New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-10


Yesterday the suggestion Of Frank A.
Munsey. proprietor of The New horN
| Press" that there be an amalgamaton Oh
the Republican and Progressive parties
through the medium Of holding COM
pany.
! Resuming again his use of the words
.'theft." fraud" and "swindling,' the
colonel went back to the Republican Ma
tional Convention. He pointed out that on
Election Day he got more votes than
President Taft in many OF the states
where delegates were contested. He de-
| ella red II was idle 20 discuss getting to-
eether with the Republicans until the
managers Of the party learned that such
methods" were not the ones to use IN
achieving a triumph Of the permanenee
| Of Republican institutions
The quoted words were from the speech
OF President Taft on Saturday, who de-
clared that the result of the Chicago con-
vention was such a triumph.
The colonel said there was no more
reason for getting together with the Re
publican machine than with the Demo
cratic machine His statement in full
was as follows:
i am simply speaking as one OF the men
In the ranks OF the Progressive party:
Personally, / strongly feel that we should
no more enter into a combination with
the Republican machine than with the
Democratic machine. | firmly believe that
all good ProgressIves who may happen
yet 10 adhere to either the Republican
party or the Democratic party, VIII IN the
end see that the chance for honest gov
eminent and for the practical achieve
ment OF social and industrial Justice lies
in the Progressive party, and only In the
Progressive party.
Obligations to Both.
We welcome all honest men who be-
l;eye in our principles. II they come IN
with US they shall have exactly the share
that any other people have OF the party
management. l hold that We are under
the same obligations to eX-Democrats'
like Judse Lindsey and Don Dickinson,
as 20 any ex-Republicans.
To my mind. the whole attitude OF those
at present responsible for the leadership
and management OF the Republican party
shows that II would be folly 10 try TO
combine with them
Last Saturday MI. Taft stated in his
speech that the result Of the ChlcaSo
convention was a triumph for the petna-
hence OF Republican institutions. TINS
is equivalent to the statement that the
permanence Of Republican institutions
depends upon the success of bareiac d
political theft and fraud engineered by
men of the type OF Mr.. Barnes ana MI.
Penrose in the interests Of the perpetual
ton OF bossism in politics and privilege
in business.
The Republican convention OF last June
was deliberately stolen from the Ee0pie
by the bosses on behalf of the privileged
interests Part OF the triumph OF which
Mr.. Taft speaks was in seating TAFT dele
gates from the 9Th District Of Alabama.
When the people had the chance to vote
in November that district gave us 2,S,
votes and President Taft l,S2O.
Another part Of the triumph was
seating six delegates for Mr. TAFT from
Arizona. Arizona gave us 1900 votes ana
Mr. Taft got 300. ne running fourth IN
the state, even behind the socialists. An
other part of the triumph Was Ia seat
ing four Taft delegates-at-large from md
lana. and two from the Marion County
Congress District. Whether Indiana went
for or against Mr. Taft depended upon
the vote in Marion County At the No.
Vember election he received l11c votes
in that county, and l received 1893.