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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-08
lightning STRIKES
ROYAL CASTLE

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Special -
All Belgium is ringing with praises
over the bravery and GOODNESS displac-
ed by She Royal family when light
nlng struck the chateau diecergnon
Whlle they were entertaining Prince
Henry OF Holland at a State dinner.
IN the midst of the dinner there
came binding flash of Ii~btnin,S
iolioWed by a terrific thunder clan
ana the scores Of servants and at
tehdants started TO rush wildly about
in a panic.
NinS Albert and Queen Elizabeth.
together with their ROYAL ,~noste
worked among the terrified attend
ants and finally quoted their fears
and restored order. The cheateau was
found not TO be seriously damaCed.
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COMPEL GAYNOR
TO PROBE MURDER

Il W \ o II h, Special. - II
Mayor GaNnOr refuses to call =
special meeting of the Board OF
aldermen. AT which il il PLANNED
10 vote on the question of an al
NcrIn5nic investigation of the PO-
nee Department and the ROscn-
tnaI murder, he will be served
WIN writ OF mandamuS COM
polling him To do so. This was
tile rOgram decided .upOn
by seventeen Republican alder
mon, who petitiOncd him ycSter-
Gay 60 call the meeting for Aug
ust 1st.
IL il clear that fusion members
of the board. under the leader
snip OF Ralph Folks and Henry
Curran, chairman of the Financc
committee, mean business, and
that they believe they have the
strength to put through their pIan.
m spite of opposition from the
Mayor and the Tammany menu
bcrS OF the board.
Mayor GaynOr has promised tO
take the matter up Monday. ON
his return from st. James. but nc
mas also made his position clear
by declaring that the whole
barraSs' him.
IL requires only fifteen alder
men 10 sign a petition askin" the
mayor to call a special meeting
OF the board. The petition which
alderman Curran took To the
Mayor, bore seventeen sigma
lures.
Failing to- secure his co-opcra-
hOn by this means. the seven
teeh members propose to resort
10 nandamus writ. u is hoDed.
however. that by Monday the
mayor viii have changed his atti-
'"Uc ana he ready 10 grant their
request.
The Mayor. like many Other
SnOd people. seems To have nm
n"a That the aldermen Sof this
60 are joke" said CuR8E to-
f'tS time llc may find that if
tn"re Il any joke il il on him.
Ne arc going TO see this thin~
s,.rOGgh.''
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ROOSEVELT WANTS
LARGER NAVY

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, SpeciaI,-
Taking direct issue with the Dem
ocrots ON the policy az he pursued
In reference 10 the American NaVS
colonel Roosevelt declared that 10
prevent the United states bccOm-
ing the Chinn OF the Western Hem
tsphcrc IL would be necessary 10
carry ON the program providing for
the construction OF bnttleships. He
asserted that this country might
as well think of abandoning the
PanamH Canal ns giving up the plan
OF strengthening the navy. To
President issued the following
formal Statement:
1.-The Democrats, If they vote
down the bnttieship program, n
logical, should vote to abandon the
Innan'a Canal ns 10 abandon build
ing up the fleet, md this action L.
equiNaient 10 saying that this ma
lion shall simply become the Chfnn
of the Western Hemisphere
81 don't believe Ira that policy
nut ut least It's undo rStandabIc. but
the one unpnrdOnabIe policy il 10
incur responsibility and then 10 de-
cline TO adopt the necessary means
TO enable us 10 meet that respon-
sibility.>
''It Is nm outrage from the stand
point OF national honor and inter-
ests 10 go ON with the Panama
Canal at oll unless we both fOrtify
IL md keep up an adequate navy.
what we intend to do nbOut The
monroe Doctrine or the Panama
canal. or the protection Of Hawaii.
or any other matter IL not merely
Offensive, but cOntemptibIe, IL we.
nbnndOn building up the navy and
show that we really have neither
the power nor the Will. az the need
should ever come Ia make our word
good by deed.
''Out I'm the cow country I'm the
old days ia used 10 he prOVerbinI
thnt The man who was most ant To-
get into trouble WIS the man who
was always ready To draw. bur not
10 shOOt. The man who never .os
INTO trouble WAS the man W no WIS
never Mustered. who never WINS Of
fenSiNc, who never VNrOns-ed or in
suited anyone, hut who. az every
body well knew, wnS entirely com
petcnt 10 hold his own IL attacked
- believe I'm the upbuiIdinnr OF
the Hitcd states Navy. as an in
Surance for Fcace. The NOyas-e OS
our battleship feet around the
world was one of the greatest
NOV e. Tor peace this country haS
ever made. hope that our people
VIII always behave not only with
serupuiOuS Justice, hut with the ut
most generosity towards all other
nations, weak and strong, md
also hope Ghat ID will make ID evil
Gent that the action IL due NOT IN
timidttN on our part, but to gen
uine love of justice; and we Will
berome imp0tent either 10 secure
Justice for others or to secure the
hest for ourselves IL we abandon
the upbuiIdin% of the navy. for tbe
minute we stop building up the
navy, the navy begins 10 go back
wards"
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Wife BEATER Is
SHOT BY FRIEND
MOUNTED OFFICER SHOOTS AN
OTHER WHO WAS BEATING
UP HIS WIFE.

