Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-29
G. 0. ?. PLANS MEET
REPUBLICANS MAY CALL NATION.
Al CONVENTION TO RGHA0iL-
IrArG PARTY.
TO GET IN FIGHTING TRIM
Thoss Fsvorlno the Convention Are
Anxious TO Take Action Such -
Will Bring the Prosressivss Back
Into the Fold.
~ GEORGE CLINTON.

ey GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-In the keeping OF the
executive committee Of the Republic
an national committee Is the answer
to the question as to whether or not
the Republican party shall hold re-
habilitation convention In the near fu-
ture. The executive committee has
been called by Chairman Hilles to
meet here on May "a, to take such
matters az may be properly brought
before It." The chief matter 10 that
of ordering q regular national party
convention for the purpose OF con-
sidering ways and means to put the
old organization back OH its feet and
to make 1t able to present fighting
front to the Democratic enemy one
year from next fall and three years
from next fall
Senators Cummins. Borah. Bristow.
and some other progressive Republic
ans OF national note recently con-
ferred In Chicago with view Of con.
sidering the question of party rehabil-
itation and to establish tentative
plans for approaching the national ex-
ecutive committee with view to Sc
curing its sanction for Republic.
an convention In the fall Such q con-
vention must be q regularly ordained
gathering. called as all party national
conventions are called by the national
committee, and with full representa-
tion Of delegates based upon the al
lotment made for the different states
In the past.
Above All Other ThIngs.
The Republicans who are In favor
of a national convention want one
thing above all other things. Their
desire IL to get the Progressives back
into the party. They gay they believe
that II q convention IL held and south.
ern representation In future conven.
tions is cut down. and II the princi.
pie Of presidential primaries IL en-.
dorsed. many Of the new party men
who voted the Roosevelt Johnson tick.
| ct last year will come back into the
Republican fold. The leaders Of the
Progressive party In Washington say
that there 10 not the slightest fear on
their part that any formidable mum.
Der OF their party men will be found
ready to 60 back to Republicanism
even II the convention is held. decides
to change the southern representa-
tion. to declare for presidential pri
maries and to do other things fol
which the Progressives have stooe
from the first.
When one talks with the Progressiv,
leaders here he Ands that they thinl
Republican convention Is bound L
fail Of its purposes. Not only. they say
because the Progressives cannot b,
brought back into the fold, but he
cause of the lukewarmness towards
the convention idea of a large par
Of the old party's conservative mem
bers.
II the Republican convention is call
ed the delegates will be Obliged I,
take into consideration q number o
things other than those enumerated
II they are to succeed In winning tn,
Progressives back. II 10 held In Wash
ington that there IL q bare chance tha
the Progressiyes might accept fellow
ship once more In the old party II tn
proposed convention should adopt al
actual platform of principles like tn
one which was adopted at the Progrei
sive convention In Chicago last Aul
ust
Must Be Converted.
The progressive Republicans VIII
| aeo chinAv fuot ruu, onta, a., t.,,tuc =
secure the calling or convection. fin
themselves today under the necessit
OF discovering ways and means Of CO,
verting their conservative brethre
to their way of thinking on the col
vention plan.
Some of the conservatives loo
kindly ON the convention plan, an
II they join with the progressive r,
publicans their influence may GU
weigh that of the others, and the col
, vention probably will be called. Thos
of the old-line Republicans who are
sympathy with the convention pla
, say the Republican party has muc
} to gain and nothing to lose by col
vention. and that the condition OF II
party can be no worse after q get L
gether" gathering than II IL at pre-
J ent.
D The Republicans. therefore, seem
be split into three factions on the CO
|. vention plan. the progressive bret
J rem who are urgent In approval Of Il
plan, the old.liners who prefer to wa
for Democratic mistakes to bril-
about salvation. and the other ol
D liners who think the convention ca
= do NO harm. but who ara NOT narfaf