The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-08-30
CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
FOR PROGRESSIVE VOTERS
Letter Addressed to Prominent Members
of Party ThruOut the State

The following letter addressed to
progressive party workers has been
mailed the past week and is OF interest
to those who want information. Ken
meth c. Beaton, executive secretary.
was rormerlv managing editor of the
Seattle Star.
Seattle, Aug. %, 1912.
This is addressed to prominent pro-
gressive party leaders in every county
in the state. 1t is for the purpose OF
informing you as to the progress of the
third party movement. We have
nothing but good news to report.
From all quarters comes word that the
movement is growing daily. With the
exception of a few of the smaller
counties, full progressive party county
tickets will be placed in the field to
be voted upon at the progressive pri-
primaries, September 7th, with the
prospect that big vote will be polled.
In some instances confusion as to pro-
cedure has developed, but this has
been very quickly straightened out
through reference to state headqua-
tiers. We sent you yesterday instruc-
tions supplementary to those issued in
printed form with the official call, and
told you if there was any further infor-
nation desired we would be pleased to
send it by telegraph. Bear this in
mind.
King county, which will probably
poll the largest vote at the progressive
primaries, will have a polling booth in
every precinct. 1t will have COM
plete county ticket in the field and
there will be heated contests foI the
progressive nomination for every Office.
The King county campaign commit
tee is seeing to it that there are at
least two strong men seeking every
nomination. These contests will have
the effect Of stirring up the friends of
the candidates to the end that each
candidate brings into the progressive
primaries his full quota of votes, there
by assuring large total primary vote.
If condition such as this could be
made to exist in every county, allow
ing no nominations to go by default,
it would be a splendid thing for the
cause.
Lawrence, Hodge, Case and Paul
hamus, the four candidates for the
nomination for governor, are out on
the stump stirring things up and will
do their share towards bringing in a
big vote on primary day. In the var
ious congressional districts contests for
the progressive nominations are spir-
tied. If the counties would hold up
their end Of it by placing county tick
cts in the field with a sufficient num-
Der of contests to insure hard work on
the part OF the various candidates, the
statutory primaries on September 10th
will be made to look like a game of
poker with confederate money for
stakes.
Here's a request: II every man to
whom this letter is addressed will send
to state headquarters a list of the lead
ing progressives in his county, we will
mail to them during the progress of
the primary campaign and the cam
paign preceding the general election
literature and information which will
be OF value to them and to the move
ment. Get these lists in at once.
In closing: Don't forget that the
state headquarters is here to serve you
in every possible way. There is moth
ing you can do that will bother US.
Yours for the Bull Moose,
K. c. Beaion,
Executive Secretary, Butler Hotel, Sc
attle. Wash.