The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-14
CANDIDATES SWARM TO
THE NEW ORGANIZATION
Old Republican Party Left Mere Skeleton-Hay
Billings, Standpat Candidates for Governor, Left
to Fight It Out Among Themselves

Billings, Standpat Candidates Tor Governor, LeIC
to Fight It Out Among Themselves.
The progressive party of the state of Washing
ton was born yesterday. A young giant at the very
birth. From top to bottom, from governor to wreck
MASTER the progressive party will have complete
ticket in the field, independent separate and free
from the old party agnments.
The new party stayed by the fundamental pro
gressive principle, that the people should be directly
heard in the selection of officials and primary nomi-
nations were ordered.
Men who have honestly differed before, who
have honestly opposed full third party ticket be-
cause they feared that the law would compel them
to make their nominations by the discredited con
venton system, all joined hands yesterday and the
new party starts out today under most auSplclouS
circumstances
The fact that preferential primaries, i'll which all
progressves voice their preferences as to who
should be the standard bearers of the progressive
party in this state has been agreed upOn has paved
the way removed all doubts, cleared all differences
torn to shreds all objection against full ticket
The meeting in Seattle, which launched the
party, so completely and effectively, had not ad-
journed, when every candidate present who had
filed in the republican primaries, announced the
withdrawal of his candidacy from that party and sub
mitted himself candidate before the voters in the
progressive primary.
The news of the launching of the new party
spread quickly throughout the state and before
the official call is issued it is likely that all progress
sve candidates will be withdrawn from the standpat
party.
A "mere husk withost any soul, that's truly the
condition of the republican party today Progress
sve candidates who had filed in the republican party
are rapidly withdrawing, apd the only ones left will
be standpatters Progressives can not and will not
longer remain candidates voters in the repub-
ican party With only standpatters left in the re-
publican primaries the big mass of the people of this
state will have no interest whatever in the primaries
of September TO-.
They will have, however, a big, growing and
wholesome interest in the candidates to be selected
by the third party. They will be interested to see
that the party puts forth the strongest possible
candidates, and they will participate in and vote in
the preferential primaries of the progressive party.
While progressive candidates are given ten days
in which to withdraw from the old parties, scores
repudiating the old parties without waiting. Bob
Hodge, leading progressive candidate for governor
declared his intention today of joining the new party
providing an honest primary is held John Lawrence,
another candidate, also withdrew from the repubi-
cans, and Otto A. Case, the other progressive, is
expected to do likewise This will leave Standpat-
ters Hay and Billings on the republican ticket to
fight it out and their fight will be about as interest
ing game of poker with Confederate currency
State Senators j. w Bryan and j. A. Falconer,
candidates for congressman at large, out of the
republican party, are also Dan Landon, progress
sive candidate for congress against Standpatter
Humphrey in the first district Govnor Teats candi
date for lieutenant governor, and host of county
and legislative candidates. .
The progressive candidates will be named in spe-
cial primaries to be held by the progressive party
about September i.
At this election, delegates will also be chosen to
the progressive state and county conventions to be
held September 10 to meet the requirement of the
law, which compels new parties to nominate by con
vention
The delegates, however, will be bound to ratfy
the nominations of those progressive candidates Sc
lected by the progressive voters at the independent
primary
II expect to withdraw as a republican candidate
and run as progressive canddate said Lorenzo
Dow today discussing the decision of the third party
4 to have party taket in every county
Walter S. Davis, candidate for state senator in
the 9th district, this morning issued public state
ment eliminating himself from the republican pri-
mary and making bid for the progressive nomina
tion.