Show r I i Decline of o the e Bull Moose i t I HOSE who a have c observed the tone of the eastern press since the e 1 THOSE recent rec nt local etc elections irons in Maine Vermont and Connecticut an and the e 1 post election conf conference of the he Bull Bul Moose it in iii Chicago ha have vo marveled mar 1 thereat Accustomed to the artificial optimism of the members member s 1 of political parties al ties cs after defeat the he American public IH has s been bec educated educate d 1 to accept none of thc these c superficial appearances o of f s satisfaction but but t to o delve del bu beneath the surface to uncover the real situation In Tn this tins p par particular r- r 1 tl cular instance however even men that is unnecessary since the decline deem e 1 of the of anto ante helium benum days was neither more rapid nor more moro 1 marked than the startling precipitancy with th which the false bottom bottom of or the nOO Roosevelt sn velt movement has P plunged into the abyss exposing th the e 1 ut lit utter tC tel r lack of substantial foundation The rIle byC elections bye elections in New England b ol of themselves point conclusively I to the ultimate disappearance of the party which upon one ina man manas n 1 as IS a rock but hut found him kiln to be only sand In In these struggles for control I of municipal cipal units the Pull Bull Moose loose nominated tickets using g for tJ the c 1 1 purpose r pose the tIte same 1 party machinery that was as employed during the presidential t f campaign a 11 The arguments presented to enthuse their followers I I and to impress upon them then the thc importance of solidarity were clever but 1 31 unavailing I m i Those hose who had followed the Bull BuIll Moose flag into the arroyo were f i told that no party could attain prominence without local bases of sup sup- 1 plies I plies t that a national party must be firmly entrenched in local offices b c it eat can Ul hope to be successful that because of this tIllS it was essential essen essen- I I that they endeavor or with the same zeal they exhibited on November No T I 5 3 to seize seiz the thc local b governments gO Despite this logical appeal to loyalty loyally in iu most cases the thc Roosevelt elt men failed to hold hohl one-fourth one their vote vole t t The Thc result was a t complete rout and their final discouragement I There is an amazing similarity between the Waterloo in New Lug Eng England laud land and the thc conference held in Chicago Chicag following g the election The newspaper reports of this gathering naturally were without bias or ort t color they did not reflect enthusiasm or lack of it but properly COllI contented con COll- I I tented themselves with faithfully reporting the proceedings Conse- Conse nu q in the west the thc only J judgment that could be bc formed was from returning participants in the te conference who were impelled by the best I of reasons to exaggerate the feeling displayed to paint with roseate 1 brush their description That the conference was most discouraging ng I that Colonel Roosevelt eIt and Senator Dixon Divot were disgusted with the lack of interest displayed cd is common knowledge at eastern political head head- headquarters I q quarters where close scrutiny of such political signs of the times is one I 1 of the fundamentals of their routine 1 Nor is it surprising that this should be the case indeed it would I be just 1 cause for astonishment if there had been an anS' anS any other issue Political ical parties patties have ha never flourished upon individual ambition there arc are I but few men meu in the worlds world's history who were able to change chang the course of world events through the compelling power of their own personality These stalked across the theatre of mundane affairs in an age when i the great mass of the people accustomed to dominance b by ba a favored class accepted as from God the dictates of him who grasped the thc power When the tho fathers of the tho republic met in Philadelphia and raised the standard of revolt re attaching their signatures to that sublime bill o of f I rights the Declaration of Independence that day saw the setting of its sun it was written that never again agnin should a powerful individual or even e a potent minority bend the masses to its will or rise to power on the ruins of the liberty of others The minority in the the next nest House and Senate will be lie Republican the insurgent senators who were the nucleus of the Bull Moose roose party have bave accepted once onGe more the appellation of Republican and will conduct con cou- cout t duct their single Dingle or combined act activities as such Tic The resistance to I Democratic policies will be made under the Republican banner the governments of the various states that were not captured by the Democracy y ar are Republican even in California 1 Gov Go Hiram J Johnson oh cloaks his political rascality y under that name It is but hut logical that tha t when the next congressional elections are arc held in 1914 the Democratic c I candidates shall find themselves opposed in every ery district by bv candit