The Washington times., 1922-06-18

RS there a cloud In the sky as
large as a mans hand indicat-
u ing political condition such
as beginning in 1910 eliminated
In the organization Of the Bull
Moose party in 1912? II so. what
u It's shape? Can you see the out
lines Of the bull moose?
do you see." asked Hamlet.
shat cloud that's almost in the
shape Of = camel?"
Polonius-''By the paass. and tits
like a camel indeed"
Observation-Disclosures 1t is like a
weasel"
Polonius-'Tt is backed like
weasel"
Hamlet--"Or, like a whale7"
Polonius-'Very like a whale"
81. It is a mistake to say that the
-Payhe-Aldrich tariff was the only
cause that converted Republican
majority elected in 1908 into a big
Democratic majority in 1910. But
II was the chief and eliminating
cause that started the avalanche,
and what a cataclysm It was! II so
completely disrupted old political
affiliations that when Taft carried
only Vermont and Utah in 1912
there was serious discussion as to
whether the Republican party was
not as dead as the Wing party in
1850. Many people believed the
Bull Moose would be the residuary
legatee of the G. o. p.
A TOUGH OLD BIRD.
"a But the Republican party proved
to be a tough old bird. BY 1914 the
new party, which sprung up as in
a night, was on the toboggan and
the Bull Moosers were asking to
be re-admitted to the fold. But
most Of them did not come back In
any prodigal son role, and when
told the fatted calf would be killed
and q feast spread IL they would
: all renounce In a body, their reply
was: "It is our calf, anyhow" In
1916, under Roosevelt's leadership,
most of them renewed their affilia-
tions with the old Republican party
when Hughes was nominated, He
was not the Roosevelt choice and
his canvass brought no enthusiasm
. from the most powerful and stren-
uous organizer of the Bull Moose
party.
FIGHT AGAINST CANNONISM.
History will record that It was
the fight against Cannonism led
by insurgent young Lochinvars
.'who came out of the West" and
the cooperating Democrats that
caused the entering wedge in the
split in 1912. "Cannonism" and
"the Payne-Aldrich tariff" dug the
grave Of the Republican party in
1910. which presaged the election
of Wilson in 1912.
There are so many conditions to-
day that parallel 1910 that many
observers prophesy that history
will repeat itself.
~ People who think that because
Pinchot won in Pennsylvania and
,Beveridge won in Indiana, both
having followed Roosevelt into the
Progressive party. the Progressive
party will be revived and again
become powerful have forgotten
that, while domestic conditions
point to a repetition. there are
causes operating which do not, in
dicate a split in the Republican
party such as came in 1912.
NO D0LLLvER IN SENATE.
What are these causes? The
FIRST In the absence of a Dolliver.
Z, The F'ordney-McC Cumber tariff
bill is more iniquitous than the
Payne-Aldrich tariff act. and there
Is less excuse for It. But there.
is no big Republican Senator Of
i Dolliver's brains and courage who
viii 30 emphasize Its iniquities as
7 TO arouse national public senti-
nnent. To be sure, now and then
Democratic Senators have pune
tured enough holes, in It to admit
the passage Of coach and four
!. horses. But their arguments do
not reach the Republican voters
~ did Delivers. He spoke as q
Republican Of proven party
regularity. He wished to save hfs
party from becoming the open
agency Of privilege. He dared to
oppose Aidrich and to expose the
graft to favorftes In his bill. and
the people Of his own party heard
!; him and believed him, And. when
the whip was cracked and the
4 ,Payne-Aldrich bill was enacted.
ths education by Dolliver had
!. shocked the conscience-Rep
slicans of the nation. Add to the
shock administered by the ex-
npsure OF what was known AZ
Cannonism and the Pinchot- Bal
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