The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-20
pnoeREssrEs AND REeyBLlcANs.

For the third or fourth time within month 1t is rs,or,es that Senator Poindexter Of Washington has announced his return Co the Republican party He says that the Republican party will become before the next election as progressive as the Progressive party has been Other Progressves have reoined the Republican party with the same hope uppermost in mind
 On the other hand the news comes from the East that the larger element Of the Republicans Manns the Penroses. the Galngers the Cannons. the Hard ings Che Roots and others-have already begun cam pain to repeat the 1896 performance They have even abandoned a pre,ense catering for Progressive sup port They body announce that they want another Mckinley and another Mckinley campaign They have pronised in plain words that the time is at hand when we must assure big business that it have what It wants While promising this to big business they are promising prosperity to the and assuring them that control by capital oers the to get it. ia sup port Of Che soundness of the promise they point Co che prosperous years that came with Mckinley and contin ued until i9o7-though usually they do not mention the limitation of the period
 And that suggests some of the difficulties that will confront the opposition the present administration before che issues shall been formed for the next Presidential campaign that confront at the present time In the ohyear campaigns all the oppo- nents of the administration do find difficult to set together The staudpa Republicans can oppose the ad- lnlnistraton party and base their action on the hope that the conservative element will control that partys next National convention The progressives can join them while hoping that they may control
 But both factions cannot control While an effort will be made doubtless to convince each Of the factions that 1t is in control the American voters have learned a lot during the last few years. and it is not likely that they can be misead The Republican party will have 60 face the voters conservative or as progress sive There are leaders big and little. in the Repuo' can party as other parties that care little whether the party is conservative progressive as long as it presents chance for success and for personal profit or place in the sun For instance The Colonel found no difficulty in supporting the Mckinley administration and following Mark Hanna until the growth of progress sive sentiment demanded change. Nor did Senator Pondexer exhibit any signs fatigue after jumping from the Popust party to the ba3ner of Senator Hanna and thence back to the Progressive party As long as the element with which he affiliated remained in the majority in his own State he as happy as a clam at high tide There will be others that will sup port the Republican ticket and call 1t progressive to Pro eressiyes and to conservatives conservative but the great mass of votesr who are looking for neither office nor special privilege will not be as easy to fool as of wore
 As a consequence we find many Progressves who believing cha, the capture of the Republican party is hopeless are preparing to support President Wilson for reelection Such for instance as Wu Parry and large number of others at Seattle and in the State o Washington.
 On the other hand. we find many members of bis business who believe that another period of capitais tic control would lead to an inevitable Socialist victory within ten years. who will suppor President Wilson and his policy Of recognizing no class in the adminstra ton of government These believe that President vii son. with bis breadth of vision his fairness his capacity to set results and his patriotism offers the last ehanc' to conduct the Nation on other than class against cas basis They see that another Mckinley administration would mean government by capital as the last McFnle1 administration was and that the defeat of such rep