New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
1T DIED IN 1912
Republican Party Should Have Givsuh,
TO Progressives Then

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Sir: recently read what Mr.. Henri
Wise Wood had 20 say about "savius a.
Republican Party" in your issue Of No,,-
! Der %. have read several other srtkl..
in your valuable paper since Election D.
attempting 20 explain how II was d..
why IL was done and what should b. H..
about IL.
II il not customary for q lawyer 70 MAJ
his own case or for a physician 10 dana.
nj, own ailments, therefore il may b. sss.
sppropriate for me, born and bred DEM.
cyat one who cast his first vote for Hon..
Greeley for President in 1872, 70 disgnos. u.
Republican party, and state the real aln,,,
Mr.. Wood only went back 70 November Il
ro15 for his causes. Medical men know ia,
ia not the last breakfast, dinner or sup,.,
that causes indigestion but the many ia,
have gone before. The results Of the Ia,
election cannot be credited 20 VIA. IA,
occurred since November IS, 1915, bat !.
,,ba, occurred before There was time xk,,
Theodore Roosevelt had the confidence Of II,
voters Of the United States whether he Va,
entitled 20 il or not. He served the Peep.
az their President for seven years. He vas
opposed by the bosses and politicians Of bis
own marty. and he fought them openly a.
the people thought he was lighting tier
| fobt when the Wall Street delegation ss,,
/ down 70 Washington 70 hold a conferne,
With Roosevelt over some law or INVESTIGATES,
that was going on and the committee cor.
olained Of what was being done, or sbou. 70
he done. and asked Roosevelt Why he did 10,
lot them know in advance when such thing,
we're about 10 be done. he answered, a.
remember. that he was not aware ths.
was his duty as President OF the Uni,.l
States 10 notify lawbreakers that he ,n
going 70 have them arrested.
I mention this to show Why the people
If tho West. who never liked Wall Stree,
did like Roosevelt, don't thnk GU
real Republican will deny that Roosevelt
could have had the nomination in 1908 nl
been reelected with his usual majority. In.
stead OF taking tho nomination himself \,
asked that his friend. William Fl. Taft }.
nominatsd. and he was, and the Roosevelt
supporters elected him, expecting ne would
tale M tho work where Roosevelt left o.
Nc ali know how Taft permitted things %
slide back into the hands OF the old ercvt
and We know that Roosevelt vas not at al
pleased. Who can blame him as he saw he
work Of his seven years 20 for nsught!
From my standpoint I said: 60 70 bin
Teddy. william has not played the gan,
fair" Then came the crime OF 1872, shss
the masses Of the Republican party declared
in no unmistaksbe manner for Roosevelt
and the bosses and wire-pullers stole the
nomination from him and gave IL TO Tsf
Who could not have been elected had Rooss
volt supported him tooth and toensiL' n.
Republican party came out Of that tight third
in the race, and there and then is where 4
should have been buried, leaving the discr,t
tied wreckers high and dry.
The Progresslves, with Roosevelt, Hinn
Johnson, of California; Oscar Strsus, of Nev
York. and thousands Of others North she
South. East and West, had a respectable
basis upon which 20 build, with possible
chance of converting some Of the Southern
States. which the Republican party never ear
do. The vitality of the Progressive par!
was permitted to evaporate for four year,
and Henry A. Wise Wood and others tired
to fuse the conflicting elements under TIE
Republican banner, with all the old, unpeps-
lar, too well known leaders, self eonyie'ed
of the crime Of 1912, in the saddle, backed By
Wall Street with candidate who gained hr
reputation and notoriety through inyestgs'-
ing Republican campaign frauds and misap'
preparation OF insurance funds that were ea'
pended in behalf of the Republican party n
the balmy days of Mark Hanna.
One is tempted TO ask how could sueh
combination hope TO win? Yet when one
sees how near they came TO winning we mus'
confess that every rogue has many ifiehc'
and knows full well how best to use tesn'
have diagnosed the csuses-but with WOOD
row Wilson as President for four more yesn
see no hope for the Republican party. I"
mote il be. I. X. GLo'LA
New York, Dec. ~, 1915.