hundreds Of
republicans, and other hundreds Of
progressives, who would like these
questions answered, and who are anx-
ious to see the party reunited, but
feel that this cannot be except there
be some assurance that the campaign
Of 1916 will be one in which the ma
jority will be heard"
In no state are these questions pre-
sented with more earnestness than in
Missouri, where a majority Of the re-
publican voters stood firm in 1912,
and where few leaders OF potent inhu-
ence refused 10 support the party cam,
paign. 1t may be accepted as GER
tainty that Missouri, in the national
committee meeting December 10, and
in the national convention to be
called by that committee, will demand
changes in the rules affecting repre-
sentation in national conventions that
will satisfy a majority OF the party and
prevent a minority from ever control
ling it. And Missouri will stand firm
for the things to which the conservative
republicans are committed and against
the things a small minority within the
party would press upon it.
The national committee, at its meet
ing December l6, will not undertak,
to say whether the millions OF repub
licans who refused 10 support the party
last year ase political sinners or saints
but that committee will either max,
necessary changes in party procedure
or will call national republican con
vention to consider and determine vha
must be done. When the time come
for nominating a national republican
ticket a majority Of voters who are thel
republicans will determine who shal
constitute the nominating convention
and i, will be hard for any man to ge
seat in that convention who canno
show beyond petsfiventure that he !