NEW YORK, Special. - Mounted
Patrolman Richard a. Chaffee DIED
IN the Coney Island Hospital TODAY
from bullet wound inflicted at his
home last night 10y Mounted Patrol
man Thomas Collins. Collins has been
suspended. stripped of his shield, ana
is arrested.
Collins and Chaffee were both at
tached TO the Sheepshead Bay sta
ton.
According to Collins. Chaffee in
Nited him TO so to his home to DIN
ner last night. When they arrived the
meal was not ready and Chaffee and
ms VIE quarreled. Collins says Chat
fee repeatedly struck his wife and
when he interviewed Chaffee turned
on him, attempted to shoot him. beat
MIN over the head with a chair. and
that he finally was compelled to shoot
Chafee in self-defense
The police say Mrs Chaffee corro-
borated Collins story.
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NEW YORK, SpeciaI.-Threats
made by the allies of the gam
hlcrs and ganSStcrs now under ar
rest Tor completely in the murder
OF Herman ROSenthaI, the inform
or, caused careful precautions TO
be taken to prevent the as
SasslnatiOn. intimidation or spirit
ing away of Louis krcSe, an inn
pOrtant new witness, who identi-
lied "Brid9ie" Wcbber and Jack
sullivan" as two OF the men who
stood in front of the Hotel Met
rOpOlc when ROscnthai was shot
down.
The tightening Of the chain of
evidence around the accused men
IL said 40 have stirred their law
less associates to such "a point OF
desperation That il is believed
there il very real cause to guard
against another Outbreay of Vio-
lenCe.
Two detectives are guarding
Krcse today. They were detailed
To watch over the witness by De
putty Police Commissioner Dough-
crtN.
The arrest of Sullivan. whose
real name is Jacob n. Reich. and
the final commitment of Webber.
we're primarily due TO Krese's tes-
timOny in the COrOncr'S Court.
From information that has reach
cd DOughcrty he fears that an At
tempt VIII be made to kill Krese.
so as to eliminate him as wit
ness. DOughcrty would not saw
what this information was. but
he attaches considerable imnort-
ance to IL.
These men will stay with
KreSe as long as the life OF the
witness Is considered in danger.
and Will accompany him back and
forth from his home, his work.
police headquarters and the dis
trlct attorneys Office. In order
further TO protect him the district
attorney and the police agree that
hrcse should give false address
Wncn asked to tell where ne lived
Krese has told of seeing Rosen-
thai slain. Of watching Webber
stand among the men who killed.
the gambler and OF Webber's
flight when the final shots were
fired.
District Attorney Whitman to-
day reiterated his belief that the
men who actually killed Rosen-
tnai mad not yet been captured.
He added that satisfactory prog
reSs was being made in the inyeS-
tigation. Deputy Dougherty and
inspector Hughes said no further
arrests were expected for a day
or two, but it was learned today
at police headquarters that detec-
tlvce had picked up the trail Of
the men now at liberty and want
