The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-13
THE new PARTY.
CONTINUED from PsEe One,

reSentativeS here Assem- bled today
fully justif1es the statement that there
is no doubt whatever but that the
Progressive party in Kansas will nom
mate candidates for governor, United
States senator, congressman in every
district and a complete list of state,
county and township officers in 1914.
We are therefore of the opinion that
ticipate in the proposed harmony
meeting called for June in Topeka
by the stand-pat Republicans.
In view of the fact that the Pro-
gressiye party has popularized and
strongly advocated woman suffrage,
this committee would respectfully urge
the women of Kansas to study the
high principles, aims. work and inten-
ton of the Progressive party and par
ticipate with US in the first state wide
campaign.
1.-THE principles upon which We di-
vide are as follows: The invisible stand
pat bosses and those at present inf1u-
enced to act with them who are now
cunningly Scheming to destroy the Pro-
gressive party through a proposed har-
mony deal, have a political record both
in Kansas and in the nation that does
not entitle them to public confidence
and does not in any way warrant the
Progressive voters of Kansas in placing
any dependence whatever in their po-
litical pledges, good faith, or fair prom
mony deal.
I'm 1908 the Progressive Republicans
forced the nomination of President
Taft for the express purpose of carry
ing out the Roosevelt progressive poll
cies. The convention that year pledged
downward revision of the tariff abso-
lutte control of the trusts and monopo-
lies and a general progressive program.
President Taft waged and won that
campaign in favor of those issues. We
still stand upon the platform upon which
President Roosevelt was nominated
After the election the reactionary
Republicans who at that time were in
control of congress also secured con-
troll of the Taft cabinet and admins
tration and proceeded to repudiate the
national Republican platform made in
good faith and to nullify the cam
paign pledges made by President Tart.
-Four years later in 1912, the pro-
gressive Republicans elected a SUBJ
stantial majority of all the delegates
to the national Republican convention
at Chicago. The progressive Republl-
can candidate received majority OF
approximately 1000, 900 votes in the prl-
mary campaign. The standpat bosses
who had for four years trampled under
foot the wishes of the majority of their
party, were still in control of the ma
tional Republican committee, and
through arbitrary, unlawful and high
handed methods, again defrauded the
progressive Republicans of a well earn
ed victory and again nullified and re-
pudiated the will of a vast majority OF
Republican voters.
THE public condemnation admins
tered to these standpat Republican
bosses last November. for their political
perfidy is without parallel in the his
tory of the nation.
In Kansas the reactionary Repub-
hncCnr n -ir,rx fIan CT Tar
have openly and persistently fought
and lobbied against the enactment of
all reform measures in the legislature
that had been solemnly promised In
Republican party platforms and pub
licly pledged in Republican cam
paigns. Nothing could be more ridi-
culous at this time than for the stand
pat Republicans to attempt to take
any credit whatever for the splendid
legislation and policies
that have been given to the people of
Kansas in spite of the reactionary op-
position.
I'm 1910 the stand patters bolted
the head of the Republican state tick
ct in Kansas after their candidate for
governor had been defeated in a state
wide primary by 10000 majority.
Notwithstanding the overwhelm-
ing majorities received by the Progress
sive candidates in the August 1912,
primary the stand pat Republican
bosses organized campaign commit
tee. publicly bolted every Progressive
on the state and congressional and
legislative tickets in November and
sent standpat Republican speakers
all over the state advocating the cleo
ton of the Democratic state ticket.
.It was an admitted fact during
the campaign that the stand pat Re-
publicans had framed an alliance
with the Democrats, which had for
its principal purpose the defeat of the
candidates on the state
and congressional tickets. AS a re-
suit of this alliance the stand pat Re-
publicans have received substantial
division of the best offices in the
state from a Democratic adm1n1stra-
ton.
There is no common political
ground on which the progressive and
stand patter can stand. One is essen
TALLY the liberal, the other the con-
sentative They seek different ends
in politics and government. The pre-
tense of one to have adopted the
view of the other, for the purpose
Of soliciting the votes of his fellow
cannot be justified. 1t ex-
poses him to the charge of insfncer1ty
and political dishonesty, and. newt
ably tends to degrade the character of
both in public estimation. Each
should follow his own highway under
colors which are unmistakable. The
should not ask votes to en-
a BILE the conservative to formulate
laws or effect a public policy. Such
conduct is inconsistent with clean
politics, and needs only to be stated
to be condemned.
why, therefore, should any Pro-
gressive in Kansas or in the nation /
place any confidence whatever in
these men who have violated every
political pledge and every promise
that it was to their advantage to re-
pudiate. and who have persistently
fought against progressive ideas and
who have been the dispensers of cor
poration slush funds in our state and
nation to betray the people?"