Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1913 — THE OLD STORY. [ARTICLE]

THE OLD STORY.

In the very recent primaries in the state of New Jersey,, the regular republican nominee, ex-governor Stokes, received a plurality of mor/* than 60,000 over his three opponents. There were two progressive candidates in the fleld for governor and after a red-hot contest in which both toured the state making speeches, they received a total vote of 8,000. This same state gave Colonel Roosevelt nearly 200,000 votes last fall, about 50,000 votes more than Mr. Taft received. With Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft out of the field the progressive vote shrunk from 200,000 to 8,000. The primary result in New Jersey foreshadows the political disappearance of the progressive party from the political map of that state. The state wide primary in Massachusetts just recently held shows that the progressive vote shrank almost to the point of disappearance. It is the same story everywhere. Nobody of sound judgment longer sincerely attempts to deny that the movement which centered about Colonel Roosevelt’s candidacy for the presidency is disappearing as rapidly as it rose. 'On the other hand the republican party, which was supposed to be doomed to death, is rapidly attaining its old time proportions. And in politics be it remembered, nothing succeeds like success, and nothing fails like failure.