The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-18
Clifford PinChot Speaks at BoS-
ton Meeting
HE PICKS Mr.. LA TOILETTE
Progressive Republicans Told That Re
cent Developments Have Turned the
County in Favor of the Wis
consin Man

Boston, Dec 49, That the develop.
ment of recent months has made impos-
sible the denomination Of Mr.. Taft and
the country is turning rapidly to La
Toilette as the next Republican presi'
Dental nominee were among the declara.
ttons made by Clifford Pinchot, former
chief OF the United States forest serv.
Ice, before gathering of progressive
Republicans in fremont temple, Boston,
Saturday night, The attendance was
large, and an overflow meeting was nee.
essary In another hall.
Sunless the Republican party shall
meet the demand of the times by throw
ing itself squarely into the progressive
movement. its time OF usefulness is
past" said Mr.. Pinehot, Modern CON
ditions demand modern treatment. The
Republican party needs to be cleansed
of its open sores. The progressive move
ment, like every other great movement,
must have a leader. / realize that this
meeting Is not called in the interest
OF any candidate, but | should be con.
caaling my own convictions if | failed
10 express myself on this point. Since
the developments of recent months have
made impossible the denomination of
Mr.. Taft. the country has been turning
rapidly and rightly to that pioneer
among progressives, constructive
statesman, full of courage and common
sense, Robert NJ. La Toilette of Wis
consin.
"You progressives in Massachusetts
have two immediate tasks. First, sec
to it that your legislature passes the
progressive measures which are to como
before tia bill giving your citizens the
right to express their preference rs be-
tween candidates for the presidential
nominations, a bill for the direct elee
tion of delegates to political conventions
by the people, and q bill for direct elee
ton of United States senator's. Above
all, see to II that your delegates to the
Republican national convention are
pledged to progressive principles. First,
last and all the time, this is fight for
principles"
Gov. Robert P. Bass of New Happ-
shire spoke, as he said, with two pur-
poses, to show what he believed a state
wide progressive movement could do for
Massachusetts and what bad been done
along that line in New Hampshire. He
said in part:
"As ] see II, the object of the new
progressive movement in politics Is actu-
ally and wisely to put in force the fun
damental principles underlying our form
of government, to give each voter an
equal voice in the choice of elective Of
fieers, or, conversely, to prevent the
small and influential group of men from
controlling the body polite for their own
selfish purposes; or, again, to keep the
special interests and great corporations
from naming and controlling men in pub
lie Office or, on the other hand. to pre-
vent the demagogue from exploiting the
people and the government for the adj
yanoement of his own personal ambi-
tons.
ct is full Of promise in that il springs
from the insistent demand of the cleo
torate at large, rather than from the
independent leadership of individual
men. II il an international movement
as evidenced by recent events all over
the world"
Former Congressman Record of New
Jersey was the concluding speaker. Rev.
Samuel Nee. Crothers of Cambridge pre-
sided.