The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-11-01
LAST REPORT FROM THF
PROGRESSIVE HEADQUARTERS
Betting on Hodge NOw-Belieye State
viii Give Roosevelt $4,000
Majority

The Progressive state candidates
and speakers are on the war path this
week. The lines remained intact un-
der the terrific onslaught OF the kept
press last week, and it was a hard fight
against the wealth and power Of the
kept press and the graft gang that have
so long controlled this state. AS the
ferceness of the attack on Hodge be-
came more intense it defeated the very
end it sought. To the progressive
headquarters came many hundreds of
people who have become disguised with
the tactics of the plunderbund and
came into the open for Hodge. The
P. l. cemented and solidifed this feel
ing by its brazen and hoplessly stupid
forged letter which it published in a
pitifully weak attempt to prove that
Bob Hodge was illiterate. The letter
appeared in the Sunday edition of the
P. I. which appeared on the streets late
Saturday night, and reached the pro-
grsssive workers before they departed
for their homes. 1t sent them home
perfectly happy.
Even the weather was with the pro-
gressives when Monday morning
dawned. 1t was fine day and at noon
when ten thousand people tried to get
into the Grand Opera House to hear
Bob Hodge, the progressive workers
knew that King county was with them
and that the people in the home city
of the P. I. repudiated that organs
stand. The cowardly behavior OF those
who so cruelty misrepresented Hodge,
as shown by their refusal OF his chal-
lenge to meet him face to face on the
platform with proof, disgusted everyone
and set the whole city ringing with the
name of Hodge. The candidate for
governor made one speech in the Opea
House and four on the streets and was
cheered wildly upon every appearance.
The effect of this remarkable demon
stration upon all progressive workers
was electric. 1t so happened that
majority of the state candidates were
in Seattle at the time, and they have
gone into the fight with new zest that
can result only in wonderful victory
on the 5th OF November During Mon
day afternoon the Progressive head
quarters was crowded with people who
came to ask if there was any work they
could do, that it was hard for these al
ready installed to pursue their ordinary
campaign laborers. The attacks on
Bob Hodge was dismissed from the
mind of everyone, and to a man the
members Of the party gave ringing en-
dorsement to his statement that from
now on it was campaign Of principles
and not personalities, and that he in
tended to discuss nothing but the
planks in the progressive platform.
No longer can the papers hired by
Hay befog the issue to the extent Of
forcing progressive speakers to defend
the head of the ticket against attacks.
The fight has been carried into the
camp of the enemy with such terrific
enthusiasm that the Hay forces are on
the run. Last week Hay was the
favorite in the betting, but now close
observers of political events are offer
ing Q to that Bob Hodge will be the
next governor Of the state: That the
progressive sweep will be complete is
certain. There never has been at any
time any doubt about the fact that
Roosevelt will get at least $4,000 ma
jority in this state, and it is now GER
tain that the whole ticket will run even
with him.