Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-10-04
TOLD TO WITHDRAW
Speaker Paul Stillman Gives Advise
to Candidate Harding.
REPUBLICAN CHIEF SPEAKS
Editor of jefferson Bee Says Thou.
sands of Republicans in
Iowa Are in Open
Revolt.

raul r. Stlllman, speaker OIL tnO
Iowa house of representatives in
1911, and a member of the house
during the sessions of 1907, 1909
and 1911, the same sessions in which
| w. L. Harding served, has published
an editorial in his paper, the Jeffer-
son Bee, demanding the withdrawal
of Harding from the gubernatorfal
race.
Stillman is considered one Of the
most influential republicans in the
state, and is thoroughly conversant
with Mr.. Harding's record in the leg
islature, where they served for six
years together. Mr.. Stillman in his
editorial comments upon the wide
spread disaffection against Harding,
and asks:
'What satisfaction can any man
find in candidacy wherein he loses
a very large proportion of the best
element in his own party and ac-
quires a very large proportion of the
worst element in the party of the OPP
position? What honor OF glory?
What shall it profit man if he gain
the whole world and lose his own
soul
Following is the editorial in full:
Harding Should Withdraw.
The republican revolt against
Harding at this time is one Of the
most amazing things in the history
of Iowa politics. It is everywhere.
In the remotest corners of the state,
it makes it's appearance, and wher-
ever . group of republicans gather
you may know that it is present. 1t
is a conflagration.-
Thousands upon thousands of re-
publicans have said openly that they
will not support Harding, because he
does not represent the best ideals of
republicanism. Thousands on thou
sands Of other republicans are en-
barrassed by the fact that they want
to remain regular and want to elect
q republican governor, but they do
not want to vote for Harding. These
are not saying much, but are won
dering what they can do. In one Of
these two classes half of the men,
bers of the republican party in Iowa
find themselves today. More than
half the republicans of Iowa were
opposed to Harding at the primary.
and he is much weaker now than on
the day he was nominated.
Offsetting this unprecedented de-
lection in his own party, Harding
finds himself the beneficiary of an
astonishing lot of recruits from the
democratic party. The wet demo-
Gratis, from one river to the other,
are with him to the last man. For
one cause alone will democrats, in
this year which means SO much to
them, cast to the winds their party's
interests. That cause is liquor.
What satisfaction can any man
find In candidacy wherein he loses
a very large proportion of the best
element in his own party, and &C
quires a very large proportion of the
worst element in the party of the
opposition? What honor or glory?
"What shall it profit man if he
gain the whole world and lose his
own soul?"
Mr.. Harding should withdraw. He
ought to relieve the republican party
of a candidacy which has become
burdensome to it. The party is pop
ular in Iowa this year, but he is 80
unpopular that his only chance Of
success is through democratic help.
It is idle to 60 into the reasons why.
There are reasons, or these condi-
tions would not prevail.
No one man is as great as the re-
publican party, and no one man
ought to stard in the way of its sue
cess, Republicans do not want to
elect a democratic governor; they
want to cleo; a republican, and Hard
ing ought 10 be big enough to step
aside and thus end situation which
is becoming intolerable.