cd Tor the mur7cr--Harry Horo-
witz, Lefty Louis" whitley
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ministrative side OF the government
( III Washington, Progressive Republi-
cans in many Staunch Republican
N'''tS nave WreSted control of the
government from the interests
The contest in many of the States
was severe and protracted. Defeat
was enc ounterCd again and again.
W hiie Roosevelt was President he Of
lcitu no encouragement to the Pro-
GreSsiVc Republicans who were str1~-
sling with the old machine bosses to
enact direct primaries and other pro
grcSSive statutes.
Ills influence was openly on the
side of the reactionaries.
Ills appointees were the most ac-
tive agents of the opposition
In Wisconsin Federal officeho1ders
were lobby agents for the corpora
tons and spent their time almosr
wholly at the State Capitol durinr,
legislative sessions.
Until little more than one wear
ago Roosevelt had not even expressed
himself as friendly to what had be-
come, while he was in Africa so
widely known as the Progressive Re
publican movement"
La Toilette then referred to the
Roosevelt campaign for a presiden-
tal nomination. The convention, he
said. is not the party. The party
should not, he says, be blamed for
convention iutrigues. or corruption.
lie commented the Progressive
movement in the Democratic party.
mentioning Bryan by name. The edi-
torial then continues:
Il repeat that the Progressive
movement began within the Republi-
can party. and upon this fact i'm re-
cent political history ] appeal to Pro
Sressve Republicans everywhere TO
maintain their organization with the
Republican party. To maintain such
organizations blind allegiance to every
party nomination and every party
declaration is not essential"
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Lewis and sam SchcDDs.
commenting ON Mayor GaynOr's
lct'er to Police Commissioner
waldo, in which the MayOr as
Shted those who have criticized
inc police because of the ROScn-
ui3i murder. District Attorney
whitman said:
There il but one issue. and I
nave but one concern i'm this mat
tcr- Herman ROScnthal. rs he
iiniSelf has announced publicly.
WAS 10 have come TO my house
with his wife Tuesday mornin"
10 supply me with evidence of N
corrupt alliance between the no.
ice and the law breakers i'm this
city. '''''
He was butchcrcd i'm the most
nFlliiantsy lighted street i'm New
ork, because, as believe. ne
was coming to see me. He was
Shot down by four or more mur-
derers i'm block literally swarm
ing with policemen. Notwith-
standing their presence there was
not the Semblancc of an effort 10
apprehcnd the murderers, and tho
preteXt OF pursuit is so silly and
transparent that IL ought NOT to
HScclNe tcn-ycar-Old child.
Yearly two weeks have eIapscd
ana the actual mIrdcrcrs I'm my
opinion are at large. ANY fur
thcf comment seems SuDPrGuOuS :,
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AVIATOR FISCHER
KILLED BY FALL
AEROPLANE DASHES TO EARTH
LINE A BULLET WHEN
MECHANISM STOPS.

