The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-19
Taft Sounds Republican
Charge.

0lk 0OuhlAAS ANSkS~A~~A.
Charge.
He Scons the Talk Of Party's Death and
Outlines Issues to be Met. A Clinic on
Roosevelt.
[Former President Taft in the Saturday Even
ing Post of Feb. 14th. Excerpts from 1.-THE
Future of the Republican Party.1
In the last election, under conditions
as unfayorable as possible, the Republi-
can candidate received three and half
million votes. Of those who would have
voted for him, had they thought his vic
torv possible, Colonel Harvey, whose
nolitical Judgment has been frequently
indicated BY the event, thinks there
were perhaps a million more who voted
for Mr.. Wilson, the Democratic candl-
date in order to make certain MIR. Roose-
vet's defeat.
There is no doubt that many other Re
ublican voters did not vote at all. be-
cause they had no hope of Republican
success and, as between the other candl-
dates. thew did not care or know how to
vote. In some States, notably IN Call
fornia and South Dakota, through the
machinery of election, it was made I'M
possible for Republican voters, number
ing at least two hundred thousand, to
vote the Republican national ticket.
An examination of the statistics OF the
last election and of the last census will
show-as Mr.. Noyes of the Washington
Star has demonstrated-th there were
nrobablv about seven million persons en-
titled to vote who did not go to the polls
at all. This was an unusual proportion
of stav-at-home voters. Under these
circumstances it is not too rosy view OF
the condition of the Republican party to
saw that there were on election day nVe
million voters who, in spite of the Pro-
gressiye dissension, would have been
Glad to see the Republican candidate
elected. and may be counted on as still
having political convictions OF the ortho-
dox Republican kind, with no tendency
toward so-called Progressive affillatlon.
WILL THE PROGRESS1VES BOLT?
Let US now consider how far the vot-
ers who cast their votes for Mr.. Roose-
Welt are likely to remain with him in the
Progressive party in his future presl-
Dental campaigns. The earnest enthus-
lasts. who fervently believe that mil
lennium of righteousness is soon coming,
and through him, will remain loyal to
nm. Inc uisce"len.tu, WI" WY, VIZ" 80 corrsn
continue to support him until they be-
come the whole Progressive party, either
by winning to their policies his other
supporters or by driving them out OF the
party by disclosure of the logical re-
suit of their propaganda.
Rut what of the Republicans who
voted Tor Mr. Roosevelt III l3lA;
The especlai eillllsie ,o, oo .H alu lie ne
publican candlaate OF l9l- ti'a' gie" ou'
Of his dillihlstIat!oh can NAVY NC ae
vlved against any future hepuD or eau
dldate hkeiy 10 ne enoseh' nel1, 10y
the charge OF H'JuS'ice III t ne, . pi oeeeo t
lngs OF the c0hEeiIioH VI l'lA eSli'i y:
avail to keep fefuoiicaflS ron d Ganui-
date chosen un4ef ne" sSs1e5li VI ieP-
resentatloI ilheIS 70 oe d''oP.eN
Again. MT. hooseVeit as .ne nia 1o, u
destiny VIII NOT amer MS 4?ieat II. i9l-'
nave the same preS'lge III ,iis lu'ui IotI
dldac.es thal retained lol nun III liIs ias'
election many OF MS supporters III loT,n-
er campaigns FOR cfess reasons ne.
publcans VINO No'eu iol WI hooseS (!
the man. ana VINO oiu mo- eiiiol aee CO.,, his
new doctrines or cease 70 pe hepuoll-
cans, VIII propaply IN lu'ure eisceion 1s
return again IN large numbers 10 llle GU
party. Inc RepupllGan par'yls 700 s.ro's-
~ lntrenched locally as regular polltl,
Cal organlza'loh 10 oe orlVeh out OIL !o ga
poltlcs. ihough thefe are paIts vi llle
country IN "hich uie ilogleSSiSe pai y
m.5 ~ ' ord STATE st. elections occur from
time to time, the voters will naturally
divide themselves by the old Democratic
and Republican lines, and many of the
sergeants and commissioned officers
of the old Republican army who We're
Progressives will slip into their old al
legiance. Indeed in many places they
are now SEEING every opportunity to do
so. Recent elections have shown great
shrinkage in the Progressive vote, and
this when Progressive leaders have avoW-
edly made their party views an issue.
To he SIRE the Progressive marty is