Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-20
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all right IL he takes the view that
the third party movement Is only q
bolt in the Republican party for the
present campaign. If such is the in
tention of the Progressives the steps
now being taken to name a third
ticket is fully justifable and will,
doubtless, be supported by a major
ity of the Republican voters of the
country who, we believe, are with
Roosevelt rather than with Taft.
Such action is indeed courageous on
the part of those who are cutting
loose from the old organization and
it shows their determination to
fight it out even If it carries them to
defeat.
But as we understand Theodore
Roosevelt and the other Progress
i've leaders, the third party move
ment is something entirely indie
pendent of the Republican party.
Roosevelt, himself, opposes any
compromise or any connection with
the Republicans whatever, claiming
that such a step would prevent
many Democrats from Joining the
movement. The appeal Issued by
the new Progressive party is to all
men, regardless of past affiliations.
Roosevelt has set the example him
self, by resigning from the Repub-
lican club in New York. He claims
he is no longer a Republican. Ev-
erett Colby has resigned from the
Republican committee in Essex
county, claiming he is no longer in
sympathy with the Republican par
ty. The country has been given to
understand that 1t Is time for an
entirely new alignment and that the
Progressive movement Is absolutely
independent. of the Republican par
ty and is intended to be a party by
itself. 1t Is plain, therefore, that
the men who Join this party have
given up all hope that "the party of
Lincoln can still be Of service to the
nation" and have left it to its fate.
When our correspondent says
that he hopes the followers or
Roosevelt will ultimately succeed in
driving the Smiths, Nugents, ETC.,
out Of their party, he intimates that
the progressive movement Is not a
party In itself, but thai 1t Is still an
effort to purge the Republican par
ty. Evidently there Is a misunder-
standtng~somewhere as to what the
Progressive party really Is.
II 1t is only a Republican faction
al fight, the boilers are justifiable In
their stand and may be ranked with
the men who temporarily left the
Democratic party in 1895 and voted
for Palmer and Buckner. In that
case the boilers will cling to the
name of Republican in the hope that
some time they will gain control OF
their party, and they are using thu
third party ticket merely to help
their cause. If they are through
with the Republican party, however,
as the statements Of Roosevelt, Col
by and others give us to understand,
| the name Republican means nothing
to them any more, and 1t Is the
opinion of the EVENING NEWS
that these men who have gone out
from the Republican party entirely
might Just as we'll line up behind
Woodrow Wilson and assist his
cause, as to form an alto
gether new party thus dividing the
Progressive vote.
Our correspondent says that 1t
may be easy for an Independent
and progressive newspaper to throw
its support to the cause where 1t
believes its influence will accomplish
the most good, but he goes on to
say that 1t is mot quite so easy and
not nearly so proper for a life long
Republican to desert his party at a
time when 1t most needs honest and
courageous support and publication,
and hop on the Democratic band
wagon merely for the purpose OF
being on the winning side.@
But, as we understand 1t, these
life long Republicans have al
ready deserted their party with the
intention Of forming an entirely