Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-07-30
STANDPATIREPUBuCANS DISSIPATION. STRENGTHENS PROGRESSIVE PARTY.

o "The refusal Of the Progres- O sives of the state to join forces ( o or get together with any party ( o simply for the purpose of getting ( o into office has attracted no little ( o amount of attention and has won ( admiration on the part of many C o who were previously indifferent c c or who thought that the party ( o was merely temporary estrarige- ( o ment from the ranks of the Re < 0 publican party, and it has been Q o the cause of a number of addi- ( o tions to Progressive forces of ( o the state" said a prominent Pro- o o gressiye yesterday. ( OOCOO OOOOO OOOOO o Q
 The efforts of Hon. J. Alonza Hub bell and MT. Joe Morrison to unite the Arizona Progressive and Republi- can parties to date has apparently re- suited in several ways.
 The first effect was to more firmly cement the bonds between the real Progressives, and just as might have been expected, stand-pat Republicans have not endorsed the compromise as proposed by their henchmen; very likely because the Progressiyes thru out the state have steadfastly refused any compromise.
 Had the Progressives accepted the compromise no doubt all would have been serene with the Republicans.
 From all sections comes the sa word: ProgressiVes are organizing and adding converts; while from the Republican sources the Examiner now learns that the small fragment of dis appointed standpatters, embittered at the Progressives. are totally dis organized and have little to say-how- ever, there is an exception.
 The Examiner is advised that at No gales, Allen T. Bird, the pioneer edi- tor of the Weekly Oasis for many years an administration Republican paper and staunch supporter of Pres ident Roosevelt so long as Roosevelt was president, now deserts the minori- ty in Arizona politics and goes oyer to the Democratic party where, every one knows, the picking is better.
 Col. Bird is dyed-in-the wool stand. pat Republican of long standing, and will be just as happy and contentedI in his new sphere of influencel as snowfall in the internal regions; I and, instead of killing off the Pro party, as he apparently hopes, the Progressive ranks will be supple | mented by many good Republicans who will hesitate before following Col. | Bird over into the enemies trenches and. in addition, by lot of independ- ent Democrats and the political align ment will result as it should.
 Standpatter Democrats and RepuDli- | cans under one banner and Progress sives of all faiths under the flag of progress and prosperity!
 Col. Bird, to make his conversion more plausible. says that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat, anyway, be cause he believed in government of the people, by the people and for the people-the very thing the Progress sives are standing for, first, last, and all the time.
 We should worry" at the perform ances of standpatters like Col. Bird | say Progressives. One million of his kind voted for Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat, last year, and if they con tinue to do so it matters not.
 Men like Col. Bird will bitterly con- iemn Theodore Roosevelt and the Pro gressives and vote the Democratic ticket. And why not? Such attacks but strengthen the Progressives, nu- nerically, and adds enthusiasm within their ranks.
 Arizona Progressives will stand like Hint for right principles. whether they gain office or not.