The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-11-24
Progressive Republican League
Takes Action.
ENDORSE PoINDExTER
28 Eastern Washington Editors
Enlist for War.

The Anti -Cannon-Aldrich Repub-
lican editors of eastern Washington
to the number of twenty-eight, met
at the Chamber of Commerce rooms
in Spokane last Saturday under the
official title of their organization,
Progressive Republican League, and
endorsed the candidacy of Represen-
tativc Miles Poindexter of the Third
district for senator to succeed Senator
Sam Piles.
Each of the twenty-eight members
is an editor or proprietor of news
paperin eastern Washington and each
pledged his papers support to the
work of the league. Articles of faith
of the league were presented as
drafted by Rufus Wilson of the Malr
den Herald, secretary of the league.
They were unanimously adopted.
Resolutions indorsing the country life
commission created by President
Roosevelt were passed. Rufus Woods
of the Wenatchee Daily World,
president of the league, presided.
The Progressive Republican league
was originally formed of eastern
Washington editors, but will be ex-
tended, and all republican papers in
Washington will be included. An
executive committee is to be appointed
by the president composed of one
member from each county in the
state. That commission will have
charge of the work of the league.
Following the adoption of the ar
ticles of faith and the declaration that
Judge Poindexter was the choice oil
the league for United States senator,
Judge Poindexter was introduced, and
thanking the newspaper men for the
confidence expressed in him, and the
righteousness of the anti Cannon
Aldrich cause, he announced his can
didacy for senator in opposition to
Senator Sam Piles, with the furtherance
of the Roosevelt policies as the cam
paign Slogan. Among other thing.
he said:
The republican party by its con.
vention and by its votes declared ir
favor of Mr.. Roosevelt and his poll.
cies and his way of doing things
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon
declared against Mr.. Roosevelt ant
against his policies and against hi
way of doing things. prefer to ac
cept the judgment of the convention
and of the people at the polls rathe
than the judgment Of the interests
and the SYSTEM, who speak through
Mr.. Aldrich and Mr.. Cannon.
: II deny the right of Speaker Can
non or Senator Aldrich to dictate tn,
policies of the party or to fix th'
standards of republicanism. den,
that Aldrichism or Cannonism is an.
part of republican principles NJ
national convention has ever so de
clared and no national convention
ever will SO declare, although tina
has now become a national issue
Neither MIR. Aldrich nor Mr.. Can
non is any part of the constitution O
of the statutes, and deny thas oppo
sition to them constitutes state O
rebellion or instruction. Mr.. Can
non stuck his trousers into his boo,
and presented himself and his policic
to the last republican convention, bu
the republican convention turne,
them down, and all that could b
heard of either Mr.. Cannon or hi
policies was a dull thud. II was al
insurgent convention. But Mr.. Can
non went back TO Washington, an
with the aid of reactionary democrat
and of republican congressman VIII
had pledged themselves during tn
! campaign to vote against him, was re
. elected speaker and re-establisbed hi
. policies in the legislative branch o
the government.
i | state it as fact of personal OBJ