MUNICH, Special. - Aviator
TlScher ana his mechanic, Karl
JOhannsen. were instantIv LiIiod
here whhn their aerOpIane
crashed To the ground from 81
height OF 500 feet.
Fischer and his mechanic Ind
made several circuits over the
flying field, and the aeroDIanc
apparently was working perfectly
when the plunge came. The spcc-
tatOrS saw the acropIane sudden
ly checked i'm its flight and no.
ticed that both Fischer and 10
nahnScn suddenly bent down "a
tnough Co investigate engine trou-
bic when the craft started 10 fall
IL came To earth like a shOt
ana both victims were dead when
the first of the spectators rushed
to the relief.
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BURNS IS AFTER
nETReIT COUNCIL
DETROIT, MICH. Snecial

DETROIT, MICH, Special.-Detec-
yves sought six members of the
Detroit Common COul,l wanted an
GSn1rSeS OF acceptin-S briJcS. Ten mem
perS OF that body have already Tr'r
feSSed. ""NV CON
This is the result Of a .-roft i,,...
oiiaatl1h mere ia connection with th.
eIoslng OF Seventh Street for the mr.
HS or OF erecting new freight house
ilaih =. Burns conducted the in
NestlSaton. lie is confident tbat con
viction will follow. ''"' OoH-
We have the goods on thirteen of
is T Thor OF The men men who has confessed
council He received 81 900 tor his
snare ia the proceedings and he turned
lhS money over TO detective
c., one or the men under arrest is T. y
Nhrleter, secretary of the Council ana
SgIG Gnicii,yS, Of the American League of
having distributed graft money and
agreed TO accept $500. He had not re-
cSlNed the money. the detectives saw
Nnen he was arrested.
II is alleged that in all the railroad
spent ste $500 to secure the closing of
me street. The brides were split nm in
sums OF from 500 to 1000 '''
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TURKEY STIRRED
BY REVOLUTION
Government Is Compelled to sus
pend Activities in Province
of Albina.

SADONIKA, TURKEY, SpeciaI.-
Inc Turkish Government is PROSTATE
throughout all the northern part OF
the great province OF Albina, accord
ing to dispatches received here
The government has been comDelIed
10 suspend activities throughout the
section, except in the city of Ipek
The revolutionary leaders are com
plete masters of the situation and
Ineir armies are growing in strength
daily. o -
The revoluSionists agreed to q
cessation OF hostilities until a gov
eminent commission arrives M prish
tina with peace terms.
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Shot BUTTON Off
POLICEAAN'S COAT
ANOTHER STREET BATTLE IN
NEW YORK BETWEEN TWO
RIVAL GANGS.

NBW YORK, Special.-In a street
battle between rival gangs of gun
fighters, one man was shot twice and
five others were stabbed at Christie
pher and West Streets.
All of the gangsters escaped except
the man who was shot. He gave his
name as William Riley. twenty-four
years old, and was taken to st. Vim
cents hospital in serious condition.
A policeman, who rushed mn while
the fight was in progress had a but
ton shot off his coat. He called ont
the reserves, but when they arrived
all but Riley had escaped.
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WILSON COMPLETES
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

SEA GIRT, n. j., Special
Gov ernOr Wilson is back at the
''little White House" with his
speech of acceptance practically
completed.
The speech Is i'm the form Of
short hand notes written by the
Governor himself, who has been
an expert stcnOgrapher for many
years. These notes, the Governor
Will dictate TO relay of StenOgra-
pliers this afternoon.
His secretary has arranged to
have them rapidly typewriter so
that they can be revised by the
Governor and placed I'm the hands
Of the printer 10y Monday.
Senator Gore is expected here
this afternoon to discuss further
plans for his campaign.
Numerous letters have been re-
ceiycd here urging GOGveGrnOr
Wilson to name Senator Gore as
the western manager of the CAM
paign. The location of the west
ern Office has not yet been decided
upon, though many believe Dem
YER will be the final selection.
Senator Gore will take up this
question with the Governor.
Herman Ridder. whose contin-
nance as treasurer of the Wilson
campaign, Is to be officially an
nounced within few days, is ex-
Eected hero Monday.
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FELL FROM PORCH
AND IS KILLED

LYNCHBURG, VA, Special
Miss Irna Lee Fitz, aged 30.
daughter of y. l.. Fitz, a Chcs-
apeake and Ohio locomotive en-
gineer, was killed Iaee Fri. night
by fall from the Veranda OF the
club house at the y. NJ. &. \.
Island.
with companion, Miss Bertha
Royal, daughter OF Rev. w. (
Royal, she leaned on a rail which
gave way with both of them.
Miss FitZ fell on her head and
sustained a fracture of the skuII
Miss Royal fell across Miss FNjtz
and was only slightly injured.
Miss EitZ died in an ambuIanca
en- route home. The dead GIRL
was native of Richmond. hus
had lived here for years.
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GAVE UP FORTUNE To
.sszss3 WE'D MAN she LOVES

