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Show I THIRD PARTY IN SIGHT. I t Political animosities often are slow to disappear. , Today we I hear of a new party which Amos Pinchot is to 'organize as a pro-I pro-I test against the things attained at Chicago. Jt will be recalled that Gifford Pmchot, brother of. Amos, was the center of the great party split which occurred in 1912. "Whcn Taft became president, and Roosevelt went- on a trip into the wilds of Africa, Git'ford Pinchot was rounding out the organization of the forest service. Ballinger was in control of affairs as Pinchot 's supc-J supc-J rior and the two clashed over the land, coal and water power resources re-sources of Alaska. Taft seemed to lean to 'tiresidc of his eabinec ! officer and Pinchot was discredited. The builder of the forest serv-I serv-I ice met Roosevelt as he was coming out of the jungles and told" him his story of affronts, and the man who spoke softly, but carried a big stick, became indignant. That was the beginning of the internal in-ternal troubles of the Republican party which resulted in the tremendous tre-mendous upset at the Chicago convention, when those who became ' known as Progressives bolted the party, j , " At that historic convention, after Roosevelt accused his oppo-: oppo-: nents of being everything short of assassins, Warren G. Harding was selected to nominate Taft and, in a speech of considerable force, he proclaimed Taft to be all that he should be as a presidential candidate. can-didate. Evidently Amos 'LMpchol and his associates have not forgotten this act of Harding and.so the branch of the Progressives represented represent-ed by the Pinchots is organizing to fight the man who was instrumental instru-mental in nominating"" aft in 1912. How formidable this third party movement will' become is not yet to be determined. So far no great leaders of the Republican r party are identified with those who forget not, neither do the' for-i for-i give. . ( Senator LaFollctte is mentioned as a prospective standard bearer, bear-er, but the "Wisconsin senator was so thoroughly repudiated during i ( the war, his leading of a forlorn hope would not seriously menace the welfare of the regular Republicans, unless Johnson and Borah were to co-operate, i While the Republicans are facing the possibility of a division,) the Democrats are not escaping a somewhat similar drain from their forces. An independent labor party is being formed, which will , keep from the Democrats a part of the voting strength of organized h labor. Thus the damage to the Republican party, which in ay be in-I in-I flicted by the Pinchot diversion, should be neutralized by the draw-I draw-I ing away from the Democrats of a percentage of the labor votes, i i |