South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-30
BULL MOOSE WILL
HAVE CANDIDATES
Revolution in Political Situation
Brings Gloom to G. o. P.
Leaders.
~ Gneon Gardner.

WASHINGTON. July SO.-Within a
month complete revolution has ia
ken place in the political situation.
Following are the changes:
CD 4 revival Of business headed
by war orders but followed by genuine
industrial revival. has robbed the
standpatters OF their principal issue.
60 The administration has adopted
the military preparedness issue al
most 10 the extent advocated 10y
Roosevelt, abandoning entirely the
Bryan paciHcist watchful waiting atti-
tude.
CD The prOgressives Of the country
have concluded suddenly and quite
unanimously not 20 return TO the par
Is Of their daddles but 10 continue
their organization and name candi-
dates.
ca National prohibition has be-
sCOme looming issue with HObson as
candidate for the presidential nominal
tion on that platform.
Back of all this looms the pOssibil-
ity of war. In everybody's mind there
is the thought that plans which may
be made today may be knocked in the
head tomorrow by some act Of Ger
many precipitating the United States
into the world conflict.
4. O. Il. Gloom Returns.
little while ago the old guard re-
pubLCans- PenrOse, Crane, Cfallinger,
ct al.-Were meeting in New York
city and almost dividing the spOils.
They were perfectly sure that prom
Use of prosperity and jobs for the un-
employed would work a repetition OF
the Mckinley Hanna full-dinner- pail
election and sweep the democrats from
office. SO sure were they that they
were picking candidates for first and
second place. Root was almost a 20
tO-1 shot and Charles Warren Fair
banks actually let 20 a wad Of money
10 start a weekly newspaper for the
purpose of booming his candidacy. 1t
began to look like a race among the
republican standpat nominees for a
sure-thing nomination.
Now all that is changed. The re-
publicans are in the dol5rums again.
Root as boss of the reaCuOnary New
York constitutional convention at Al
bany has not been vote getting fig
ure before the country. The progress
ives have not been falling over them
selves in the prodigal role. In New
York the progressive party commit
teemen have COnferenCed and decided
against going back into the e. o. D.,
while out at the exposition Roosevelt
has gone 80 far as to stand up publicly
and suggest the nomination of Hiram
w. Johnson as the progressive party s
presidential candidate.
Meets Navy Issue.
More overwhelming. however, com es
the administrations plans for the big
gest navy in the world and an en-
dOrsement Of CfarrisOn's recommended
ton for an adequate army Along the
latter line plans viii be ready for con-
Eress authorizing n new federal vOlun-
teer militia reserve.
Following Sec'y Daniels action in
creating board OF scientists to COun-
sci the navy department, comes the
news that congress Will be supplied
with full reports on the observations
OF our military and naval experts
abroad. together with recommended
lions touching vastly increased num-
bers Of aeroplanes and submarines
and several battle cruisers of the most
up-tO-date type. The naval program,
it is declared. will suit the most en-
thusiastfC advocate OF national de-
Tense.
Even the Mexican policy of watchfI III
waiting has been abandoned and it is
announced officially that the president
Is waiting only to decide on a plan
of Intervention which will reduce that
country 10 law and order.
Balance OF Trade.
AS 10 the country's material pros
perity which is probably the most
important factor in the political sit