The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-03
WHY VOTE FOR A FEUD?

w progressive, journeyed all the way to Denver
Gently on the occasion OF Colonel Rooseyes speech in
that city, for the purpose of having heart pot
cal talk with his political godfather In this speech Col,
onc Roosevelt took occasion to quote extensively anl
appoungy from the progressive national platform OF four
years ago Returning home Mr. White wrote for his I'm,
poria Gazette an editorial IN which lind the following
significant uttcranoe,.
who knows him cannot doubt in the least that
the Denver speech IS the coIoucls nb II the rfpuo-
C'T m % m o u" N F PI % '% nrn m HTS" of t%c fact
that They had progressive support upon the under
som a%Ss S soos seo si n should folio" the progressive pro-
Colonel Roosevelt is not registered in New York
as a republican There is no pretense among the pro
grcssives Of this country that they are united with
%rty ot rall and cannon and Adrlcn-canoot hold
They are voting for hughes many, Of them, in tho
sincere boiler that he WIN wreck and utterly destroy
ship and dlscardns ns conservatism upon no other
basis would they vote for any republican cand-
, But yGs for usss does mot soT,n go"T the c b,
TAFT and Cannon and Adrtch and the progressive
stand for different ideals Of government, for dncreut
methods Of administration for different aims OF le.
Does any candid in the possession OF all his iacul
ties imagine for moment that Candidate Hughes stay
the rrcpresSbe conflict" between the party of Taft and
Cannon and Aldrch and the progrcssvcs OF 1912? Can
he caiole himself into the belief that Penose and Smoot
and Gangcr think along the same lines as Roosevelt and
Robins and White and that the truce declared at Chicago
last summer will last longer than operations begin at
Washington Is he so simple minded as to believe tha,
the progrcssiycs will capitua,c or the old guard
render
Let's look the situation canddly in the event ot
Hughes election Here will be the president at the head
oi the reunited party entering upon the discharge Of
hls duties There will he congress his hands about
equally divided between the progrcssives and stand pat
ters. Legislation viii be forthcoming Jobs to iill nomina
ons to confirm and policies to be carried Assuming
that the president will start out consccnouSly to give IL
progressive administration what will be the incytab,
resut OF his efforts with two heterogeneous elements in
Ns party with which to dealt r.
Clearly, there will be appointments confirmed with
out more or less OF surrender to the old guard They
have their votes their policies and purposes They must
perorcc Of Circumstance, be consulted And they must
be satisfied in the nominations presented and the lcgla
ton turned they will rencgc Just as they enegct
when insurgency first heard OF in Rooscvelts time
The result will be an nccssant and uproarous part,
icud II Hughes trains with the progrcssivcs the old
guard will block his appointments and ditch his lcgsla
ton with the Sandpatcrs the progressycs will revive
insurgency and put him in the hole in which Iat
found himself If he undertakes to with the hare and
trail with the hounds he will be certain make sorry
mess OF It all and able get nowhere 1t will be another
of being damned il he does damned il he doesn't
With the world aame with war with the troublesome
Mexican situation pcSterng around Just under our noses
with important public questions affecting domestic affair
pressing for solution with submarine he ronc,
out and neutral rights vndCacd this is the poorest time
in the history Of the nation for voting for g. O. p icud
Indeed it is vital Just now than ever that we have
united congress uphodng the hands OF the president an,
homogeneous elements in command shall find our
selves shortly in the middle OF very sorry fix We ough
to put patriotism above partisanship for and vote
keep the government the hands OF the party which ha
kept us out OF w3r and given abundant prosperity