Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-07
Republicans, Being Out Of Power and
Offices, Become Mild hammered in
Dealings With Each other-cats to
! Jump When Jumping Gets Good, But
Direction is Not Yet Indicated.
icy Judson c. Welliverl
Chicago, June 7.-"Hello, you burg

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erS arms.
Objurgations are all reserved for the
other party-for the convention that
will meet at ST. Louis. Availability is
the order Of the day. There were
few irreconcilables in the early groups
! of arrivals; but they have been diluted
by the overwhelming proportion Of
thlck-and thin thermometers. There's
going to be harmony If they have to
fight for it.
But they don't intend to fight.
They're all pacshsts--in politics.
It's a wonderfully chastened party,
this republican, organization. Four
years ago the spirit was uncompromis-
ing on both sides. Nobody cared a
continental whoop for anybody else's
opinions. Whoever disagreed was a
plain crook; and about everybody dis
agreed with rather more than half Of
the rest.
Wonderful Change.
Today, how beautifully and wonder
fully changed it all is, to be sure!
Franklin Murphy, OF New Jersey, old
guarder thru and thru and second
story worker"-to use the nomencla-
tue of. 1912-of purest ray serene,
dropped into town. and dropped kind
word for Roosevelt as the man who had
done more for real Americanism than
anybody else" Jimmie Garfield dele
gate at large from Ohio. on the pro-
gressive ticket, countered by explain
ing that his state didn't intend to do
anything rash that would prevent
real union of the elements; Of course,
he thought Roosevelt was the basis
on which to reunite; but reunion there
must be.
Bill" Finn. Of Pittsburgh. hasn't
issued def even of the mildest sort
against the powers of darkness; and
Lucius Littauer, of New York, life
long deyotee Of 1T. R." despite his af-
filiations with the old guard. men
toned some reasons why he suspected
that Hughes would be the party's
strongest candidate before the people.
joe Dixon, Of Montana, who in 1912
was chairman of the progressive ma
tional committee, is delegate to the
republican convention. Murray Crane,
Of Massachusetts, is sure there's going
to be harmony OF the sort you could
carve with a knife and cord up like
fire wood. Just as a little testimony
to the forgiving spirit that pervades in
all quarters, it may be mentioned that
the Arizona delegation is positively
claimed for Weeks, and yet Weeks
voted against statehood for Arizona!
Even Bill Barnes, of Albany, hasn't
read anybody out Of the party. but
rather is described by the New York
ers as pulling the darksome mantle of
his prodigious crouch about him and
kpnninO cfrirtfyy Sho
And SO it goes. Four years ago a
hotel page elbowed his way across the
Congress concourse calling out:
'tAIr. tBurnsI Mr.. William j.. Burns!
Telegram for MI William j. Burns!"
There was grand stampede for doors
and windows-so the story was writ
ten, at least, by all the veracious cor
responderts-by highwaymen who
guessed the famous detective was on
their trail.
Right now. if Mr.. Burns should be
PACED in hotel in Chicago he'd be
in danger of his life. Everybody would
think he must be in town to tap the
wires between the republican and pro-
gressive conventions.
Mi!dness cf Manner.
Being out of power-and the offices
for four years makes mighty diff
fe0ence in the cockiness of political
party that's used to bossing the coun-
try's business and drawing the wages
for dt. There is a mildness of manner,
constituencies Of mien, a delicacy
in the turning even Of casual CONVEX
sational phrases that might perchance
contain a potency OF offense. such as
is sweet and lovely to see The breth-
rem are determined to swell together
in harmony. at least until they can
dwell together in the offices.
/ Vanity of vanities ! Four years ago
there was a massacre in Chicago,
riot in Baltimore, and after the effects
of the anesthe!ics had worn off the
MANNED survivors there was uni
versal. bipartisan agreement that that
was the finish of the national conven-
ton system. Never again! 1t was too
dangerous to get all the eminence Of
the nation together and then start red
handed murder. The nation wide pri-
mary was to be substituted forthwith
for the crude and noisome old ways of
doing the thing.
Don't you recollect all that line of
talk? We were ell writing it and talk
ing about it and resolving it and orat-
ing about II.
Yet take note what has meantime
happened. The national convention Is
more strongly entrenched than ever
before for about everybody now agrees
that the primary has not worked well
in national matters. The man who
would turn up in either party conven-
ton this year with presidential pri-
mary resolution would be looked upon
as rip Van Wrinkle, come back after.
his nap. He might get a laugh; that's
all.
Family Reunion Possible.
So there may be a family reunion In
Chicago and love-feast in st. Louis.
and the convention system will get
new lease of life. It's crude and raw
and, uncouth and unmanageable: but
the politicians and even the great ma
jority of delegates reckon that it's bet
ter than the unutterable chaos of pri-
ssaarles.
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