A special dispatch to the New York
Herald, printed in shat paper Friday
says:
RICHMOND, VA, Speciality be-
coming the bride of Walter S.
MCNEIL, dean of Richmond College
law faculty, Mrs. Martha Chamberlfn
valentine forfeits a fortune OF $780,
She was, until her marriage
the widow of Edward V. Valentine.
who died several years ago. leaving
the bulk of his estate to Mrs Nalen-
tine upon the condition that She
should not marry again.
Mr.. Valentine was a son of Mann
). Valentine. founder of a prosperous
meat juice business.
The marriage today took place in
the home of Mrs. Valentine, in West
Franklin Street Mr.. Mcneil was
graduated from Harvard in 1904 with
the degree of Ii. B., after winning
Phi. ID. in Roman law and political
science at the University of Berlin
The marriage was a surprise. only the
members of the two families and a
few close friends having been apprised
of II. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Churchill Gibson Cham
berlain. head of a boys school here.
the brides younger brother.
Mrs Mcneil is a daughter Of the
late John Hampden Chamberlain.
editor for many years OF the old Rich
mond State. She is niece Of the
late DR. George w. B@ghy. the Viz
gini3 author, whose daughter. Miss
Martha EaSby, was I0at.ied to George
Gordon Battle 90 NV York Bishon
Gibson. OF IN" T.. is-Opal Diocese OF
Nirg MIA. 5 her uncle. II cou~le VII
spen" tayir honeymoon IL Ian ore.
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ENGLAND CONTENT
With PROTEST

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Special
The British government is con-
tent with the protest already
lodged through Alfred Mitchell
InncSs. charge d'anaircs of the
British embassy. and Will make
no further or extended objection
To the United States avOvcd in
teniIOn OF allow ing American
ships To pass through the Panama
Canal free of toll.
This was the statement made In
secretary OF State Knox bV Mr..
lnncSS today. InncSs Informed
Secretary Knox that he had been
led TO believe his government in
tended TO follow his objection
with formal and extended pro-
test, but that later adviCcs in
formed him this was not the case.
Great Britain will submit n
long argument i'm support of lis
position, but this will not bc
transmitted for several months
not until after Congress and the
President has finally acted i'm the
matter.
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WARD LEADERS
AFRAID OF DINEEN
WILL HOLD SECRET MEETINGS
OF PROGRESSIVE PARTY TO
NAME DELEGATES

CHICAGO. ILL, Special. - The
first ward conventions to name dele
gates TO the third party State conven-
on in Illinois was held in Cook
ounty Saturday. The meetings will be
semi-secret. Instead of publishing a
list or the places where the conven-
ons was held, a lisS OF men who
VIII know where they are to be. held,
was given out.
me reason for the secrecy, accord
ing to the leaders OF the new party is
the fear ward plans allied with Cover
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SAYS MACHINES
CAN'T MAKE rain
PROF. MOORE, OF THE WEATHER
BUREAU, TELLS OF THESE
CHARLATANS.

