Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-13
Progressive Politics Every Day?

n operation in any part of the world.
Progressive Politics Every Day?
1t has already been announced
that the Progressives, in this
State, will raise new doodle
fund" and will continue to bonn
bard the unprotected and defense
less citizens with political appeals
more or less steadily during the
next six months, preceding the
campaign of 1914. That is the
privilege of the third party. So
long as the money holds out the
Progressive party will remain in
the field There can be little
question as to that. The profess
sional politicians who now have
such a tight grip on the party
machinery will never desert the
Progressive party 50 long as the
shower of blessings continues.
The Question is, however,
whether the voters will remain In
a party which, at present, Is
nothing more than spite par
tv." The Progressive party
stands for not one important
thing which is not represented in
either of the older parties. 1t is
in existence mainly for the pur-
pose of keeping the Democratic
party in power. If Massachu-
sets is Republican state, 1t Is
certain that sooner or later the
voters will refuse to Continue the
Democratic party in power, and
it is equally certain that the Re-
publicans, in Massachusetts, out
number the Progressives by 8at
least so per cent, and probably by
100 per cent. -,
The vote on the head OF the
ticket did not show this, 1t Is
true, but that it is known 10 NC
dne to the fact that Congressman
Gardner. by refusing to accept the
party platform, and by Insisting
ON his policy of alternating the
Republican organization, oilehu-
ed tens of thousands OF Hepuoii-
cans. who were quite willing 10
support the rest of the ticket, ana
. Some of these offended voters
Eere willing to vote for Mr., Bro
pr Nennhasize their sense of pro-
II An analysis of the final re-
q Indicates that the NUMBER
rebellious Republicans
u ABOUT Mss 600. That is to say,
q not ot vote lot spublicans s.n who %o ala
voted for Cox ntain Gardner,
the Republican Goetting. If
Il year should be acceldidate next
G al Republican, these N.as 10y
will presumably suppol, voters
Boston Advertiser. Njm.-
Not drop of Progressive co..
can be squeezed from the recent q
tions. In every spot where the 1
party made any show of holding
own is now in plain view the ca
or such disgraceful result as
election of Sulzer. Any possible an
ysis of the figures always uncov
the facts, as in Massachusetts. 7
bluff at Bull Moose rejoicing, TO
no one, not even their own most Il
al and longing to- e-fooled adh
ents. The new party has fizzled p
| fully, and is painfully conscious
its only ccomplishmcnt-the furth,
| ing, in every instance, of Democra
| ends which the new party preten
are its especial horror. In the II
tion, in various states, in hundreds
municipalities, the benefits" of {
righteous indignation of "Progre
sives," are seen in the control of
minority party pledged to the opp
site Of the principles of Republican
ism and the claims of those who S
out to reform the worldly denunci;
ton and base political trickery.
AS long as the doodle dupes no
out, il is evident that the Armaget
donite pushers of high purpose wi
go on inhaming the people again'
the 'rottenness of the old system"
and continue to demonstrate MOI
perfidious methods than ever eve
charged by them against the rotten
old parties. That very hypocrisy de
crees a short life and besmirched his
tory for the new party of revenge
spite and bitterness. This propose
political pot boiling as a steady die
will soon cause the public indigestion
called disgust. The party will be
bore
The whole purpose of the new
party and secret of it's rapid decline
is SO plain as to insure happy inter
ment without fiowers-"you wert
good enough for us until you would
hot let us run things, and then we
wpt out to get you"
III new Stau,t1 hook with u tWoS anf