Evening journal., 1913-05-28
WEDNESDAY. MAY. %. 1918
NO VIOLATION .OF rHE LAW.

THAT small cabal Of jaundice-eyed and disemper-
smitten local politicians that styles itself the
Bull Moose Progressive party is in this city cam
paign because OF intense hatred OF the Republican
party intenser hatred OF the National Progressive
party and revengeful desire to turn the control
OF Wilmington over to the Democrats.
1t is pursuing in this campaign the same policy it
pursued in the last National and State campaign.
and with infinitely less for doing IT, because no
National or State issues involved in the munich
pal fight now in progress.
The attack made by the Bull Moose Progressive
caha the validity Of the National Progressive ticket
shows the extremes TO which the oaba will 20 In its
quest for revenge its desire to aid the Democratic
machine 1t is foolish attack based upon no sub
stantal foundation. II constitutes however cumula-
tive and rreutabe evidence OF the desire Of the caba
TO aid the Democrats and TO iniure only the Re
pubcans but also the real Progressive organization
in Delaware.
The National Progressive ticket is on the official
ballot II is going TO stay there The contention Of
the Bull Moose Progressive leaders is that it has no
business there because the law provides that not
than party shall hold primaries on any one
day. and that the Joint primaries held by the Repub
licans and the National Progressives and the filing Of
ticket by the National Prosressives constitute vio-
laton Of that law. They have appointed committee
TO Initiate legal proceedings the ieda being TO have
the National Progressive ticket removed from the o-
cia ballot That committee mas been sent on fool 3
errani the strength Of hairtrigger legal advice
and half-baked information.
II such proceedings be instituted by the Bull Moose
Progressive cabal they will OF necessity be directed
against the Department Of Elections The records of
that department quite naturally will he the basis for
the suit Those records show that the only primary
authorized to be held May II and the only primary
held that day that Of the Republican party
AZ made the application for that day. and Il was
granted; it submitted the list OF election officers
and they accepted received the election para
phernalia and supervised the nomination election The
Department Of Elections did not know the National
Progressives in the matter at ALL They merely par
ucpated in the regularly-authorized Republican pri-
maries. Following the holding Of those primaries the
Republicans filed their ticket In accordance with
an agreement made before the primaries the National
Progressive party officials accepted the result Of
the Republican primaries. framed their ticket in meet
ing and then filed It, AS primary nominations by
election convention and meeting all are recognized by
law, IL will be seen at once how foolish is the con-
enton OF the Bull Moosers that the ticket of the Ma
tonal Progressives filed illegally.
It only is necessary to consider the several tickets
on the ballot and the methods of their nomination to
show what is meant The Socialist ticket was nomi
mated at a Sunday meeting; the Bull Moose ticket
at convention; the Republican ticket at a primary
and the National Progressive ticket at meeting fol-
lowing the Republican primary in which many Ma
tonal Progressives had participated.
There is absolutely no official record TO show that
the National Progressyes participated the Republ-
primary. that the National Progressive ticket
was nominated at that primary. On the other hand
the records will show that National Progressive
primaries we're held May H. and that the certih-
cate accompanying the National Progressive ticket
makes mention Of those primaries.
In view OF such conditions, the fight Of the Bull
Moose Progressive cabal against the National Pro
gressiye party is lost before it is begun