The evening world., 1913-06-17

tlonary principles 10 not made Accept
able 10 " merely BY . willingness 4
stop talking. until after. election. abou
his views and likewise temporarily stoy
attacking ours. Only real progressive
should be put on guard. no matter VIVA
their party.
TIE 1ro6rsssivs party Win act, n
NJ 0D(a1sns sect 70 bring ateus the
neninssea % Progressive for Mayer,
xA1e 10 noeAa11y . 0snoseano city,
sass = ~ ninss1tS yassv, tAs vetlnS
ssrsaetA q he 1eDablisaa jarty q
san lees. vnAss I'll slfsanssaness tAs
nenaaataen Of . progressive Demo.
esssas Mayor would, other tAines bsins
seuea. seen 70 - the Dars Of political
w1sAsm.
Inres prime regulates for the Mayor.
aity nomination by the Progressivss are
then outlined BY Mr.. Bird. a. follows:
MAN MUST NAVE SHOWN Dusi
hess-Likg ADMINISTRATION.
First. the candidate for Mayor and
Tor the other places on the Board OF
estimate must be men Of demonstrated
ntness for municipal administration.
They must have proved their ability to
cope with the dlnicuit problems Of city
management. city finance and city De.
velopment. No citizen IN his private
business AFFAIRS would commit the folly
OF entristing Administrative tasks Of
such magnitude to . man without great
experience In each Of these particular
lines. y
re b not enough that . maa nay
Asve shown integrity aaA ahliity % Q
is6nsaeter. popularity ~ a. afssr-
eanAee speaker. sim - Q lawyer, or
ospAsaty ~ . prosecuting eAess. 4
city whose annual tuaest aptsozimasss
seeo.ooo.ooo . yeae weNla bs foolish
not - reluafs tkat ~ mayer BE- Q man
Of 1snoAstratsa abllity aaA tAoroush
sxpss1snes n Susinsss-iik sAnai,istrs.
s1ea.
"second-Ths Prosressives will. I b.
lisve. refuse to Join In. nominating any
machine politician or ny man prorni.
nently identified with any National no
iitical party ma inc.
"Third-The Progressive party will 70.
fuse to Join In nominating anv candi.
date OF reactionary and retrogressiv.
Views upon municipal affairs. We are
~ much oppoAsd to III mossback a. to
the mountsbank In politics. and We shall
not poin In nominating either. Tho Pro-
gressive party Is party Of constructive
liberalism. and Its leaders cannot do
otherwise han insist that its candidates
must b honestly and wholeh sartedly IN
sympathy with the progressive spirit in
municipal AFFAIR.""
BIG AND LITTLE eos9Es GET A
REAL BULL MOOSE RAP.
Concluding the statement, Mr.. Bird
states that the time has come for the
cooperation OF all anti-machins and
liberal voters Of New York against
the politicians who seek Q meaningless
campaign. He nres this parting salute
at the big and little bosses whom the
Chief Bull Moose. T. R. loves to lash
20 heartily:
III the Citissns' Municipal Committee
makes clear that Il 10 ready to lead q
really worthwhile campaign to admin
lister here decisive lasting defeat to the
old.tians bosses who now stand with
their backs to the wall In Albany. every
resource Of the Progressive party In this
county will be enlisted In such night.
when financial reactionaries Join
hands with political reactionaries to die
tate the Democratic and Republican
nominations. Il 10 time for all anti-ma.
chine voters 70 rally under . common
standard-the Citisens' Committee. II
possible. but the Progressive party. II
need be-to defeat the odious bipartisan
ship which 10 proposing to extend It's Al
bany rule OF action to New York City"