In some parts OF the West there has
pEohen out atresh the rain making
S Susiness Dy persons who are achieving
laine as smooth advertisers. These eX-
perImentS are along the line of those
Jhat We're made several years ago bv
=. u DyrenfOrth In Texas, and which
Were proven 10 be a complete fiasco nv
1acts- Rain, according to the usual
order of nature, was about due at the
time of the experiments tbouph fbo
promoters were hailed as great bene-
Professor Willis l.. Moore. head of
1ne weather Bureau, in writing from
washington under date OF July 2Ist,
That rain followed many of the
DattleS or our Civil War was due nor
10 the effect of the discharge of fire
ainIs, put 20 the TACT that in the regions
where the battles occurred rain falls on
an average one day out of three, and
tNat COMMANDERS are more inclined
10 move armies and begin engagements
IN Ialr weather. In fact, while rain
Is In progress, such operations are com
monty impracticable, on account of The
CONDITION or the roads. If, by the regu-
1T operations OF nature, rain does not
IAN WITHIN two or three days after
PattIe, IT Is due TO the fact that a
4r0uSht prevails The idea of rain
1oHOWlnS battles is expressed in the
writings OF Plutarch, who states his
opinion that the VapOr rising from
the not breath. blood and sweat of the
sue llnS masses is condensed into
ram by the cOncussiOn of the Nyea mons
anu the hoarse cries of the victors In
hoIin Mite less crude the belief that
rams is caused by battles has survived
TO the present day, but it is absolutely
i have before me a clipping of an
editorlal in the Evening Herald. of
which states: 49, N'--'
- The merchants Of Wichita Falls
Texas, have expended 81 900 on dyna |
mite, sending to Dallas for the ex- |
ploSlVe, ana every able bodied citizen |
Sot out and set off the white sticks |
LOOKING skyWaro. between times to be |
the nrst TO welcome a rain cloud
ne e%perlment vas a failure, but |
had rain happened to occur lust a fer
the explosions these merchants wouId /
nave been convinced OF the efficacv Of
tnelr eHorts, and many more thousands !
OF dollars would be expended before
the fallacy of this opinion became ap-
"On the oath Of this month the Gift
zens OF Battle Creek, Mich, are to make
public test of the method and have
advertised the fact so widely that INC
influx OF visitors on that occasion will |
probably be large. This is a illustra-
zion OF the only way in which rain
NAMING can benefit a community II
recalls the iact that the so-called chem
icol rain makers, who are charlatans
OF the worst type, have frequently fig
ured as ATTRACTIONS at country fairs. |
and have been financed for ADVERTISING
purposes BY the railroad companies
Especial attention is invited TO the
ACT that ~ these Xleriments at Battle l
Creek should be mede 1T a time when
rain IS about 20 occur IN ~ough the 4
regular operations OF nature, The fall
iuced by conclusion syouldNbe accepted
~ many people. and a further Unneces-f
bly, result" u
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SIMS GOES over
To DINEEN PARTY

CHICAGO, ILL, Speclal.-Edwin w.
sims, former United States District At
tOrncy. who had been picked Nv Tbco-
dore ROOSEVELT to be secretary Of the
new national committee. has quit the
Progressive party. Sims reasons for
deserving the new party movement is
the attitude of Roosevelt towards Gov
ernor Dineen, of Illinois. Sims will
work actively for the success of the
Illinois Governor
Il am for the election Of Governor
Dineen, and of the regularly nominated
county ticket. Fer this reason. 1 with
draw tentative acceptance of the post
OF secretary of the Progressive national
organization" said Sims
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nor Dincen and the regular Republi-
cans will pack she gatherings and
name delegates who would start trou-
bic when the new state convention en-
deaNorS to proceed with the nomina-
ton of third state ticket.
Preparations for both State and
national conventions are being pushed
forward rapidly. The force of clerks
at national headquarters was aug
mented today, and work there is going
ahead at a rapid pace
With the approach OF the State
convention gossip over prospective
candidates Increase. State Senator
Frank II. Funk is being spoken of as
the probable candidate of Governor TO
oppose Governor Dincen. Sentiment
throughout the state has crystalized
for Funk, the leaders say.
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URGES REPUBLICANS
TO STICK Together

MADISON, WIS, Special. - In a
signed editorial in La Follette's week
ly, the Wisconsin senator attacks
Theodore Roosevelt as a one-time
ally Of reactionaries and urges Pro-
gressive Republicans to stay within
the ranks or their own party. The
editorial SAYS:
What Is kRoYn as the Progressive
movement Ia American politics orig
mated with the RepV blican party.
While special interests have been
increasing their hold upon the adj