Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
PROGRESSIVE TIDE
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Losses and Gains to Cause Of
New Party About Balance
Each Other.
WANING IN MANY PLACES
INFLUENCE OF ROOSEVELT
Name Has Little or No Efect-Hard
Coal Regions and "Commuter
Counties Falling Away.

Special Dispatch to The Star
! PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April 1o.-The
Press tomorrow publishes a review of the
| series of articles which have appeared
daily since last Sunday dealing with the
present height of the progressive tide in
pennsylvania The articles have dealt
| win the state in six sections and have
oeeh founded upon reports made by cor
respondents of the Press in the various
political fields Acting under instructions
that they should be impartial and accu-
rate, they have carefully surveyed the
Held of politics. and have given state-
ihents without bias and absolutely with
out color
recapitulation of the six articles
winch have already been presented tends
10 snow that the tide of the progressivism
IN pennsylvania is motionless Where
IN IN some instances, it seems to be ebbing,
IN others 1t is swelling. Weighed on the
scale OF impartialty, the progressive de-
crease would appear to balance.
Roosevelt Influence Waning.
IN some instances the personality of
Mr.. Roosevelt, which attracted MANY
| votes Tor the bull moose candidates last
iall' seems to be waning Although there
are cases where there is decline in en-
thuSlasm, considering the progress of the
new party, some sections claim that the
name OF the colonel has little or no
effect upon the cause
Less pronounced, but as fully realizad
progresslvism in the hard coal regions of
pennsylvania is waning. as in the com
muter counties" The mining district
Is composed of Lacka wanna Luzerne,
Pike, Schuylkill. northumberland, Carbon,
Sullivan, Wyoming, Columbia, Montour.
Monroe, Wayne and Northampton coun-
| The main brake to the acceleration of
the cause in that district can easily be
attributed to Indifference Where the
party. is forging rapidly ahead in some
enthusiasm among it's leaders and men,
bers, In the hard coal district the cause
| Is dying a suicidal death
The life of the party is ebbing, while
ITS leaders are assuming an air of in
difference. The general opinion is tina t
| the cause has now burned too low to be
| revived. Former converts from the repub-
| lican forces. realizing this, are steadily
i retrea ting to their original camps and
| the hope of the progressive is dark.
Light of Personality Dimmed.
Nor is Mr.. Roosevelt SO popular in that
section of the state. The light of his per-
sonality has dimmed simultaneously with
the flame of his cause. and political lead
ers say that the coming election will find
progrcssivism i'm the coal-mining regions
but a memory.
All hope for a progressive victory in
the northwestern counties has been given
up. These counties are Mexican Elk,
Jefferson. Clarion Forest Warren, flaw
| renee. Fenango. Mercer, Crawford and
Erie Roosevelt, at one time popular. is
now regarded as an ALSO ran," an en-
| thusiasm for him is almost extinct
| Thus. a general review of the articles
published last week shows conclusively
| that progressivism in this state is wan
ing; that Rooseveits popularity is stead
| lily diminishing. and that the general
tendency of the political trend is toward
| the republican fence.