The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-12-09

gathered itself together for meet
ing Of the organization on one day
last week. The meeting, was called
for Chicago and about eighty Of the
leaders from various sections OF the
United States were on hand to attend
the meeting It did not require the
capacity of the auditorium to accom-
modate the crowd at this time as it
! did in 1912 whensa meeting OF the
party was held. George w. Perkins.
ormer partner of the late Pierpont
dorgan and chief factor in the Inter-
rational Harvester trust and friend
Mi the trusts In general, was on hand
hs was Boss Finn, of Pittsburgh: Bev-
seredge, Of Indiana; White and Muir
dock, OF Kansas, and Pinch0t, of Penn
sylvania, all of whom bear the scars
Of defeat and yet not without a pre-
tense OF courage for future conflicts.
There was nothing to celebrate in
the late election just held, but good
deal to explain and yet these van
pushed leaders, made bold to assert
that the principles sOf their Organiza-
ton were eternal and that it was
worth while tOperpetuate the organs
zation and try it again in 1916. There
were some, however. who favored all
alignment with the. democratic party
if satisfactory arrangements. could be
made. This suggestion, however, did
not meet the approval of q majority
of the delegates present and for the
time being theH question OF merging in
the democratic party was not adopted.
We cannot well understand how
men like White and Murdoch of Kan
sas, Pinchot and Finn Of Pennsyl-
yania and George w. Perkins can do
otherwise than ally themselves, with
the democratic party. Such patriots,
when they decide to organize new
party in order to injnre the repybli-
can party, as a general rule find them
selves in, time landed in the demo-
cratic party. This has happened 30
often that the republican, party Is not
surprised by. suchtreform movements.
!. In 1872 the attempt to undermine the
republican party was made when a
few leaders organized "a movement
called the Liberal republican party,
but it was short lived and the leaders
generally drifted, into the democratic
party, but their followers, who had
been in. the republican party, drifted
back to their fifst.lo In 1896 the
silver movement carried out Of the
republican, party q number of leaders
as well as many members of the rank
and file, but while tbs leaders after
wards became members OF the demo-
cratic party, the masses of the free
silver party returned to the republi-
can fold. This bull moose movement
carried with it, at the time Of it's Or
ganizatiOn, q large number of republi.
cans, many OF whom had been lead
ers in tbeSparty and who thought they
saw an opportunity for immortalizing
themselves In the organization of the
new party, but time has demonstrate
ed the folly of the movement anf that
outside OF a desire for public Office
there was not much reason for the
!, movement at any time. Most of the
rank and file are back in the republi-
can party. 1t is not expected that the
leaders will come nor would it be OF
0ny benefit il they did come. and the
democratic party $50 welcome TO all
the benefits that may come to it by
such additions as George w. Perkins,
Boss Finn and others OF like charac-
ter.
Theodore Roosevelt did not attend
the Chicago meeting and we are UNI
able to say how far his sympathies
were with the meeting. Iowa had but
one representative present; even
Judge Stevens, OF Boone, did not have
sufficient enthusiasm to attend. Most
Of the members know that the party
has no future and have naturally
drifted back into the republican party.
The vote in the eastern states at the
late election and especially in New
York and Pennsylvania proves com
clusiyely that the republican party is
fully rehabilftated and will come into
& its own in 1916.