South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-16
BULL MOOSERS" AND OLD GUARD.

Bull Moosers who left the republican party in
1912. trailing Roosevelt, and then trafled him back
in 1915, just because he said So and have been
footing the republican horn anxiously these many
moons assuming that their time had come for some
sort of recognition. are entirely welcome to what
they got at chicagO-prett " nearly what they de-
served; nothing at all whether they were for Maj
cen Wood or FOR Sen Hi johnson, the result was
the same. Months ago Henry NJ. Dosgherty Of Ohio
pre-convention manager for Sen. Warren C. Hard
ing said in an interview:
sen. Harding will be nominated when the
old guard gets ready 20 nominate him. Let
Wood. Johnson and the have all the fun
they want cutting each others threats. and go
ing out after the OF the mob at the prefer
entail primaries when the time comes a
few at Chicago, closeted in a back room,
will decide who they want for president and
that viii be Harding. He will ~ nominated
And ne was nominated. He was nominated too,
in quite exactly that way. Evidently Mr.. Dougherty
knew what he talking about. He didn't expect
be given publicity. When taken ne
didn't deny It but asserted that he thought ne was
speaking eonhdentally and his confidence had been
violated. II was something it seems like what Ad-
miral Benson told Admiral Sims. when that anglo
phne sailed with the American navy for European
waters-not intended for publication. However, Mr..
DouEherty appears TO have spoken Of consider
able authority that the cards all stacked that
long ago. that the socalled republican progressives
never had a chance for the presidential nomination.
They never have and never will have any chance
with the republican party long the present
generation OF "old guardsmen" can prevent IT, They
are not even recognized with the exception of
state. on the republican national committee
And now they are talking, some OF them, about
third party again To be sure II they hate the demo-
Gratis unreasonaby-as II for enacting their 1912
platform into law-that they positively cannot az
hliate with them their selfrespect ought dictate
20 them something at leas semi-tang i5le for in
stance, OF the third party sort that they need
20 on violating that Biblical injunction: cast not
your pearls before swine" But there is excuse
fer reasonable progressive who was progressive in
1912 from principle. and not a mere follower Of
Roosevelt. TO indulge in that extravaganza again.
The democratic party Is open them indeed alb
sorbed approximately million Of them in 1915 and
,hey been treated with respect and considera
tion-as witness the OF cambridge Colby sec
rotary Of state. Vance Mccormick. and others
Herbert Hoover-another 1912 progressive-was
open 20 much favorable consideration from the DEM
ocrats. even as a presidential nominee until be-
guiled by republican nirtatons ne back
himself expecting some party considerauon-which
eliminated about the equivalent Of n corporals
guard Chicago IL is about time for 100000 more
OF those who followed Roosevelt in 1912 10 realize
the futty his 1916 strategic retreat and follow
that million who saw the futiity then The
democratic party the real progressive party of the
eOuntry-aivays has been the pioneer Of new