The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-17
LEE WANTS
PROGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN
Republican State Chairman
Says Party Must Continue
Along Lines Which Gre
ated It's Power-Recogniz-
ing Changes in Conditions.
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis Ind, Sept 17.-Edwin
M. Lee, republican state chairman, made
1t plain today that the Indiana repdb-
lican campaign this year is going to
be purely republican campaign, based
on what he believes to be the true re-
publica nism. 1t is to be progressive
campaign, but by progressive he does
not mean sensational, rabid or radical
campaign.
Il believe" he said. that the only
kind of campaign for the republicans
to make in Indiana, or anywhere else.
this year is progressive campaign.
The republican party has always been I
progressive 1t has never stood still
1t was born to do the things which the 1
old parties the democrats and the
wing refused or failed to do. 1t was
born to meet conditions as they arise in
life of the nation And 1t does meet
them and in the right way. The repub- |
lican party was progressive in the six
ties when 1t born and when the |
civil war was fought and won. 1t was
progressive in 1895 when 1t established |
the gold standard. 1t has been pro- |
gressive all of the great issues that
have come before the people. But it is
not running the campaign this year
alone on those issues, for they are mat
ters of glorious history. This year
there are new issues and new situa-
lions and the republican party is meet
ing them on progressive lines. This
was proved by the results of the recent
primaries in Wisconsin. Michigan, Kan
sas and Washington, where the repub-
lican party declared for the progressive
policy. In Maine where an election was
held this week the republican party
had failed to adopt the progressive idea.
1t had stood still, and the people put
1t in the discard. But the republican
party in Maine will spring into new
life and become progressive, as 1t has
done In other states.
Must Meet Changed Conditions.
ANY party that is not progressive
and which stands still because its lead
ership refuses to recognize the fact that
the times change. and that conditions
change. economic. financial. CONNER
cial and in every other branch of our
life will be thrown into the discard,
just as the republican party of Maine
was treated.
MY idea Is that the republican cam
paign shall be along progressive lines,
but this does not mean that it shall be
rampant insurgent or stand pat, what
ever those terms mean. 1t will be a
campaign of republicanism, and by that
] mean the republicanism of William
Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt and
Senator Beveridge. 1t will not be
offensive campaign to anyone"
This is regarded as the most impor-
tant statement OF the policy to be fol-
lowed in the Indiana republic cam
paign that has yet been made by the
state organization. 1t is taken as a
frank, open declaration of the policy
of the party in this state, based on the
new conditions as they were met by
the state convention in the adoption
of its platform last spring. 1t is be-
lieved that the statement of Chairman
Lee will set at rest a good many doubts
as to the kind of campaign that is to
be waged and dispel some of the clouds
that have been hanging over the re-
publican situation. There is breadth
to the statement that will attract at
tention.
Scores of republican leaders from all
over the state have called at the state
headquarters this week having been
attracted to the city primarily by the
state fair They took advantage of
their visit during fair week to call at
the headquarters of the state commit
tee and make reports of conditions and
to talk over campaign plans. Many Of
the visitors We're candidates for county
Offices and other places and the word
they brought was of great interest to
the committee. Among those who
dropped in" were Loring w. Mellette
Elwood: ]. G. Maddox Hartford City;
j. l. Thompson Gas City. candidate
for congress in the eleventh district
Oscar Bland, Linton, candidate for con-
gress in the second district Col c. c.
Schroeder. Evansvillei Charles G. Co
vert. Evansville; Robert Winters Nun
Gle; Edward Souders, Kokomo; Claude
Malott. Bloomington; w H. Arnett
Kokomo owen N. Heaton. Fort Wayne,
candidate for congress in the twelfth
district; Senator D. A Lambert Nun
Gle; w. A. Breining, Delphi: Jesse Esch-
bach, Warsaw; George Eberhart Hunt
ington: Gus Condo. Marion; Judge H. b.
TuthfIl, Michigan City, candidate for
judge of the appellate court. Fred /.
King. wabash Rollin warner. Muncie
candidate for congress in the eighth
district; Gus Greiger OF Porter county
and many others. The list would be
too long to print In full.
The reports which these men brought
TO the headquarters were of the most
encouraging nature, and indicated that
the Republicans all over the state are
active and that the campaign is on in
full swing.
William E. Springer chairman OF the
speakers bureau of the Republican
state speakers bureau. has hunted a
hole and erawled in. In other words
he has deserted the Office at headquart.
ers and gone into seciusien for a few
days in order to prepare a speaking
schedule for Senator Beveridge The
demand is great for speeches by the
Senator that ii will be impossible 70,
the speakers bureau to comply with al
of them. He could not make all OF
the speeches demanded of him even il
the campaign lasted a year