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Show SELF-PRESERVATION REUNITING THE PARTY. That the Republicans are getting together, there Is no denying. The drift back to the old party is due principally prin-cipally to tho failure of the Democratic Demo-cratic administration to keep the country free from soup house8 Republicans, Re-publicans, with all shades of opinion on other political subjects, are of one mind on tariff They reallzo the necessity of a protective policy as a safeguard to our industries and as a defense of our homes and so they are rallying to a united effort to restore re-store a protectee duty. Leslie's Weekly, reviewing tho change in attitude of those Republicans Republi-cans who protested in 1912, says "In Iowa, Nebraska. South Dakota, Kansas. Massachusetts, and many other states there Is a movement for unity among the Republicans of both elements Each section sees that only by joining forces can the party get any chance to win In the congret-sional congret-sional campaign of 1914, and a Republican Repub-lican victory thi6 year would help to bring victory within reach in 1916. "In normal conditions the Republicans Republi-cans have a good working majority among the people of the country. They would be hopelessly in the minority mi-nority If their party Bhould have anything any-thing like a Roosevelt-Taft fight on its hands in 1916. 'We must steer clear of any such rupture In 1916 as that which defeated us two years ago,' says Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas. The senator was a Progressive Pro-gressive In 1912, but he Is a candidate candi-date for re-election now, and he sees clearly that his only chance for victory vic-tory lies in a unified party "Indiana, which was hit hard by the Republican factional feuds of 1910-11-12, is particularly anxious to bring the two factions of the party together In 1914. The Republicans lost every member of the party chosen from Indiana to the National House of Representatives Rep-resentatives in 1910, except one, and they lost him In 1912. The Republican Republi-can showing in both elections in that state was to the last degree discreditable. discred-itable. "Republicans and Progressives are making especial efforts to nbollsh the schisms In their party In Indiana, Kansas and Iowa in 1914, and there is a fair chance that they will succeed suc-ceed The Progressive movement was particularly active in the West, but its leaders are getting tired of it. and are showing a disposition to get back inside their old lines this year It is said that Colonel Roosevelt Is booked to make several speeches in Illinois next fall, but apparently he will restrict his activity to that State. Roosevelt's poll in Illinois in 1912 was 133,000 more than that of Taft, the regular Republican nominee, thus giving tho State to Wilson by almost 19,000. t "The' congressional canvass a few months hence promises to give the country some surprises in the way of the shifting of party control In scores, of congressional districts all over the country." |