The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-13
GLINPSNG THE FUTURE.

nent OF reconciliation. uevuteS ihlr'
teen pages Of his February issue 10 an
analysis of the Republican claims Of
success in 1915 A physical eNamtna
tlon Of Colonel Harvey would lend no
encouragement 10 Democrats, for
plainly he views the Democratic siu
alton with cold footed misgiylngs The
article begins as follows:
Eve may as well admit at the out
set that the quite universal mud plain
ly increasing confidence of the Re
publicans with respect 10 the next ma.
tonal election is no more triumph Of
hope over experience Il Is firm
conviction Neither leaders nor rank
and file have the slightest doubt OF
coming success Nor. incidentally, we
are Informed, II Il liberal Republican
he nominated, has Mr. Roosevelt
fact Of deep significance
Further along Colonel Harvey
made this significant reference to
Senator william II. Borah as the
most forceful spokesman of the oppo
,ition and as the foremost liberal Re
publican now living, II most promis
ing candidate for the presidential
nomination
The chairman Of the Republican
national committee declares that II
the November election had been for
president, his party would have won
by not fewer than 2Ss electoral votes
a majority OF 40. President Wilson
In bis indianapolis speech gave the
Democrats Il majority Of "about ~ %
'olonel Harvey complies his own Fix
ures, giving the Democrats 274. the
Republicans 244. and the Progrcssiyes
l3. a Democratic plurality Of 30 Then
he asks:
Can the Republicans reasonably
expect to hold the twenty-five states
carrying 27O electoral votes, which
they won IN November? That the
shrewdest Of them honestly think 50
there can be no doubt Indeed, they
feel equally certain that they can alb
stract from the Democratic column
Colorado CO., Maine co., Oregon ,il,
South Dakota 90 and Wisconsin
Ol3), making a grand total " $40
aud .affordlng a clear majority NJ
nearly one hundred electoral votes
Clearly, however this calculation
would be- upset II President Wilson
should succeed In winning over the
main Progresslvcs who stll hold the
balance Of power In Illinois, Callfor
mia, Pennsylvania, Idaho aud Wash
mgton For ourselves, we have
reached only the negative conclusion
that whichever purity loses New York
Is likely To lose the election
The indianapolis speech is spoken
" as III timed aud ulJudged, re-
scmblug nothing more ,ln,el, tbau
the tradItIonnly putnti,c effort of n
tenor 10 sing hn,s"
In discussing the pru,ucrtiyc bank
rupt,y Of the United Sutr. treesur,
Tor which the Democratic mrt, under
the leadership NJ President Wilson.
would bee held rrspopsIble Cnlopel
Harvey extracts these figures from
the treasury report of Jnnuar, s.
1913.
Income of fiscal year to date pio oGG 900 O2
date ... ..'......,s...'''' ,lst7 .lpgg u
n..-.,.. In ,,,,u.. g-,,-.,o, ia
--
outro m.t year to sSme an "''''' '''''
'''' '.'..'..''..' ...... T""2lll'2
Increase Of outgo .... ioooo ss9Os
outro over income INF. ,eor ~ ISS So5 "a
"u'go over mcom" last year adu2i9S5l
Decrease In surplu, .. 46l634O5s2
THE treasury estimate submitted
at the opening N congress, N 81 900.
775,l54 or $ls,OOO.OOO less than the
preceding yenr IL pronounced ficu
tlous evidence Of economy for pulu.
cal effect since the supplemental cy
Inmates already aggregate SiOOO(
Ooo' exclusive Of S3OoooOOO proposed
Sesnon tna' partial relief may be oh.