The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-03-26
POLITICIANS PREDICT SECOND
DIVISION in RANKS or re.
ss4tf PUBLICAN PARTY.
SHOWN IN LEADERS ACTIONS
Progressive Republicans, Conservative
Republicans and ProgressIVsS
May Fight Threshold Battle
Against Democracy
BY GEORGE CLINTON

the Republican party. The Pro-
gressiyes are no longer to be consid-
cred, as Republicans although some
men. probably, for reasons of their
own, continue 80 TO call them. The
, split which some OF the politicians
here see In the future Is one between
the progressive Republicans and the
conservative Republicans who until
recently showed symptoms of willing
ness and intention to stick together.
II seems to be true that the indica-
lions which are seen OF second di-
vision of the Republican house are
shown only in the actions of the lead
ers of the two factions in congress.
II the ranks of Republicanism of this
country have made up their minds to
keep companionship no matter what
| the leaders may do, then the poll
! ticians say the split will be averted.
| Some of the expressions of opinion
| and some OF the sharp criticisms of
| conservative, or II you will, reaction
! airy Republicanism, which are coming
almost daily from the lips of the pro,
gressive Republican leaders in con-
| gress. give color to the politicians
predictions that before another ma
! tional campaign rolls around the Re.
| publican party may find itself divided
| again, unless the leaders of the two
| factions manage to patch up a peace.
| as- 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 II 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. $50
II 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 coionel's enemies call Roosevelt
ism. nor with Republicanism- as
espoused by Smoot, Penrose and the
other generals. In other words. Mr..
Borah seems to be tiocking 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
MIR. Cummins by talking about the
futility of a party convention for ANAL
gamation purposes, or he can rap Mr..
| Penrose and men OF his kind on gen
eral progressive Republican prin-
| ciples.
Why is it that some OF the poll
tIciasiB think that there is danger of a
| Political observers here who hold that
a 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-
I ton with Republican leaders whose
views are absolutely counter to these
of progressive Republicanism
| See Good In II.
No one here seems to think that "
this split shall come the progressive
Republicans will go In a body into
the Progressive party. The thought
! seems to be that they will stay by
themselves and will hope that some
thing will happen which eventually
will bring the Progressives. the pro-
gressive Republicans and the conserv-
i. alive Republicans together. 1t is even.
limited In Washington that the pro-
gressive Republicans, think that they
can bring about an amalgamation bet
ter by nonintercourse for awhile with
the conservative Republicans in
whose society they elected to remain
for some time than they can by fol-
! lowing the fortunes of the Progressive
leader, Theodore Roosevelt.
Some OF the Democrats In Washing.
ton say that the best thing that can
happen to the Republican party from
a political point of view will be an
other splitting of It's ranks. Naturally
the Democrats do not care to see
the. Republicans united again. but
those of the dominant party who say
that another division in the Republi-
can ranks would &c - good thing for
that party mean simply that when the
! condition of dissension become so bad
Las almost completely to disintegrate
the organization, the Republicans will
see the sharp necessity of getting to-
gether and will find or make means
to do It, - ~. " ~
If another split shall come in the
ranks OF Republicanism some OF the
politicians of this city believe that
amalgamation will be more quickly ac-
companied and that II win be forced
not by the leaders. but by the fol-
lowers These same men predict that
in the platform Of amalgamation there
win be no planks except those of Pro
gressiism. and that therefore the
Progressive victory will be won. al
though The Republicans may claim the
\ victory II they manage to keep for the
reorsanized party it's old party names
Republican. G~E