Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-05

ferred to as leaders" who are oppos-
ing the domination of Penrose of
Barnes. Gallinger Foraker Watson,
Mulhall, Cannon, Mondell and others
of the reactionary elepent that will
either control the Republican party,
If 1t ever comes back into power or
that will see to it in the future as
they did in 1912, that it does not come
into power.
These men for many years prior to
1912 were known as "lnsurgent" Re-
publicans. Many of them both by
word of mouth and by vote, were OPP
posing Cannonism, Penroseism, Null
hallism and the entire blighting pro-
gram of special interest domination.
Others of them were loud in their
vocal condemnation of the same evils
but were always found voting, when 1t
came time to vote, in the same coll
umn with the reactionary leaders
against whom they were making their
verbal salutes.
But both were mere insurgents"
within the Republican party. Since
1912 they have advanced a step and
now choose to be known as Pro
gressive" Republicans. They are the
plish what they failed to accomplish
then-the reformation of the Re-
publican party from within
Insurgent Failures.
If, with the aid and cooperation of
Beveridge, of Garfield, of Hiram
johnson, of Victor Murdoch, of SEN
ator Moses Clapp, of Clifford Pinchot
and the other innumerable hosts of
political reform supported and
strengthened by the indomitable will,
the matchless courage, the tremend-
Gus honesty the great love for man
kind, his sympathy with those en-
gagged in the human struggle for adj
vancement, together with the great
powers of the presidential office, all
exerted in their behalf by Theodore
Roosevelt-if say, with al this back
ing, they were unable to make any
greater progress than to split their
party, leaving their enemies in full
control of the small remnant that was
left, how shall these political pygmies
now accomplish what they then failed
to accomplish?
We do not need to attempt an an
swer. The answer has been furnished
already by the Republican party. Pen
rose is again in the ascerdency in
Pennsylvania. Barnes is more power
full than ever in New York. Burton
has been made to give place in Ohio
to ForakerA Indiana is hopelessly and
irretrievably in the hands of the T.
dictionaries Crawford has been sue
eeeded by Burke, a standpatter, in
South Dakota. Congressman Lafferty
has been replaced in the Republican
primaries in Oregon by reactionary
Bristow is still maintaining a losing
fight against Curtiss, a reactionary
within the standpat remnant of the
Republican party in Kansas. Cum
minis stands solitary and alone as
the only So called progressive" Re
publican who so far this year has wor
nomination from his party, and he
now faces certain defeat at the hands
Of the rea ctionaries of Iowa who will
see to it that his Democratic opponent
is successful at the polls.
Idaho Replies to Borah.
Even back of our own Borah. here
in Idaho stands a reactionary Smoot
guiding his political hand. directing
his footsteps, censoring the words o.
his mouth or smothering tho good i'm
pulses of his massive brain.
TO his earnest demand that RE-
organization of the Republican party
must be accomplished along progress
sive lines and by discarding reaction
airy for progressive leaders" to quot,
his own words, his own party, in hi!
own Idaho. has responded by send.
/ ing to the Republican convention nov
in session in this city Senator Haight
! Senator Hunt, Senator Hart, Herman
/ Taylor, A. H. Conner, A. H. Feather
stone, H. ]. Rossi, c. L. Hoffman and
all the others entitled to place in tbs
galaxy of Idaho's surrender to spe-
/ cial privilege. George A. Day still
presides as the party's chairman ant
Captain Davis is still its secretary
The grand "old guard" are all here
and with them is every representative
of every special interest in the state
This is Idaho Repubicanism's repl,
1 to Senator Borahs demand for re
organization by the BUSTING of reac
tionary leaders and the substitution
therefor of progressive leaders Wha
more need be said? What more car
be said? We shall have to leav,
further remarks upon the subject t,
! the eloquent lollS ub VI oul Stllloi sen
ator.
Progressive Platform.
It is not my province to dictate
platform for the Progressive party il
Idaho That is a duty that devolve
upon you as the representatives o
your respective communities convened
here to carry out the wishes of tn
people from whom you have receiver
your authority and to whom each o
you. l know. will be proud to repor
that you have represented their de
sires to the best of your ability
So great have been the industrial
and social changes of the world dur
ing the last few years. and so little ha
there been accomplished TOWARD
bringing government up to the re
quirements necessary to readjust on
personal and governmental relation
to these changed conditions by tn
political parties heretofore entrustet
with power in our own country, tina
the list of principles and policies de