The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-22
BRINGS ENCOURAGING
REPORT FROM THE EAST

lorms, declared tr US that the Will
son currency bill is all right. want
to see it IN effect 1t will make this
country master of Wall street instead
uf Wall street remaining the master
Of the country and 1t will be won
derfal help to we people of the west.
The efforts OF lot of the old stand
pat republican leaders 10 attempt t.
discredlt the democratic party hy
III king dire predictions concerning
panies, aud their efforts TO actually
bring about such panic just to dis
credit the democratic administration
and To save the old republican party
from com plete annihilation beneath
the chariot Aheels o. the democrat tic
add progressive parties, were most
apparent while We were in the east
Generally these efforts are being de-
nOunced. 1t is discreditabe and
desperate card for a group of de.
thruned republican bosses tD play. /
will avail them nothing. Our own
Simon Guggenhei~ and dear Mr..
Smoot FROM just over the state line
We found to be chief among these
calamity howlers.
We rode from Pittsburgh to st.
Louis with group OF western and
southwestern newspaper men who
had been Ia Washing ton to attend
the conference of The republican ma
tional committee held in an effort TO
cnax the progressive ur Roosevelt
ing back into the fold. These
new spaper men, experts in political
reporting and forecasting, couldn't
see much hope for reunion OF the
i've republican factions The real
progr ssive leaders we're skeptical and
haven't any faith in the get to-
getuer' pretensious OF the old stand
pat leaders. We are convinced that
there will be no getting together OF
the Old line republicans and progress
ives within The next year at least.
Those newspapermen and others
se met in New York, Philadelphia.
| and other cities declared tnat in all
circles there is general admission
although in some cases, OF course,
a reluctant admission that Wilson is
making good and tnat the democratic
party is carrying out its party
pledges
Wilson's complete but agreeable
control OF congress Is recognized BY
All. 1t is said that no president ha,
ever commanded greater respect FROM
congress than Woodrow Wilson CON
man1s from his congress.
| While it is not generally known
/ still there is much III easiuess IL
)Iicial Washington over the health o.
Wilson. He is a treless worker. He
never kaoWs when to q il. 1t is sale
that in this respect he is largely like
: Grover Gle eyeland. Like Clevelan
Wilson is often found working far in.
to The night ia the executive offices
at the White house.
/
line republicans there is movement
Co 'vindicAte Taft as tney put IT.
They are determined TO run him fOl
president again as the republican
nominee. Just what sort Uf yindi-
cation Mr.. TAFT could hope to get WI
can see. He made a speech down at
Allentown, Pa. one night while We
Sere in the eighborhood and il
many ways it Was One of the tines
! exemplificatiuns Of genuine staudpal
ism We ever had any knowledge Of
Taft is st9ndpatter above all thing
else. A vindication of Mr.. TAT
would naturally have to be a vindica
ti0u OF slsndpatis1.
We found the progressive part'
pretty irong it, the east, nut 1t u
generally pointed out that it is moi
as strong as it was eight months ago
owing to the success OF the Wilson
arninistration Many progressive
have gone openly into the democratic
camp. There Is Il general feelint
among eastern ne~spspermeu tba
Roosevelt is the real life Of tne pro
greasive party aud that should h
step out or be eliminated the part,
would 90 tn pieces
presidert Wilson's ides as to presi
, Dental primaries seems very papuis
. ar,ong progressive democrats ant
men ba-s - the progressive party bu
, imgntuy unp pular with the old-lin
memuers af the ;Wo Did parties
The growth % tire prohibition
I movement 10 some Of the caster
, II ties really surprised as We iouuD
, BIZ aggressive movements m man
: 81. the large manufacturing towns a
= Pernsy iyania "a close the sglooa-
/ Ia one county alrne ia the heart &
b. the manufacturing district 21.ho ~
d natars- lad heen secured t. a pei
- zion iar Jhis purpose A preiictiu
n j. eeuera5 stat every ore gl the sasi
er.! sta -es Siii ~itness turfinc al
n ria,e aEti-salOon contests 10 All Of II
munielps titles WItnIn the B-Kt rsa
= or tNu. Hundreds Of toAUs a,td eat
, in TIE NsN England and csntr
F, easter states are already dry.
Is In me south and south Sesi ).