Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
.ROOSEVELT'S VIEW IS SELFISH.
SAYS HEARST IN AN INTERVIEW
ON THE THIRD PARTYMOvEMENT
MANY Democrats Believe His Main
Object Is to Break the Republican
Organization, So He Can Gain Con-
troll and Be Its Candidate in 1916"

out Of the hands OF party ma
chimes and privileged Interests
and restore it to the hands Of the
people Nearly all the measures
Of the third party platform are
aimed directly at that end
You viii see, therefore, now
impossible it is for that third
party to unite with the Republi-
can party, for the platform Of
the national Republican party is
conservative in the extreme and
The Republican party is regarded
as the chief reactionary party in
the United States
Then again the proposal Of
Mr.. Roosevelt and MI. Taft both
tetiring vas brought up at the
Republican convention in Chi
cago. Neither one was willing to
retire can not believe that
either one is willing to retire
now or that a fusion between
these two Numerically conflict
ing factions can be satisfactorily
accomplished. even If both candi-
dates should retire.
'Of course, If the division in the
Republican party continues. the
probabilities are that Mr. Wilson
will be elected, or that. falling an
actual majority, the election wiz be
thrown into the house OF represen-
tatives. The Vermont election
shows not only no detection from
the Democratic party, but slight
gain for IT, This is significant.
The Progressive sentiment in
the United States is tremendous.
The men who class themselves as
progressives. no matter to what
party they belong, constitute q con-
siderable majority OF the voters Of
the United States There are prob
ably, too, more progressive Demo-
Gratis than there are progressive Re
publicans, and. finally. the Demo
cratic platform was so vague and
Indefinite as to fail far short Of ex-
pressing the sentiments of the pro-
gressiVe Democrats.
"To a Democratic platform Of
milk ana water. Mr. Wilson in his
letter of acceptance, merely added
more water, bubbling water, spar
king with cuphunious phrases.
agreeably charged with gas. but
nevertheless water This situation
IN the Democratic party must be
disappointment to militant pro-
gressives
Why, then. is there not a nota-
bic detection from the Democratic
party TO the nav third party Be
cause Mr.. Roosevelt committed the
distinct error of making this third
party movement almost entirely Re-
publican. recruiting il almost en-
urely from the progressive wing of
the Republican party and Officer
ing 1t with Republican oficehold-
ers
Mr.. Roosevelt being a Repub-
mean, should have had ~ Democrat
ana preferably a Southern Demo
crat, for vice president. ana if
Roosevelt had been as anxious to
unite the progressives as he was 70
disrupt the Republicans he NouId
nave had a Democrat ON the ticket
But Nh Roosevelt. the candi-
date for president is q Republican.
MI johnson, the candidate for vice
president, is a Republican. Nearly
AN the leaders and speakers for the
third party in this campaign are
Republicans. Therefore. believe
ihe thlrd party movement WIN only
halt succeed in this campaign
MS agitation viii go far how
eyer, to establish a third party. and
Ine carrying Of certain states nv
ihe lhlrd party win give added
hopes and confidence to the SIM
porters of the Progressive move
n'eht In my opinion. the third
party movement viii not be sue
reSstui until the progressives of the
NepuollCan party and the progress
NNeS OF the Democratic party are
united in one third party
The Democrats who knou. A.,
Roosevelt ana understand HE NV w
soma ambitions and rather selfish
intentions believe that Mr. Ronss
vents main object at present 10 to
nreaN up the Republican orgsnizs-
lIoh, so that ne can gain control OF
IL ana dominate the Republican
party and be it's candidate fo'.
president in 1916.
therefore. added Mr. Hearst
many ardent progressive Demo
''"is are supporting Mr. Wilson
lus' as l am. not because they no
ne\e In the feeble professions NJ
The Democratic platform nor ho
cause they believe that Mr. U-ueo,,
once IN office and driven hv tha
powerful progressive sentiment IN
the Democratic party win be com
PEELED TO become far more prag.ras-
siNe than he now promises 10 M.
ana also because they believe thof
MIR. Roosevelts leadership is de-
prlving the third party movement
OF IT'S non partisan character
Democratic progreSSiVcs have
then. very plainly failed to support
the thld party movement this wear.
ana they have failed TO support il
because they believe that MIR.
Roosevelt is making OF Il merely
medium for the control OF the ma
caiuerN OF one OF the old parties
ana because they think that Mr.
Roosevelts leadership as "A whole
has been and IS more partisan
than progressive, more soifisa than
sincere