Evening journal., 1912-09-17
TUESDAY. SEPT. IT. 1912
pR0GREssIYHs AM asrCKERsg TO PART.


THE real Progressive Republicans of Delaware
i men who represent loyal feeling toward Col
one Theodore Roosevelt-w hold their State Con-
vention I'm Dover on next Friday It will be an ex-
ceedingly impor meeting ih that il will mark the
final parting Of those who regard the Progressive
movement as one for the political uplift Of the ma
ton from those who like the members OF the Alice
Layton Drexler cabal regard it merely
instrument to turn Delaware and Deawareans over
to the Democratic State machine The Allee-Layton
Houston-Drexler State Convention and its ticket-be
the Presidential eleotors-are deserving Of the
contempt Of all men, be they Republican, Democrats
or Progressves The convention which will
Friday will be deserving Of the respect of those
who are not in sympathy with the Roosevelt move
ment. It will stand for what It processes to stand,
and have the merit of honesty of purpose That will
give to It the support of the honest Progressives in
our State and neave to the observation-disclosures
Drexler organization the conspirators who have
tered tho game to make Delaware Democratic, and
few misguided men whom Alice already has char
acterized as suckers"
Unquestonably there is a strong Roosevelt sent-
ment among Delaware Republicans. There is not
however. among the Roosevelt followers strong senti
ment in favor of olecting Democratic State ticket Re-
publicans dienon the Taft Roosevelt questions, but
they unit in the opinion that It would be un-
thinkable public calamity for the Democratic machine
10 regain control of our State with Willard Sauls-
bury in the United States Senate; Franklin Brock
son in the House Of Representatives; Thomas NJ.
Monaghan I'm the Governors chair, and like
them in the other important offices With the Re-
pubcans and the Progressive Republicans working
together on State issues on which there is no ma
teral difference Of opinion, the Democrats will have
absolutely no show of carrying the State
II Is only fair the Roosevelt men in Delaware TO
say that, were they SO disposed they are strong
enough to Delaware and its affairs over to the
Democratic machine The gratifying feature Of the
situation is that they are not so disposed They
realize, fully do the Taft partisans how fool
ish and fruitloss It would be to restore the Demo-
Gratis to power here. The convention Friday will
lead to a crystalization Of that sentiment. and,
Il becomes crystalized the danger Of a Dem
ocrauc restoration will have passed.
Alice and his fellow-consplrators may endeavor to
pack that convention and divert it from It's pur-
pose If they do they will fail. The leading men in
the real Progressive Republican Convention will per-
NIT nothing of that sort They will go to Dover for
Interference from Alice or any of the Democratic
allies he has associated with him. The worst po-
tca migrate and renegade that Delaware ever has
produced will have opportunity to say that
the real Progressive Republicans in Delaware voted
his Sucker Ticket" IT, as he said. he nominated
Il TO be voted by suckers" he will discover that
Colonel Roosevets real friends in Delaware are not
in the Sucker" class. Most Of them are men who
have intelligence than he has and there doubt
less is not of them who would care to be as dis
reputable polite ally as he is