Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-28
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Toilette has written The following sdiA
torial In the current number ee L.,
Follette's wsakiy:
Until Roosevelt came tnto che opsn
a. candidate for the proficiency thsro.
was q strong and rapidly growing 1so<
Eressive movement within the Sepub>l
lican party. It was based on clearly deA
fined principles. It stood for rspseeeoA
tative. modern political thought: it had
assumed national proportions: 1t Maa
united.
Into the movement. when it OAv6
promise OF national success. ROOSEVELT
projected his ambition 70 bs presidsaH
third time. He spent weeks In plane
ming spontaneous CALI 1oe himsalk
HE announced that he would % q
receptive candidate. His can61daeN
began to drag. He ana his friends 49,
gan to despair. Thcn came his dseeau
In North Dakota. He became daspssato
An enormous campaign fund wAa
raised. national headquarters weFo op-
cned. newspaper writer's were ensAgoa
dacy. Special trains were hired ana
the receptive candidate started IN
frantic pursuit OF the nomination.
Money Spent Lawfully.
I'm the history of American politics
there never has been In . primary
campaign tho approach to tho oxpendi-
lures In his campaign. Men identified
with the steel trust AMI the harvester
trust became his supporter. Leading
reactionaries. standpatters and polit1-
cal bosses Of the Hanna and Quay sort
became his political friends and repre-.
sentatives In many states.
"A number Of the newer recruits 20
tho republican progressive cause. men
who before 1909, with q few excep.
tions. had either been Indifferent or op-
posed to the progressive movement. bas
came the supporters OF Roosevelt.
co.Worker Of Aldrioh.
IT mattered not to them II RooDes
welt had co-operated with Aldrich dur
Ing the seven years Roosevelt was
president. They forgot that while
Roosevelt was in Africa the men who
for years had bsen nshtins for tho pros
gressive movement were active.
Roosevelt was for Taft In 1910 when
Taft was denouncing ali progressfves
waited until little more than Q year
ago. balancing the chances before de-
Gliding whether to cast his lot with the
progressives In this presidential year.
counted for nothing with the class Of
progressives who wanted to 'win'-not
a real progressive victory-just = v1C-
tory. And they did win precisely that
kind OF a victory. They carried over.
whelmingly the great standpat states
OF Illinois and Pennsylvania That
stamped the Roosevelt candidacy with
It's real character. No real progressive
could have secured such a vote In eith-
er OF those states. 1t had. how
ever, the outward semblance OF sue.
cess. It enabled Roosevelt to win In
two or three real progressive states.
Fortunately It did not enable him to
secure the nomination, which would
have compromised the real progressive
movement and cheated progress foS
years.
injured Proorsssivs Cause.
"On Roosevelt and his followers rests
tho responsibility OF having divided the
progressives in their first contest.
Stimulated in their desire to win they
denounced loyalty and principle a.
stubbornness and selfishness. In the
convention they put forward no plat
form---no issues They made no fight
against the reactionary platform
adopted. They substituted vulgar per-
sonalities for the serious consideration
OF the great economic problems and for
tho time being brought ridicule and
contempt upon great cause.
But the progressive movement does
not consist OF few self constituted
leaders. 1t consists OF millions OF
thoughtful citizens drawn together In
common belief In certain principles.
They. viii permit no combination OF
special interests and political ex.
pediency to secure control OF the pro.
gressive cause which Is ultimately to
redeem democracy and restore pros