Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1912 — Leader Must Be Strong Man. [ARTICLE]

Leader Must Be Strong Man.

Thai the Democrats this year have good t rospects df success has been evident, ever since the passage of the Payne-Aid rich tariff bill, and these prospects have been improved by the factional strife in the Republican party. Rut the idea that any Democrat can be elected, regardless of his economic tendencies or his record, i a false one. and the far-seeing members of the party, realizing this, are beginning to consider the kind of campaign they must make with their chosen candidate, whoever he may be. The Republicans, always remarkable for their party discipline, have a wonderful faculty of getting together after their bitterest quarrels, as the record of past elections shows. So it will not do to assume that because they are at ebch other’s throats now they will not be at Democratic throats when the actual campaign begins. And the sooner the Democrats realize the importance of nominating their strongest man on the strongest platform they can construct, the less dan ger there will be of the deterioration of their prospects of success.