Evening journal., 1912-09-13

gates TO State Conventions shall be
apportioned according to population-
This method Is followed In New York
and many other States and Is one Of
the cardinal principles Of Colonel
Roosevelt and the leaders Of his CAM
paign IL is said that some OF the
Roosevelt National leaders have eX-
pressed themselves m favor Of pro-
pOrtional representation for Progrer-
i've conventions I'm Delaware. but Mr.,
Whites resolution YOicing "a demauH
for fair representation for New Castle
county was suppressed IN the Now
Castle caucus by New Castle mon
themselves, led by Horace G. East-
burn.
The statement also was made to-
day by men who were active I'm formA
ing the Progressive party that George
b. Hynson Robert G. Houston and
/ iouis A. DTcxlcr mad stated more than
once IN conference with New Castls
county Progreasives that they had no
personal ambitions and would not ac~
cept places on the Progressive ticket.
However. as has been shown. they
took the choice OF places on tho ticket
of the party that they themselves Or
ganized.
In addition TO naming a ticket the
State Convention will adopt a pro-
gressiye platform, modelled after the
platform OF the Chicago Progrossiva
Convention. with planks for direct
primaries. the Initiative and reteren-
dum. preferential primaries for presi4
Nent and other advanced State issuosl
Mr.. Long Discusses Situation.
Samuel Wesley Long who WAS tha
j a. .HN. .a4II
the candidacy OF Colonel Roosevelt
has returned from a conference with
one OF the ColOncls most intimata
friends and advisers relative to the
Dlaware political situation. When
seen, MIR. Long declined TO go into de-
tails, but intlmated that some OF those
high IN the councils OF the National
Progressive organization do not look
, with favor upon the leadership Of the
! sO-callcd Progressives of Delaware
Mr Long rs TO confer with another
prominent figure IN the Progressive
+ party Ia few days.
e Speaking Of the suggested fusion
n with the regular Republicans, Mr,
n Long said:
% Il am Progressive, aud should be
"a nsing every endeuvor to support 3
~ third ticket were Il really Rrogres
81 eivc, but there is little assurance o.
z. Broeressipeness In q party dominated
~ by the Allee-Layton-iiousto
p combine. Such an organization rs Z
e detrlment TO the cause of Roosevelt
>. and johnson, q fact that Is pretty gen.
u orally realized by the friends OF Col
A. onel Roosevelt.
70 Certainly "a half a loaf is better
q than none, and If the support OF tue
D. Republican State candidates Will in
o sure the naming of Roosevelt-Johnson
L electors, that is the thing TO do.
" "As 70 the platform of the Delaware
Ie Progressives, a prominent Progress
s. slve said: It's a beautiful platform
D. but a platform is never better than
the intentions OF those who made Il
and have little regard for the inten.
of tions Of Alice and Layton
ty Take for instance the initiativs
n and referendum and the direct pri-
& maries plank Either Of these would
Is give New Castle county fair represen.
w tatiou, but the high-handed manner
O. in which Kent and Sussex county
I'D members Of the State Committee ar
al ranged TO have a majority in the con
vention by basiug representation OF
NJ acreage rather than population show
n how firmly they stand against IN
n cardinal Progressive principle Of fai
he representation. Surely this is declar
tie ing in favor Of property rights a
TO against human rights This princl
X pie. carried TO a logical conclusion
nj would mean that one man livin
or alone in a county would have as gres
be voting power as all the people in
rt- fhickly populated adjoining county. o
be- course this is inconsistent with. tru
to progressiveism. but one expects talk
ing better from Alice. Houston, Lay
ton and Drexler. and the small fr
M that shows such Willingness 10 cd m
Dr. bidding of this disgrrntled aud dis
le- credited outfit Of downs-and-outs