The Washington herald., 1914-05-28

from the classic precincts OF Dryden
town. Sloat FAssett was from 4mira-
and once took q turn a. State leader
when nominated for governor. Lucius
Littauer. the glove masnate. who &C.
tually organized and managed the eher-
raen Vice Presidential campaign At CHI
cago. came from Gioversville Payne.
father OF the House today. was nom
Auburn; SouthWick from Albany. and
Edward B. vreeland was an able nem-
Der from Salamanca While Dwight 10
possibly the only bne Of that stalwart
list likely to seek return. none OF the
districts are lacking In Republicans big
enough to accomplish election this year
once the State organization, assures the
right sort of leadership In the matter OF
nomination for governor and Senator.
Beginnin with Edmund PIatt. Of Dutch
ess, and concluding with Hamilton. OF
Ripley, the present upstate list includes
ten Republicans and q stiffening Of sinews
IA stiffening and stimulating best in
sured by the selection of an up-Sate
business man like Fairchild-ought to
double 1t for the g. o. p.
q. o. p. In stirred.
with the visit of Roosevelt to WASH
ington and the getting close to great
ness Of the Progressive contingent In
Congress along with the projection OF
the Fairchild for governor proposition.
the Republican leaders in Gotham
town have had much to discuss this
week not to mention the resentment
against mugwump Republicans who
approve submission to Oyster Bay.
The term ..mugwump'' has not been used
much In New York politics Of late years
It came into the political vocabulary
away back in 1854 when ''holier than thou
Republicans assumed to arrogate unto
themselves all the political wisdom OF
the earth and then proceeded TO aid the
Democrats in electing Grover Cleveland
President.
Serious Split Seen.
Now comes a languid rejuvenation Of
old mugwump sentiment and methods,
seeking, first, to condemn Chairman
Barnes and the rugged Republican man
ayers who remained loyal, and then TO
find a way for a going down on the knees
to Roosevelt without soiling the political
trousers. This mugwump inclination is
for supplying an excuse for getting
Roosevelt back into the Republican or
ganization without any loss of dignity on
his part. and to practically concede his
domination IL he does come back. This
will be resented by the old guard who
point to the overwhelming defeat Of 1s12
as due wholly to Roosevelt's ungrateful
secession from the party that had hon.
ored him so often and the real Republi-
cans resent II with the same spirit that
would have resented the proposition OF
eiecting Jefferson Davis president of
the republic in 1858. In the midst OF
the mugwump reaching out for a way
to surrender the Republican organiza-
tion to Roosevelt II occurs to the New
York standpat Republicans that the
leaders Of the Progressive
organization who figured most conspicu-
ously during their leaders visit to wash
fngton today are not remarkably potent
either in politics or especially eminent as
statesmen in Congressional affairs. The
dispatches from Washington telling OF
these who figured most frequently In the
shadow of their beloved chieftain did not
Indicate that any ponderous or powerful
were in the retinue. The
statesmen most mentioned In dispatches
published here are Senators Clapp, of
Minnesota. and Poindexter, Of Washing
ton State, with House members Murdock,
Of Kansas, Huling. of Pennsylvania, and
Of Illinois. with the possible
excertion Of Clapp, these self-appointed
managers Of the Progressive cause at
are wholly unknown among |
Republican leaders up Gotham way, and
even their present prominence at the
going over of things at Washington, has
aroused little interest in their careers.
rhe New York interrogation is of other
,eaIly big men 10 Congress who had
light attack Of the progressive malaria
wo years ago and whose names do not
igure In reports of the Roosevelt opera
ions for a single day in Washington.
rhe slipping back to old party lines Of
8orah, Cummins, Kenyon and others, is
.ited as evidence of the general getting |
rom under by wise politicians who have
designs for the future.