Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-08-29

split seems to be coming in New
Jersey.
A dissension which began at the
Chicago convention at which the
party was formed has now grown
until the difference between the
two factions seem irreconciIable.
The radicals. led by Pinchot, Re-
cord, Heney and Merriam will 20
n way. The other wing headed
by Roosevelt, and including George
" Perkins, Bill Finn. the Pitts
burg boss, Dan Hanna. of Cleva-
land, Frank A Munsey and others
will &c in the opposite direction,
possibly back TO the Republican
fold. Such are the signs.
II is known now to be the DELHI
crate purpose If the radical wing
to provoke this split bv CARRYING
to the next national convention Of
the party the astonishing platform
on which the Pinchot candidate is
running for the progressive nomi-
nation for governor OF New Jer-
sey. 1t is believed that this plat
form if adopted will drive the
Roosevelt faction out of the party.
The issue is seen in New Jersey,
where the Progressive primaries &C.
cur on September 8. The radicals
have put up as their candidate Ed.
mund Burke Osborne. a wealthy
manufacturer Of calendars, a form
er Iowa school teacher who became
rich by developing his own inven-
ton of a color printing process.
The Roosevelt faction is behind
Everret Colby, a millionaire law
yer.
The platform on which Osborne
is running is something more than
a platform. II is a doctrine,
a philosophy and b revolutionary
philosophy at that. Only one other
party, the Socialist party. has a re-
evolutionary philosophy for righting
economic wrongs.
The Pincbot philosophy grew out
Of a number of conferences in New
York last spring. Its evolution
shows the value of such a party
revolt as split the Republicans last
year. That revolt set thousands
Of honest men thinking about con-
ditions for the first time in their
lives. Pinchot. Hen0y. Merriam and
the others began getting together
in New York last spring. They
began thinking about the millen-
mum. the fundamental reforms
needed to secure absolute equality
of opportunity.
The Roosevelt people are not in
vited into these conferences. The
split between the factions had
occurred over the trust plank in
the Progressive platform. The
radicals believed the trnst plank
was written by George W Perkins,
partner in the Morgan firm. That
plank declared for regulation Of
trusts instead Of dissolution. The
Pinchot element was in favor Of
dissolution.
A millennium based on the Roose-
welt idea would be socialism. The
Pinchot view would lead TO the OPP
posite extreme. complete individ-
ualism, the ideal state Of anarchy,
in the philosophical sense of the
word.
Having the individualistic belief,
the Pinchot group got down to
fundamentals az a starting poiLt
for thought. What. in the last
analysis, causes the economic evils
Of today? Private monopoly, they
decided. And why can private
monopoly exist? Because special
privileges exists.
Therefore. runs their syllogism
destroy privilege and you destroy
monopoly restoring fair competition
and freedom Of opportunity.
But what are special privilegesI
asked these political thinkers in
their conferences. Their analytical
minds got busy. For weeks they
cstalogued special privileges and
they found that all Of them could
be reduced to five forms. In fact,
this Is an axiom in the new doc
trine; There are five forms Of
special privileges and no Other
forms.