Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-27

" % true that the indJca.
LIONS which are seen of a second !,
vision OF the Republican housa 90
SHOWN only In the actions Of the laad.
ers OF the two factions in ,conorass
II the ranks of Republicanism of tbis
country have made up their minds to
keep companionship no matter what
inc leaders may do, then the noli-
tlclans say the split will be ayerted
some OF the expressions Of oninion
ana some of the sharp criticisms Of
conservative, or If you will. reaction
aIy hepuDllcanism, which are coming
almost daily from the lips Of the pro-
gresslve Republican leaders in con-
gfess, give color to the politicians
predictions that before another ma
llonal campaign rolls around the Re-
publican party may find itself divided
again, unless the leaders of tho two
lactlons manage to patch up a peace.
Three-Sided Battle Possible.
II some OF the politicians. Demo.
Gratis and Progressives for the main
part, are right in this matter, and of
course it may be that the wish is
father of the thought, it is possible
that In the next campaign there will
be Progressives. progressive Republi-
cans and Republicans to fight three
sided battle against the hosts of De-
mocracy There are men here 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.. Borah.
1t is 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 cOlonels enemies call Roosevelt
ism, nor with Republicanism as
espoused by Smoot, Penrose and the
other generals. In other words, Mr..
Borah seems to be flocking by him
self just at present. Perhaps this is
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 prin-
cfples.
Why is it that some Of the poll
ticians think that there is danger of a
coming split in the Republican party?
Political observers here who hold that
split is likely say that the progress
sive Republican leaders while refusing
to ally themselves with the Progress
sive party, are nevertheless just as
stanchly Progressive as ever they
were, and that they have become
restless under the continued associa-
ton with Republican leaders whose
views are absolutely counter to those
of progressive Republicanism.
Railroad for Alaska.
It finally has been settled by
legislative act that the government
shall build railroad in Alaska
Whether or not Uncle Sam is to OPP
crate the road is left for future consid-
Grafton. It is possible that one Of
the army engineers who did big work
on the Isthmus of Panama will be sent
to Alaska to undertake the job of rail-
road construction.
1t is feared by some of the friends
of the plan for government built
railroad in Alaska that the work OF
construction will not be supported by
appropriations of sufficient size to en-
able the engineers to complete the
work quickly. The money, $35,000,-
600, will be forthcoming, it is under
stood, in continuing appropriations
and if the amount allotted every year
or every two years is 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 if the money had not
been voted without delay and with
out much debate. If like action is Ia
ken in regard to the Alaska project
the railroad will be built in fairly
short order.
VIII BE Hard JoD.
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. It is felt that the unwili-
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 a big one and hard
one. The engineers know all the diff
ficulties that will be in their way.
They know what they must do ana
that they must have money to DO 1t.
It is definitely known that the corps
of engineers of the army feels that II
some of its members are to be put at
Tho work of railroad building, the