The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-03-26

It seems to b true tAat the isaieor
tions which are sesa Of . second T.
vision of the Repsbliean house aFs
shown only in the actions Of the leo1-
II the ranks Of Republicanism Of this
country have made up their minds to
keep companionship NO matter whAf
the leaders may do. then the pod
ticians say the split will Be- avests1.
Some Of the expressions Of ooinioa
and some Of the sharp criticisms Of
conservative. or II you will. reactioe-
airy Republication. which are coming
almost daily from the lips Of the -
gressive Republican leaders in co..
gress, give color to the politicians
predictions that before another ~
tional campaign rolls around the r.
publican party may and itself divi6ed
again. unless the leaders Of the tvo
factions manage to patch up . psses.
Thrss-sidsA 0sttss Psssibss.
II some Of the politicians. Demo
Gratis and Progressives for the main
part. are night in this matter. and q
course It may b. that the Wish 10
father Of the thought. 1t IL possible
that in the NEXT campaign there Will
be Proeressives. progressive Rspsbii-
cans and Republicans to fight three
sided battle against the hosts Of D.
mocracy. There are men hero Who
say that there may be another party
or faction in the field and that its
name will be that Of the senior sena-
tor from Idaho. Mr.. Borsh.
II 10 pointed out here that the Idaho
senator seems to be about the only
progressive Republican in the senate
who seems to agree neither with what
the colonel's enemies call Roosevelt.
ism. nor with Republicanism -
espoused BY Smoot. Penrose and the
other generals. In other words, Mr..
Borah seems to be hocking by him
self Just at present. Perhaps this 10
to his liking. for standing isolated he
can rap Colonel Roosevelt BY rapping
as he has Mr.. Perkins. or he can rap
Mr. Cummins by talking about the
futility Of . party convention for ANAL
gamation purposes. or he can rap Mr..
Penrose and men Of his kind on gen.
eral progressive Republican prtn-
ciples.
Why 10 It that some Of the poll
ticians think that there ID danger Of
coming split in the Republican party?
Political observers here who hold that
split 10 likely say that the progress
sive Republican leaders while refusing
to ally themselves with the Progress
sive party. are nevertheless Just -
stanchly Progressive ~ ever they
were. and that they have become
restless under the continued associa-
tion with Republican leaders whose
views are absolutely counter to those
Of progressive Republication.
Railroad for Alaska.
1t finally has been settled BY
legislative act that the government
shall build . railroad in Alaska.
Whether or not Uncle Sam ID to op-
crate the road ID left for future consid-
GRAFTON. It ID possible that one Of
the army engineers who did big work
on the Isthmus Of Panama will b seat
to Alaska to undertake the Job Of rail.
road construction.
1t Il feared by some Of the friends
Of the plan for a government built
railroad in Alaska that the work of
construction will not be supported by
appropriations Of suficient size to en-.
able the engineers to complete the
work quickly. The money, $35,OOO..
900, will be forthcoming, 1t Is under.
stood. in continuing appropriations"
and If the amount allotted every year
or every two years 10 small of the
road of necessity will move forward
slowly.
Appropriations for the Panama ca.
nal were forthcoming in quick time
and in large amounts. The pride of
every American seemed to be aroused
and the national Legislators voted the
money in large sums and quickly. A
reluctant congress would have meant
protracted operations and the canal
today probably would be nowhere
near completion II the money had not
been voted without delay and with
out much debate. II like action il ta-
ken In regard to the Alaska project
the railroad will be built in fairly
short order.
viii es Hard Job.
Congress never has been unani.
mously in favor Of this government
work. In fact some men believe that
at heart the majority Of the members
Of the present congress are opposed
to the plan. 1t Is felt that the unwill.
ing ones were moved to willingness
only by the apparent desire Of the
country that the experiment should be
made. The job Of building the Alas.
kan road will be big one and hard
one. The engineers know all the dif
ficulties that will be in their way
They know what they must do and
that they must have money to do it.
1t 10 definitely known that the corps
of engineers Of the army feels that II
some of its members are to be put II