The Washington herald., 1912-10-14

moro should have been brought to this
sorry pass.
The merits Of the respective candi-
dates or their parties" continues the
statement. have nothing to do with the
question. 1t 10 . question of common
honesty and Justice. II 10 10 be re-
gretted that the law Of the State did not
allow the Progressive party . place On
the primary ballot.
EVERY voter in the State should have
the right to vote for the candidate Of his
choice. The Governor would have been
entirely justified in calling . special ses-
sion Of the Legislature that the law
might have been SO amended a. to give
that right. This not having been done,
the only way that Roosevelt could legally
or Justly secure q place on the ballot was
by petition. and this was just as true of
candidates for Congress and the Legis-
lature who were supporting Roosevelt.
They had no legal or just right on the
Republican ballot. and they were nomi-
mated by the votes Of electors who had
no right to vote for them In the Repub-
lican booth.
"All this is exceedingly unfortunate II
has done more than anything that could
have happened TO discredit and bring into
disrepute the progressive movement in
California. The right and honorable
thing for them to have done was to place
their candidates on the ticket. As Pro-
gressives. by petition. 80 that every voter
could vote intelligently for whom he de-
sires. They were not willing to come ont
fairly and boldly as Prosressives- To do
that they would lose the votes Of Pro-
gressive Republicans. who did not be-
lieve in the new party. and would have
to surrender the power and prestige Of
the Republican party. which as progress
i've Republicans were within their con-
troll. The whole thing has been q con-
temptible deception and fraud. Much of
It has been more than that: II has been
a series Of crimes. The candidates who
ran on the Republican ticket, but who
were Progressives, were fraudulently
nominated and are entitled to no con-
sideration at the hands Of people who
believe in honest politics.
Crime IL Emphasized.
''The enarnity Of these crimes" con-
tinued the Senator. against the fran
chise is emphasized and made more ap-
parent by the ruling Of the Supreme
Court Of the State that II has no power
to prevent this usurpation by the Pro-
gressives OF the rights and powers Of the
Republican party. 1t results that the
Progressives. who are crying out. Thou
shalt not steal have by Q systematic
stolen the right to a Republican place on
tho ballot and depived thousands Of
voters Of the right to vote for the candi-
date Of their choice within their own
party. They claim that they are Pro-
gressives in national politics and Repub-
leans in State affairs OF course this II
a fraudulent pretention. This election. in
which they are claiming to be Republi-
cans, Is a national election for the choice
Of the President Of the United States and
members Of Congress, and the nominees
for members Of the State Legislature.
who ran as Republicans. have nominated
Progressives for Presidential electors and
are in every way affiliating with the Pro-
gressive party. This claim only makes
the fraudulent character Of their entire
effort to control the Republican party
more transparent and contemplate.
'Then. what are real Progressive Re-
publicans to do?" asks the Senator. How
can they best serve the Republican party
and maintain its integrity and their own?
They cannot consistently support Taft
for two reasons. He was not fairly and
honestly nominated. and he does not rep
resent progressive principles or the SEN
timents Of the masses OF the people Of
the country. He is a reactionary himself.
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tentions. but worse than that he Is ad-
vised and largely governed and controlled
by the worst class Of trust magnates re-
actionaries Of the privilege-see<ing class.
and corrupt political manipulators and
bosses In the country.
Roosevelt Impossible.
ITO conscientious Progressive Repub-
lcans, who believe in honesty in politics.
and stand for right principles. Roosevelt
Is equally impossible. He is in no proper
sense a tried and true Progressive. He
Is too new a convert to progressive
principles to trust with the leadership
of a new party il its object Is to ad-
vance and maintain those principles. He
has never until now stood openly for
progressive principles. He Is all things
to all men to get votes. He has sud-
denly become an advocate Of woman suf
frage because so many Of them are
now voters and have become SO without
his help. He never was before. His
party is not founded on principle. but
upon malice. revenge and disappointed
ambition. II he had been nominated by
the Republican Convention the Republi-
can party would have been good enough
for him and hew ould have accepted
and welcomed the support of the men
in the party that he now denounces so
viciously. His new party Is being man.
aged in part and supported by as bad
trust promoters and corrupt political
bosses as those he accuses, and II elect
ed 1t will not be by Progressive votes.
but by the help Of those who care moth
ing for progressive principles. The
means by which he has secured the
votes Of Progressive Republicans. in
some OF the States. notably in Ca.ifor-
MIA and Kansas, has been fraudulent
and dishonest. Any Progressive Repub-
lican in California who gives him his
support with knowledge OF the facts.
and all intelligent voters must know
the facts by now. makes himself a will
ing party Of their fraudulent proceed
ings. No man or woman who Is con-
scientious and believes in honesty in
politics can support any candidate who
secures his nomination by the means
have pointed out above. It Is impos-
sible."
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