Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
MEMBERS OF THE
OLD GUARD CRAWL.
OUT TO OBSERVE
That Is Considered One OF the Most Inter
esting Phases Of Political Development
Which Has Appeared in Connection With
Approaching Campaign.
DISPLAY ACTIVITIES or
THE D0WN-AND-0UTER
Political Situation in Different States
Throughout Union Is Ana;yzel-0ld Re-
dictionaries Are Fellows Who Are Com
ing Back Into Command of G. o. p

ment which has appeared in connection
with the approx hing campaign i the
fact that the members of the old
Guard the original SiandpaitcrS. are
crawling forth from their hiding places
and taking observations on the Sitnn
ton. They are beginning ~ display AT
the activities If the down and outer
trying to come back.
These slv old fellows have been keep
ing painfully silent Since The Democrat
ic c%yclonc hit them. until now. when they
seem To be exhibiting signs of returning
animation. They are seeking to gather
Hp the scattered remnants ~ the l.epub
lican Party and Ia rchabiliiate them
selves upon It's ruins. The reason is thtt
they constitute about al that remains
OF the q. o.. T.. Those So-callcl progress
sive Republicans wlo survived the wreck
of two wears ago have been drifting along
aimlcsSly. sometimes flirting with the
party ProgreSSivcS and sometimes ca
d~eayoring 4 90 II alone. and getting no
where. They are beginning to ~realizr
that they must conner up with the old
guard. for the latter are the cuStolians
Of the Republican money bags and still
control what there j. left Of the old or
ganization. 30 the old rcactionarie> are
the fellows who are coming hack into
command Of the Republican party. Eyi
dencc Of this fact j. 10 be found on every
hand.
In New York the def hand Of Boss"
Barnes is quietly manipulating affairs
and the ticket which the Republicans 81
that State will name this fall will hear
the imprint Of his O. II. Just whom
Barnes will put forward X not deter
mined: the game H. one III which moves
must be made carefully. but things IN
the Empire State are shaping themselves
or bcing shaped. 50 that the Albany dir
tator will rule. Senator Root has made
il plain that he will not bc q candidate
for reelection. Standrat'o" No. he j. he
well knows that in a campaign for clcc
tion 10 the United States Senate hv
popular vote he would moi stand a. much
chance ms n fivcccn cake of ice would
of maintaining its Solidity ON the cqua
tor. Hence Elihn will draw The ~clr.Ain
upon his political career ~ the Il '~r
vi Ills UIt~tUt i'IHl. bit ifiiUfN VIII SUI
to il that the Republican nominee is one
Of the type in politics If not ia ability.
Representative William NJ. Calder j.
lust now the most conspicuous among
Republican candidate To succeed Root
Calder j. the only Republican in the
House from the twcntv three districts ~
Greater New York. lie il a pronounced
standpatter and rcactionary. which in
itself is evidence that that element Of
the party j. cndcavoring to get into the
Republican saddle.
In Pennsylvania the old guard has
routed the Progressive Republicans and
captured ~. or.anf zifinn completely.
and Boi> pcnroSc high priest among re-
dictionaries has been nominated for the
Senate. PenrOSe defeated D.. Benjamin
Dimmick. Progressive Republican. and
n clean. upright citizen. IN 4 two 10 one
majority. In "A total vote ia the Republi
can primaries of about 100000 Penro~k
had practically ln0OOa majority. "a the
old StandpattcrS are III control in Penn
Sylvania - FAR a. the Republican organ
ization is in control. What has frighten-
ed the PenroSe regulars. however. j. the
fact that IN 4 State which gave Roosevelt
u majority of more than 500.O0O IN 1904.
the total Republican vote. both regular
and Progressive. in the recent primaries.
was only 2 little more than 3oO. 0n0 of
which pcnroSc i only sure IF about 200.
O00. In addition to this the Progrc>SivrS
have nominated Clifford Pinchot for the
Senate aid 7. Il. will do all ia his power
Ia elect him. and III Representative a.
Mitchell Palmer the Democrats have
named u man who will not only command
the Democratic vote. hut tens of thou
sands Of votes 81 hnncSt Progressive Re
puhlicans. who can not stand penro~c
and his rcartionary methods and who re-
allie that Pinchot i not an important
factor In the situation. But the point j.
that should the Republicans win Ii will
he 4 stand pat victory and a triumph for
the old guard.
pcnroSc. who now under the popular
election plan must 20 before the voters
instead of trusting to the organization
which he has controlled. to put him
over. has adopted tactics which j. max
inc even the Staid old PcnnSylvanian>.
used Ia almost every sort 0f political
trick. burst the buttons Of the wai>tcoats
with laughter. PcnroSe. amcng other
things. has become a pulpit orator. and
once or twice every SUNDAY delivers u
political onslaught in some Philadelphia
chunh. The burden of one Of these Pen.