Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-16
Especial Correspondence

especial correspondence
Washington, April 1S-In spite Of the
general assumption Of republicans that
the party is going to be returned to
power by u landslide in 1916. the wis
est political leaders and POLITICAL OBJ
servers Eere say there is q fly in the
republican ointment.
1t is no common or garden fly either.
but an unusually large and troublesome
insect. If.the counsels of wisdom are
followed, it.will be fished out and Will
not be permitted to bring about serl-
Gus difficulty. But there is no telling
thus far in advance of the presidential
event of next year what sort of advice
will prevail.
Within the past week, no less than
three men of prominence, including two
senators and enc former senator, one
a republican of the progressive variety
and the other members in high stand
ing of the bull moose in its 1912 fight.
have come out in admonitory state
ments that if the republican party Is
to win next year 1t must not permit
repetition of the 1912 perfol nIa.ce at
Chicago wherein the old guard rode
like bunch of hussars over the bod
les of their rivals.
Must BE Progressive.
Warning has been issued by these
leaders that the republican party 10
win must name progressively In
clined candidate on progressive plat
form. This does not mean that the
bull moose platform must be grabbed
up word for word but it does mean that
man and platform must be taken
up by the republican party whose sup
port win not turn the stomach of the
men who voted for Roosevelt. in 1912.
The men who have in recent days
come out in words of warning to the
reactionary republicans are Senator
Norris OF Nebraska, republican; Sen
ator PoindeXter, of Washington, who Is
prepared to repoin the republicans, tho
a bull moose in 1912, and Former Sena-
tor Joseph NJ. Dixon, of Montant. the
man who, as national chairman Of the
bull moose in 1912, managed the
Roosevelt campaign. Senator Dixon
is prepared to support progressive
republican nominee in 1916. but he will
not support a reactionary. He says
the people are against the Wilson adj
ministration but that il the republic
cans name reactionary they can not
win.
Reaetionary Can't Win.
The tenor of the statement of these
men, all of whom are of prominence in
the ranks of progressive republicans
and progressive party men. is that
they are willing to support any repub-
lican who Is reasonably advanced in
his views but they will not and their
followers will not countenan .e u an
who is known as pronounced reac-
tionary. Senators Norris and Pom
dexter have gone SO far as to speak
kindly of Senator Weeks. of Massa-
chusetis. Senator Weeks has never
been known as a progressive out Sem
ators Norris and Poindexter would
support him because they admire him
personally and because they regard
him as man of integrity. courage and
independence, despite the fact some
I! charge him with reaction and he has
generally, tho not always. affiliated
with the old guard. Their attitude to-
ward Burton is much the same.
These leaders make il clear that II
the effort to promote the cause of for
mer Senator Root, former Senator
Knox or former President Taft-or
others Of the same schools persisted
in and carried into the convention, 1t
will not only cause bad blood but may
split the republican party for all time.
Whether their warnings will cause the
republican old guard leaders to change
their tactics Is conjectural but it may
be taken for granted that II such warn
| ings are not needed there is a storm
brewing for the republican party.
| Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been q favorite with the mothers of
young children for almost forty years.
For sale by all Observation-Disclosures
ment.
The ussian empire leads in the num-
| Der OF its Jews--6,060,415, and the Unit
ed States Is second with 2.933,374.