Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Special Cable to The Georgian.

hONDON, sept. u me London
Evening Standard publishes the
following
Mr. William Randolph Hearst
the well known American news
paper proprietor. in special in
terview given to one Of our rep
resentatives today, made a crtical
analysis of the unprecedented po-
htioal situation in the United
States, and in discussing the
chances Of the candidates in. the
race for the presidency showed
how DR.. Woodrow Wilson would,
in all likelihood. be Mr. Tafts
successor.
In doing so Mr.. Hearst ex-
pressed the opinion that the new
party movement would not he sue
cessful until the progressive wings,
both OF the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties, combined and formed
an Independent party Of consoi-
dated progressiVes This united
progressive party. MI Hearst be
lieves, would succeed and would
exercise potent influence on the
future Of American politics.
1T seems to me" began Mr..
Hearst. that the report cabled
from New York that. In view Of
the result Of the Vermont state
election. Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose-
welt may retire from the presidan-
tial contest in favor OF man
agreeable to both factions, is an
entirely irresponsible suggestion
If ii means anything defined. it
probably means that a good many
important Republicans would Ike
10 see both Mr. Taft and Mr.
Roosevelt retire in favor OF some
third person. but don't think
there is the slightest possibility OF
such a thing happening.
The independent movement in
the United States Is a real and
powerful force. It began with the
Independence league in New York
and developed strongly in various
sections Of the country In New
York and adjacent states in New
England-Nermont being New
England state-vin the middle West.
with Chicago as nucleus, and
In the far West, particularly in ,he
state Of California it attained
great strength. In those states
and sections ! had newspapers and
was able to give ample publicity 10
the propaganda Of the third party
movement
AS a result Of this education
and agitation and development the
third partys strength has in
creased immensely in the last four
wears. Four years ago the indie
pendence league had a candidate
for president and, though it actu-
ally carried no single state, 1t ex-
hibited strength and vitality in
many sections OF the country, To
dav the principles Of this third par
ty movement are more widely
known and more generally in
dorsed than -four years ago, the
organization Of the movement Is
much better and the enthusiasm OF
the supporters Of the movement is
as great as ever
MI Roosevelt undoubtedly real
lied the extent and importance Of
the third party sentiment and
when he was defeated for the Re
publican nomination at Chicago he
AT once Offered himself as the
leader Of this third party move
ment He was gladly accepted as
the leader on account of his Wig
orous personality and because Of
the strength Of his following IN
the radical wing of the Republican
party. also because the import
ance Of the third party movement
would be greatly increased under
the leadership of man who had
twice been president of the United
States.
Mr. Roosevelt adopted in their
entirety the principles which the
third party advanced and subtract
ed little or nothing from the ma
uonai platform OF the lndepeud-
ence party adopted at Chicago in
1908
The advocates OF this third
party movement are enthuIasts.
They believe absolutely in the ne
cessity of third party TO free
the country from the corrup. CON
t-o. % both OF lbe Old parties
They believe that botn OF the OLD
parties ere in the grip Of the priv
ileeed interests. and that the
straus enold of the specia I'M
terests can not be broken They
also believe that there is no desire
on the part OF ths leaders Of the
90 parties lo terminate this as
ISOLATION WITH the privileged in
t-rests as il Is q profitable sssucia-
ton and enables these TO secure
large campaign contributions. as
has been shown in the Standard
OIL letters and SO TO finance and
operate their machine and party
OrEa nIzauous
The third party supporters be-
1eye arden,y 100 their program.
tine main purpose OF which is 70