Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — NEXT CAMPAIGN [ARTICLE]

NEXT CAMPAIGN

For President Will Be Won and Lost in the Middle West. The south is secured, as usual, to the Democratic ticket. The east, in all probability, Is secured to the Republican ticket. The next Presidential campaign will he won and lost in the middle west. The Tribune presents this for the consideration of the leaders of the Republican party. It i 3 an obvious consideration. But the obvious has been ignored in politics more than

once. It was ignored in the convention of 1912. If it is again ignored in 1916 the result will be essentially what it was in 1912. Whether there is a large third party vote or a small, or none at all, progressive Republicans, liberal Republicans, or independents will not vote like sheep for any Republican nominee or for any platform. The theory that a humber of pa rty magicians can rub the full dinner pail and summon the fairy success is beautiful hut not reliable. That there is a strong current running toward conservatism In legislation and political action may he conceded. Business conditions, except for war supply, are bad. There is unemployment, stagnation and anxiety. There is fear of the effect upon Anlerran manufactures and business of competition after the war. There is a demand for protective measures of tariff revision, and, if we may borrow the President's term, there is a psychological . condition favorable to Republican hopes. But Mr. Wilson is not going to be an easy man to beat. In fact, unless the present war conditions change materially he will be a difilcult man to beat, and liigh-thanded reaction in the Republican party will make his success almost certain. If Republican leaders propose to organize victory they will remember that neither the United States nor the Republican party stops at the AUeghanios and they will not delude themselves wtlh the notion that the revolt of 1912 was merely a bad dream of the bosses. —Chicago Tribune,