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FACTS ARE UNCHANGED
Wilson The Same as Before Non
ination Roosevelt as When
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glittering but irrelevant promises OF
the Progressive convention to influ-
ence their thinking on the political
situation. This reasoning offers the
strangest contradictions.
In July, Wilson was the enemy of
all bosses; now his election would
be the enforcement of the bosses.
In July, Wilson was the champion Of
the progressive movement and New
Jersey was a model commonwealth; ):
now Wilson is duped by the trusts
and New Jersey is the mother OF
trusts by Wilson's consent and APP
prevail. What has happened in the
short space of three months to bring
this revolution in their thinking? It
cannot be any change in Wilson, for
the Baltimore convention had done
it's worse and only a month ago Will
son trounced James Smith, Jr.,
whose undoing a little while be-
fore was cited by thousands of pro-
gressives as proof of Wilson's true
value to the nation. 1t cannot be
that Wilson has fled to the bosoms
of the bosses whose opposition was
cited in July as proof of Wilson's
independence.
Is it Roosevelt who offers = SO
much to command our approval? 1
cannot think so. 1 am no enemy of
Roosevelt, but I cannot see how
any real Democrat, anyone who has
followed Mr.. Bryan through the
Wilderness" can turn now to Roose-
welt as a simon pure reformer. Pro-
gressives say that Wilson is SUR
rounded by bosses and yet admit
that Roosevelt has as his choice
friends Dan Hanna, William Finn,
Tim Woodruff and George Perkins.
The difference between the posi-
lions of the two candidates is that
Roosevelt defends Perkins and his
bosses (see his last Boston speech),
while Wilson repudiates and goes
into primaries to defeat his. This
our ardent third party men refuse
to see or seeing refuse to under
stand. How can Roosevelt offer lib
Grafton from men whom he defends?
And why is Wilson to be condemned
as tool of the bosses he denoun-
ces?
They say to us every day that the
Wilson fight against the tariff is a
sham and cite the attitude of GER
tain plunderbund senators as evil
dence because forsooth they are
protectionist bosses.
Again we are told that Joe Bal
ley is to be the man who will rule
the Democratic party if Wilson
comes to power" Does not every
one know that the Bryan-Wilson for
ces of Texas have already sent Bal
ley to the political rubbish heap?
Bailey's day is done; he has only
three months more in the Senate.
Culberson and Burleson are the
masters in Texas and they are as
genuine pFogressives as LaFol-
lette himself. They are Wilson's
intimate advisers in this campaign.
Why resurrect the dead of Tex
TO Tighten young voters in ill.,
North where the fact-of Baf1eyss
political death may not be known.
In Virginia there has been a long
and bitter war between the pro-
gressive and the reactionary wings
of the Democracy. The reactionary
wing has won its victories by an al
lance with the Republican office
holders brigade. Everybody in that
State knows these facts. In 1907
Virginia progressives went to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who was about to
&c to Norfolk to make a political .
speech, and asked him in the name
of the progressive cause and honest
government to denounce the bi-par-'
tisan alliance acknowledged to be
the same thing that Lorimer stood
for in Illinois. Roosevelt replied:
81 am a Republican and would lose
Republican followers were I to do
what you request, though I know
the conditions are as you describe
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