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Show j HOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 CAN BE REFORMED. I The Logan Republican declares that I tny one who will study the election H returns will discover that last No- Hl j vember the Republican party per- J formed remarkably well, electing gov- I .1 ernors in many states carried by V.'il- H son I The Logan paper closes Its editorial HI j with the following encouragement to H ; the Republicans. I "Delaware, Idaho. Maine, Minneso-f. Minneso-f. North Dakota, Wisconsin and Utah, ; f with possibly other states, elected Re-I Re-I publican governors KansaB came I I within an ace of being within the same list, because out of a total of i 335,049 votes the Democratic cand!-) cand!-) date for governor won by the narrow j ,' majority of 31. "These are some of the facts and conditions which are not genenill;. H-ffl l.nown, but which should be given ih-j j widest publicity. They mean that tho jj Republican organization, so far as I these states are concerned, was nol ; seriously disturbed. More than this, there is every reason to believe that j when the Republicans in every' slate, municipality and county come to real ixe that if they place separate tick- 1 ets in the field it will insure Demo- ' I cratic occupancy of alTThe offices ev- H erywhere, ihey v. ill at least unite to , preservo control of their local admin - Istration. Political observers in I Washington, who view the situation I from a practical standpoint, believe 1 J that the getting together process will uua Degin at the bottom, so to speak, rather than be accomplished through national conferences or the solemn conclaves of a few self-constituted leaders. This is a phase of the pollt leal problem which is certainly worthy wor-thy of serious consideration." The Logan Republican places a little lit-tle too much emphasis on tbe "offices." "offi-ces." In other words, the pie counter coun-ter Is made too prominent. Eventually the reactionaries will discover that the Progressives hare been inspired by a sense of duty back of which are principles that make mere office getting mean and small politics. When the regular begin to realize that the split in the party is based on something more than "a play to the galleries," then they can Intelligently talk of a getting together togeth-er As to the bright prospects of the Republican party, the reactionaries must not deceive themselves. In few states In which Republican governors govern-ors or senators were elected was success suc-cess made possible without th Progressive Pro-gressive element, exoepl in s'Mtrs such as Utah, where the reform forces were divided among two or more par-I par-I tic-B and the rcsular Republicans won. ' though casting only a small fraction of the total vote The only hope for tho Republican party 1b in the cleaning out of lU Augean 6tables. Men like Penrose, Root, Stevenson, Sutherland, Ballln-gcr, Ballln-gcr, Guggenheim. Knox and Aldrlch must be deposed from leadership and repudiated, and the better element of the party, with sympathy for tho common people, placed In command Otherwise Senator Bailey's prediction of the party's complete disintegration will be realized. |