The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18
our attitude upon that subject, that is
entirely sufficient.
ROOSEVELT, PROGRESSIVE.


by any politician, or in any political
outgiving. has Just now very definite
and specific meaning; so that when ex.
President Roosevelt says that as tenn
porary chairman of the New York State
Republican convention he "might help
if the committee named the right kind
of Il man on clear-cut, progressive
PLATFORM his meaning ought to be
reasonably clear he has joined the
ranks Of the progressive Republicans.
Ever since Mr. Roosevelt returned
from Europe, it has been evident
that his mind was very hoSpitable TO
the reception of progressive ideas, and
those who hold them. Mr.. Pinchot Wis
tied Europe to "put him right on
the general question, but Mr., Pinchot
mixed things up pretty badly, as he
customarily does, and made the pro-
gressive Republican idea stand for his
notion of conservation, law or no lazy.
The result of such mixture was seen
IN the Washington State Republican
convention when the conservation fight
was made on Ballinger under the guise
of Republican progression. The pro"
gresslve Republicans of that State made
their great mistake In undertaking to
yoke conservation and anti -Balllnger-
ism with the progressive idea. This oc-
CURED in Ballinger' own State. and
very naturally led to the defeat of the
progressive Republicans there. They
did not get chance at anything. Poin-
dexter, their most conspicuous rcpresen-
tatlve ard prospective candidate for
u s. Senator, went down In the gen
eral melee, and the progressive idea was
utterly overwhelmed. This served it
right, too. because it had no business
to ally itself with Ballingerism.
Wherever the conservation policy of
Pinchot has been kept out Of the
was nothing heard of Pinchot in In.
diana, and Bevcridge won out triumph
antly, Nothing in Kansas, and the
progresslves made practically a clean
sweep. Nothing in Iowa and the pro-
gressiyes had it all their own way.
There is not a particle Of sense in yok,
ing Pinchot IS conservation policies to
the progressive Republican idea which
stands alone, and means condemnation
of the stand-patters for their pcrfidy
in enacting the bunko tariff law which
is affecting the country and giving
the markets everywhere into the con.
troll of trusts and combinations
When Mr.. Roosevelt returned to this
country his most welcome guests, and
these focked to him an swarms, were
the anti-Taft and -stand-pat men
Naturally one told another of his
friendly reception, and they all got
the idea that Roosevelt was with them
President Taft vainly tried TO stem
that tide Roosevelt himself, by turn.
ing it off as a mere matter of visiting
hlm which anyone had q right to do
sought TO occupy neutral ground His
attitude all the time, however, has been
pronouncedly in favor of the progres
sivcs And now that the stand, pat
crowd OF New York has distinctly
snuhbed him and he has announced his
desire for progressive policies, mean
ing of course policies opposed to the
bunko tariff law. we presume there
will be no further doubt about his DO
sition in the political arena of the
United States He is evidently a pro
gressive, and as such an anti-Taft Re
publican. Taft, himself, had tho op
portunity to head the progressive move
ment. In fact, he was naturally the
head of it, In view of his
speeches in the campaign of 1908, but
he abandoned his position of vantag,
and crowded under the wing of the
stand-patters, much to has own disad
vantage and little TO the help of the
Cannon and Aldrich crowd, save only
as they were able to push through theil
| faith breaking tariff bill.
Mr.. Roosevelt is extremely lucky il
placing himself in the stream of vita
| politics The stagnant pool of stand
patism has no charms for him, and h,
readily takes to the swift-1owing
sweeping progressive flood. In that h,
will no doubt know how to take ad
vantage for his own personal ends, Il,
he has done constantly heretofore il
American politics.
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