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harmony arrangement can be worked
out it will give these candidates a
good talking point. They will natur-
ally preach it early and late. because
of self interest in getting as many
votes as possible and alike because of
their wishes for reunited party.
Progressive Republicans have been
especially anxious to further the har>
mony movement, as has been quite
generally pointed out. This means
very largely that group of Western
Republicans, who were pioneers in
dissenting and who chiefly dwell in
the Mississippi valley. During the
campaign last year they Vacillated
between Taft and Roosevelt and were
unwilling to support either. A type
of this Western Progressive Republ-
can is Senator Cummins, who it will
be borne in mind, comes up for re-
election next year. Senator La
Toilette is of the same type of Re-
publican but Senator LaFollette has
been taking a less active part in the
recent efforts to reorganize and har-
monize He does not have to, for
the Wisconsin senator has four years
yet to serve on his term.
Here and there the Progressives,
under Col. Roosevelt's lead have OPP
portunity to make a test of strength
and they proceed to it aggressively.
For example there has just been
mayoralty primary in Indianapolis
and the Progressive party had candi-
dates running who made tolerable
showing. They have carried their
propaganda not only into national
politics but into state politics and
more recently into municipal politics
There We're Progressive candidates in
the Chicago municipal voting of some
i weeks ago
| The actual test of Progressive
strength will probably develop in two
state campaigns this autumn. These
are New Jersey and Massachusetts.
i The elections will be purely state but
; Progressves have militant organize
! tions-in both commemorative, and
promise to have complete tickets
! nominated-for governor and members
of the legislature. Massachusetts
| elects a governor annually and the
contest there is always spirited. II
will be doubly so this year because of
tariff complications, that work to
Democratic disadvantage and because
of the popular interest In the size or
! the Bull Moose vote. At special
/ Congressional election few weeks
ago in Massachusetts the Bull Moosers
We're third but sufficiently numerous
to split the Republican vote wide open
and make the Democratic candidate an
easy winner.
There has been some talk In Massa-
| chusetts Of getting a combination
ticket this autumn, nominating Re-
publican for governor and Progress,
sive for lieutenant governor This
proposition for peace has been strong
ly combatted, however, and 1t is
doubtful whether any such agreement
can be reached. There Is a strong de-
mand from Massachusetts Republicans
for get together policy and they
are much in sympathy with efforts ut
Washington for a national convention.
But grave doubts exist whether the
Bull Moose leaders In Massachusetts,
will assent to any harmony program.
They want to nominate their own men
and to try their own strength, claim
ing apparently without any founda-
| ton, that in a straightway. state wide
fight they can poll more votes. than the
Republicans.
Over In New Jersey they elect a
governor every three years, the only
state In the Union that has q three