The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-09
COLONEL HAS A
LITTLE SCHEME
THE Progressive Democratic"
Party
WHERE THE NAME WILL HELP
For Local Application, But 1t Must Sup
port National Progressive" Electors,
the Latest Plan to Win
Support.
WHERE THE NAME WILL HELP

New York, July Col. Roosevelt, in
long telegram to William Allen White
at Emporia, Kan, sent yesterday, gave
permission to his followers to call them
selves the Progressive Democratic" par
| ty if they wanted to, in cases where
that would help them locally, and pro-
vided that they would still support the
national Progressive electors The text
OF the telegram, in which the colonel
pilots the faithful through the intrica-
cies OF allegiance, is as follows:
you can make this telegram public
! Our appeal, nationally, is of course to
all men OF progressive principles, regard
less of past party differences. The ac-
tion locally must be guided by the needs
Of the local situation. In any state
where there is no real Republican party,
am entirely content that the local or
ganization should call itself by the title
Of Progressive Democratic, if that is the
local desire, and if they support the
national Progressive electors.
Where, as in New York, New Mexico
and Colorado, the local organizations of
both the Republican and the Democratic
parties are hopelessly boss ridden and re-
dictionary, then we must have straight
Progressive ticket from top to bottom,
independent Of both the old parties.
Whereas | understand to be the case IN
Kansas, South Dakota, California and
other states, the local Republican organ.
ization is progressive and represents the
principles for which we stand, | hope
that they will be able to make the fight
locally for good government in what.
ever effective organizations they have.
Il feel that this year in the progres.
siye Republican states we should have
the support Of the organization itself.
Moreover, | feel that everywhere | have
a right to expect the support OF the
entire rank and file of the Republican
party. | made straight out primary
fight and in the states where the Repub.
lican voters themselves had the chance
to express their wishes, | won by 2,o00,.
900 plurality.
THE nomination at the Chicago con
vention represented nothing whatever
but the successful cheating and steal
ing of the bosses at the expense Of the
honest and overwhelming majority OF
the Republican rank and Ale These
bosses then proceeded to perpetuate their
control by the fraudulent and boss
organization Vi tue HdItbithI CDUi~
mittee, which win control the convention
four years hence. The titular national
Republican party to-day is not the party
OF the Republican voters and il not the |
party Of Abraham Lincoln, but purely |
the party of Messrs. Barnes, Penrosc,
Guggenhem & Co., who have stolen the
door plate with the name, but have no
moral right to the name or to anything
else.
Therefore, | hold that every honest |
Republican who is true to Lineoln's mem.
DRY and principles must vote with us.
Under such conditions the entire local
Republican organization in state like
Kansas can rightly continue as such and
yet is in duty bound loyalty to support
the national Progressive electors. OF
course, feel that in every such progress
sive Republican, state the progressive
Republican candidates for any office
should openly support the national Pro.
gressive electors and 60 in the same
column on the ticket with them.
Theodore Roosevelt"