Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-01-13
WILL ROOSEVELT COME BACK.

Tn Colers comment on politics. discussion of the choice
of for candidacy the Republican ticket Tor
appears in recent ISSUE Justice Hughes and Colonel Teddy
being weighed and considered There several things OF
interest article which headed The Alternative and
which in part is as follows: ,
at is true that the greater Republican leaders talk
Hughes But through it all that they think Of Hughes
chiefly alternative to Roosevelt The smaller Republican
leaders, the little county chamen and precinct committeeman
throughout the country have only wsh-Repubcan sue
They have been out of and emoument for long
time and they go back These local leaders have no
with the personal rancors on the part OF the bigger
leaders, which Roosevelt dstaseul to them Their on
preference among candidates is to pick the who most
likely make the strongest fight against the Administration
They think that Roosevelt the political leader who has
identified himself the public mind with opposition to the
Administrations policies This point is most forciby made
in the New York Tribune OF the Tribune it not too
much that at the present time has vitality than
any other Republican paper in the country:
90 In the last few months there has been mistak
the that there has been real change public opinion
who long and teadasty opposed to Mr. Roose
President and candidate daily conessng to
(nange of opinion and feeling.
''Oher public have caved and crawed. They have
not dared say the invasion of Belgium crime
though not crime calling for political intervention on the part
of the United States because declaration would repe Ger
manAmecan votes They have not dared to assert that all
that America stood for in history and tradition at stake
the European battle field and that the
Of France and Of Great Britain But Colonel Roosevelt has
said it's saying it. Other in public life and office have
mistaken the condition of neutrality for that of neuter and the
mistake flows from political anxetes and for hyphen
ate votes
In this situation there who has neither
promised qualified There is who has from the
very outset expressed his convictions his beliefs his faith and
that man is Theodore Roosevelt.
IF the Republican leaders in the capital and the nation
to-day not willing to face the situation that exists if they
do not dare to put their party squarey record questions
which affect national honor and national security if they be-
silent partners the conspiracy of national betrayal
Washington believing that they will thus get the votes of the
hyphenate while keeping those of patriotic Americans they
will wake months hence find that they have delivered
themselves bound hand and foot Theodore Roosevelt and
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American public life identified with policy of courage and
patriotism which will appeal to the American people in the
campaign
'''If the Republican leaders at Washington desire this
thing to happen there nothing they need do that they
have not been doing for months Their present policy
that required to make the nomination and election of Colonel
Roosevelt inevitable AS the situation stands Colonel
Roosevelt the only who defeat Mr. Wilson, because
he the only who has offered substitute Mr.
Wilson policy in the vital question of American honor abroad
and security at home II the Republican leaders cannot
this they binder than they 1872 and they will
presently pay for their blindness ,"
What the Tribune expresses is, not that the Repub-
leaders want Roosevelt but that he becoming newt
able
Republicans for success right or wrong
Golfers speaks true when it states 1.-The smaller Repub-
can leaders, the little country chairman and precinct commit
teeman throughout the country have only wsRepub-
can success They have been out of and emoument
long time and they want to go back In effect Cannon
Roosevelt Barnes, Penrose anyone-except perhaps Taft
and anything just they get back to the pie
Roosevelt is looked upon who cheated the party
OF victory and the country great president Woodrow
Wilson, who looms larger day by day unsurmounabe
obstacle to Republican and misrule And
although Teddy has caused bitter feeling republican
ranks yet he would look good the little the party if
he could lead them back to and jobs political Offices
The truth of the assertion of Golfers is borne by the
tte county chairman and precinct committeeman who are
at present busy engaged in discussing national politics and
leaving the local. political snkpo in their own immediate
vicinity and the state at large very much alone.
Before republicans should earnestly banker after the
national political eshpo they should clean up their
quarters in community and state organizations prove them