The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-06
REPUBLICANS
GETSET BACK
IN 1916 PLAN
~ OLSON GARDNER

WARRINGTON, Aug. D.
Within q month a complete rev.
oiutlon has taken place In the
political situation. Following
are the changes:
90 A revival Of business
headed by war orders, but fol
lowed by genuine Industrial re.
vlvsi. has robbed the stsndpst.
tiers Of their principal Issue;
t2l The administration has
adopted the military prepared.
ness Issue almost TO the extent
advocated by Roosevelt and
Augustus p. Gardner. abandon.
ing entirely the Bryan pscifieit
Misunderstanding attitude;
90 The progrcsslses Of the
country have concluded sudden.
" and quite unanimously not
20 return 20 the party OF their
daddles. but 20 continue their
organization and name eandl.
dates.
Back OF all this looms tho possi.
bility OF war. In every body'n mind
there n the thought that plans
which may be made today may be
knocked IN the head tomorrow by
some act OF Germany precipltatlng
tho United States into the world
conflict.
A little while ago the old guard
rcpublicans-Ponrose. CRIME. Gal.
iiugcr. ct si--werc meeting IN New
York city and almost dividing the
spells.
Republicans Were Sure
They were perfectly sure that
promise OF prosperity and Jobs for
the unemployed would work repo-
tition Of the McKinlry.iIsnna full
dinner.pail election and sweep the
democrats from office.
SO sure wer. they that they were
picking candidates for first and
second place.
Root was almost twcn,y.to-one
shot and Charles Warren Fairbanks
actually iai go wad ~ money TO
start a weekly newspaper for the
purpose 81 booming bis candidacy
II began to look like race
among the republican Htandpat
nominees for a sure thing nominA.
ton.
Now all that r. changed. Tho 70.
| pubiioans arc In tho doldrums
again. Root. az boas OF the reac-
tionary New York constitutional
| convention af Albany. has not been
vote-gcttins figure before the
country. The proxressives have
not been falling over themselves IN
the prodlgai role
Proaressives stand Pat
In New York the progressive
party committeeman have confer
enced aud decided against going
back into IN. a. q. r. whiie out
West. Roosevelt has gone 80 far
"a 10 suggest the nomination OF
Hiram w. Johnson or Justice
Hughes as the progressive party's
presidential candidate.
Moro overwhelming. however.
comes ths Administrations plans
for the biggest navy IN tho world
and an Endorsement OF Garrison's
recommendation for an adequate
army. Along the latter line. plans
will be ready for congress authortr-
ing n new federal volunteer militia
reserve.
Even the Mexican policy OF
vatchful.wsitinx has boon ahan.
doned. and II IL announced official.
iy that the president In waiting
only TO decide on plan OF inter.
venfion which will reduce tina,
country 10 Law and order
As to the country's material pros.
perity. which II probably the most
important factor IN the political sit
uation. figures Just complied By the
department of commerce show
that for the fiscal year Just ended
all records were broken IN the
volume OF American exports and
the vast increase In tho balance OF
trade-which Is what the foreigner
owes the United States for goods
supplied.
Without tho hard times" and
the military preparedness" issucs.
the opponents OF the administration
viii find hard shedding. There viii
evidently be three candidates IN
the field. and possibly four.
The prospect Of a particularly IN.
teresting presidential year is daily
increasing.