The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-10
COLONEL OPPOSES
MERGER WITH
REPUBLICANS
Progressive Leader Looks for
Future Growth
CHICAGO THEFT CONDEMNED
Roosevelt Takes Exception to Recent
Speech by Taft Concerning
Chicago Convention.

New York. Jan. 10.-Theodore
Roosevelt replied yesterday to a pro-
posal advanced by Frank A. Munsey
Wednesday to bring the progressive
and the republican parties together
He said: 81 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 re
publican machine than with the demo
cratic machine. | firmly believe that
all good progressives who may hap
pen yet to adhere to either the repuD
lican party or the democratic party
will in the end see that the chance
forshonest government and for the
practical achievement of social and
industrial justice lies in the progress
siye party and only IN the progressive
party,
I'VE welcome all honest men who
believe in our principles. If they
come in with us they shall have ex-
actly the share that any other people
have of the party management. |
hold that we are under the same OBJ
legations to ex-democrats, like Judge
Lindsey and Don Dickinson. as to
any ex-republicans. To my mind the
whole attitude of those at present re-
sponsible for the leadership and man
agement of the republican party
shows that it would be a folly to try
to combine with them
Mr.. Roosevelt referred to a recent
speech by President Taft, in which
he said the result of the Chicago
convention was triumph for The
permanence of republican institu-
lions" Mr.. Roosevelt then reviewed
the elections in Arizona, Michigan,
Indiana, Washington. California and
some other states where the progress
ed The 'triupmh for the perman-
ence of republican institutions of
which Mr. Taft speaks was the tri-
umph OF fraud and theft, and it was
rebuked by the figures ] have given
above in the various districts in
which 1t was perpetrated.
Until the managers of the republi-
can party learn that theft and fraud
and swindling the people and lmpOs
| ing the will of the bosses, when taey
| declare by a twoto-one majority al
the primaries in the reverse way, is
not the method in which to achieve
/ the triumph of the permanence of re
publican institutions, il is Idle to ais
cuss getting together with them
! Elsewhere in his statement Mir
Roosevelt asserted that the republic
cans had shown that under the pres
ent management Of the party they
! cannot be trusted not to cheat, not tC
| swindle."
Moreover, the doctrine of the pres
ent republican managers about the
courts is just at present being prac
tically applied in Idaho. The court:
of Idaho are acting along the line:
| that Mr. Taft, Mr. Barnes and the
other republican leaders uphold anC
defend the progressives take tbs
same view of the Idaho case tina
Abraham Lincoln took of the Drec
Scott case. We take the same view
of justice that Lincoln took, and o
! the rights of the people to be mast
| ers of the constitution. of the court!
and of the Congress that Lincoln
took"
In conclusion Mr.. Roosevelt said
IAN honest men who believe in thes,
principles, both as regards those Sc
forth in the platform and those il
accordance with whcih we manag,
the party. will be welcomed into on
ranks. We will treat them on an en-
tire equality with ourselves, and vii
work hand in hand and shoulder t,
shoulder with them for the better
ment OF the social, industrial and pc
litical conditions of this great ia
ton