Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-15

cans will have q monopoly Of prac-
teal businesslike methods has an
other guess coming. There will be
real money With which to run the
campaign; money from q variety Of
sources. "We're going to ret up q
regular mail order catalog showing
the things the democratic party has
accomplished, and put il in tho hands
of every voter before election day."
said one Of the business politicians.
'SElecting president il Just selling q
big bill Of goods to the country,
were going to show our goods to the
best possible advantage; and for once
we have the show windows in our
possession"
From Chicago wrote something
about tho dissatisfaction among re-
publicans with the workings Of the
primary. Well, there 10 precisely
similar sentiment here. The primary
laws Of the states are not giving salts
faction. Either tho primary system
will have to be overhauled and made
more workable, or else It will have to
60. There is no enthusiasm about Z
return to the ancient caucus system,
which was equally bad; and prob
ably the evolution will be forward, to
better primary scheme than has yet
hec:: devised But It is very apparent
that something will have to be done
to make the political preliminaries less
complicating and to prevent the pos
sibility OF so many illogical incidents.
There is going to be effort in num-
Der of states, the coming winter, to 70
peal the present primary laws.
Bidding For Proarsssivss.
More than anything else, the demo-
cratic managers are anxious to make
their platform especially attractive to
the members Of the late progressive
party. It is realized that If the AGO.
900 people who voted for Roosevelt in
1912 shall be redistributed to the old
parties in about the proportions OF
their former allegiances, the demo-
Gratis may as we'll hang up their fiddle;
the country will 60 republican. Even
the most hopeful Of democrats admit
that on the mathematical face OF
things the republicans stand to get
the big end Of the progressive
strength. They want to extend more
than cordial invitation to the moosers
to step in and examine the democratic
display Of bargains before buying else
where. The platform IL going to be a
lot different, in virtue Of this marked
sentiment of hospitality, than 1t might
have been otherwise.
But the best information is that the
invitation will not be received with
marked manifestations OF apprecia-
ton Probably half Of the 1912
moosers had already deserted the new
movement before the collapse at Chi
cago: and most Of them had gone
straight back to their old allegiances;
maybe 81 per cent to the republicans.
OF the remaining half, the democrats
hope to get better percentage, be-
cause they believe the number In
cludes many who will be resentful at
the republican capture Of their move
r.ent, and will have disposition to
stick in a knife at the neighborhood
of the midriff But at the best. the
outlook does not cheer democrats.
Theodore Roosevelt would have been
intensely popular in this town this
week II he had stood pat and per-
petuated the republican split The
democrats would have been enthusiast
tic enough to do almost anything for
him-except vote Now they are de-
r,ouncing him as a gutter and bluff
er, and working themselves into A fine
little fury because he has spoiled their
plans for an easy victory.