candi- candi t 1 dates standing upon Republican platforms aud and proud to wage bat battle tic I under that party name and banner C jl I Nor is is it necessary ary that there should be any concerted movement mo for the the reorganization of the Republican party That task will wiIl beI be I I accomplished by the natural processes of time no man or set of men men I 1 may af address themselves to it for the party represents principles not individuals Iduas measures not men The place placeit it has occupied in nn national J I affairs will be its own again arrain 1 n I n 1 I n s a i rr Entertaining Perhaps Not of Helpful I N the current number of a well-known well magazine mag-azine there appears appeals a glorified appreciation of or m ut eastern merchant prince who died re reo re- re The writer whoa who task it is apparent was a labor of love describes minutely the tho details of his idols idol's rise from a clerkship to control of the business and to a great grent fortune how he lie worked assiduously eighteen hours a day from the beginning of his career until its close j the intense application to business which brought success but left time for nothing else And the biography y dc do closes with a panegyric to the immense fortune he lie left his widow All AU of which I recalls the Irishman's philo philosophic ophic remark It all nIl the world d to a man when hen his wife's a widow The biographer evidently e assumes that his subject et drew from life I all it held drank its cup to the dregs It did not occur to him as ns he lie surveyed the busy life of the rich man that mono money y was his s only 1 interest that ho he had no time for his friends for his children The I simple enjoyments of home of undisturbed sl slumber of complete divorce orce I from business cares were a n sealed scaled book to him he lived lied monc money y thought money and dreamed money amassed a stupendous amount of then it-then then t died and left it as a bone of contention for his heirs and a thing of r 1 joy oy for their lawyer lawyers t Lives such as t these are arc constantly held before the youth of America I as s their model The tendency of the thc the times I f if of T the tha ll A rent century i 4 that A 4 1 1 P. P 1 Li t it is away m JL from the this teachings teaching O 01 LUC 0 o J contentment is J not intrinsic hut but relative e AS that the simple and commonplace if it told hold I contentment is much to 10 be referred to g gorgeous b grandeur if the latter I contain the me alloy OL of discontent discontent The writer of ot the biographY y and the I magazine editor who ho accepted and published it may y be furnishing their I rea readers ers with what they wish but assuredly 1 they are arc adding nothing g to the sum total of human intelligence 1101 1 nor arc they helpin a y helping a single g wayfarer alon along alone the wa way p 6 1 4 a i 6 4 1 1 I. I I Dr Wilsons Wilson's s Pleasant Birthday Party Y I I HE entire nation will President elect THE enjoy with the President elect the I 1 he lie la has been heen having ng at his birthplace and and will regret the temporary hood good goo timo time J 1 indisposition which pr pi prevents i his Ius ting accepting all the thc cuo engagements aoe g u lo that were made for him Since that day six fifty y years rears ag when hen was ns born horn to the thc humble ago ao a son I Presbyterian P pastor astor and his hig i. i good wife ife much history has been made The Tho son has passed by successive gradations 1 dency from an of attorneys attorney's a great educational diploma to institution a a. professorship from r there to the presidency presidency presidency thence governorship to the governorShip of a 1 proud commonwealth common b j and an to the office supreme in t the r gift ift of people Could any I anything m more re thoroughly Demonstrate the of Ame America y democracy j I Woodrow Wilson has bas been chosen President of the United Stales jt For four foul years ears following March 4 next Dexl his liis s first in in the land his voice will trill command a P personality will be hc the and his Ins official acts will respect given none other spell weal or woe for one hundred o of To him him millions persons and to the thc powerful I office he ho will hold the thc o ot of the citizenship of this esteem powerful nation is due His joys t those hose of a great his will vii i he be b country sorrows will be shared by the I and happiness the most may arrogant come to the him high and arid the low lo lorich ncr rich and poor pooh most Whatever cr r cr humble e none will begrudge t tI There There will be no partisanship I so far as concerns the judgment in i I meted out to the chief executive of the United Uni ted States t political opponents will scrutinize although Ms his carefully his policies in orf order 1 the they may defeat him and them But the hours that some pleasure to lighten li the burden of h he e snatches for wholesome whole whole- I forget all will approve res and lie P PI him I Will Tart Taft take a chair at Yale r made to order tt or will there he be a a. new one 1 to 1 I r 4 w r I t X B r d J r I i 0 1 |