Show i y THINGS POLITICAL lI 1 s 's t I Things political seem to be shaping M r 5 themselves lv s for the final 4 r tion Recent developments in the a agitation that centered about the Ref Republican Republican Re Re- f publican party indicate that the many v t particles that ha h have ve been een held in sui- sui U t. t t 0 pense in the concoction are about to settle in one beautiful crystal that we r have all seen before showing before showing in jO S 'S cl cut clear cut ar-cut and sharply drawn outline 1 an excellent set of incisors mounted I. I on firm Sf se t jaws and overtopped by a aS S pair of large spectacles If our pre pro s science nce s serves us S I aright we behold LaFollette LaFollette sliding down the toboggan and Taft t in an attitude of de deliberation deliberation delibera delibera- ibera- ibera tion while T. T R. R is brandishing the F Big Stick as s in days of yore LaFollette 4 f. f lette litte has been leading the Republican an Pr Progressives s and Taft has at least I been claimed by the Conservatives If either of these should be chosen to lead the Republican hosts in the coming coming coming com com- ing campaign he would have a numbe number number num num- be ber beof of of deserters which mi might ht result in the defeat of of the G. G O. O P. P if the opposing hosts were led led by hy a strong 1 general Roosevelt would doubtless command both wings in s of the Republican can party an and pit it it now looks as If thin things s were shaping themselves s Roos Roos- evelt evall Th The e haze that covered the nar nary skirmish of the Democratic party party party par par- ty has not beg begun n to rise and W we I would not even hazard a guess as to the outcome Governor Wilson is still in the race but he shows the loss Ions of a few feathers that were plucked by tl the e Kentucky Colonel Champ Clarks Clark's publicity agent seems to take the chairman seriously no matter r how he is ill regarded by the it i Is is possible that Governor Harmons Harmon's following following in the East is quite strung strong t even thou though h he has not secured a alook aY Y look in in the West |