The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-06-14

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No Certainty Of a Convention.
There seems to have been very
wide misunderstanding about what
was done by the executive committee
OF the Republican national committee
when It met In Washington. This mis-.
understanding has grown with the
days since the committee departed. for
certain words OF the leading commit
teemen we're mlsinterpreted at the
start and II was taken for granted that
the national committee would be GER
tain to call convention. The fact
is that all that was done BY the execu.
tive committee in Washington was TO
call meeting of the national commit.
tee and to ask it to decide certain
questions.
IL is known definitely that the ma
jority OF the members Of the national
committee do not want to call con.
vention and that all they want to do
Is to change on their own authority
the apportionment of southern repre-
sentation In Republican conventions,
to declare for the principle of the pres
idential primaries and then to ad.
journ.
Progressives Are Content.
The Progressives in Washington say
that they are entirely content with the
action Of the Republican party's execu-
tive committee. BY Progressives are
meant the members OF the new party
and not the progressive-Republ
The new party men say that the freely
expressed belief OF old line Repub-
licans that the results OF Democratic
law making alone will be sufficient to
return the old party to power is in
itself enough to hold the Progressives
together as party and to further
ALLEVIATE from the old party the affec.
tions OF essive-Republicans.
The Progressives, and the progress.
ive-Republicans, too. for that matter.
say that unless the Republican party
declares for the advanced policies for
which progressivlsm, both with the
small p and capital p has stood. the
Progressive party will have many ad-
ditional members drawn from the
ranks Of progressive RepubNcanism
Immediately after it Is made plain that
the old line Republicans will not stand
lfor the platform OF advanced princi.
pies. The old liners, however. say
that the Democrats are bound to fail
and that hard times will put the old
Republican party on its feet. The
Democrats see no failure and are con-
tent and perhaps happy as they view
the troubles OF their opponents
Senate Is Changing.
Hereafter members OF the congress
sional committees Of the three parties
that is provided the Progressive
party shall decide that congressional
committee is necessary-willh have the
additional duty OF directing the cam
paign for the election of United States
senators. The coming change in the
method of the election Of senators Is
affecting the proceedings In the up
per house. Realizing that they are
now directly responsible to the peo-
some OF the senators are showing
change OF manner and method.
For years numerously signed petit
tons praying for or against legisla-
ton have been received daily by the
senators of the United States. These
petitions have been duly and with
proper formality presented to the SEN
ate but only rarely has there been a
word said at presentation time con-
corning the nature OF the petition or
che standing of the persons or organ
izations who had given 1t their sig
natures. Today some of the senators
are presenting these petitions with
spoken words enough to- let the peo-
pie back home who are interested
know that their upper house repre-
sentative is on duty and will give
their cause all proper consideration.
and support II 1t seems best"
New Methods For Old Timers.
Some Of the old time senators
seeking reelection will have to learn
new lessons in politics, or else must
restudy those which they learned
when they were members OF the low
or house or of the home states legis-
latures. 1t is one thing to prepare
for campaign before legislature.
and it is another thing TO prepare for
one In which some hundreds of thou
sands OF voters will have direct
shot at the target. Time after time
the direct election of senators pro-
position was voted down IN the sen.
ate of the United States 1t finally
was given to the states to decide by
the votes of upper house men who
stammered with reluctance when
they voted aye" The dreaded thing
is to come and hereafter the honor
ables and more or less ancients not
to put 1t the other way. will be com.
PEELED to make a plain case before the
people.
Washington wants to know what
effect the direct election OF senators
is going to have on the rules and the
general nature OF the proceedings in
the upper house. Prior to the time
that direct election was assured
there we're occasional threats that
the rules OF the upper house would
be changed in order that debate
might be shut of and the passage Of
legislation expedited Former Sena.
tor Aldrich once made threat to
this effect ar rather suggested n