The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-17
PROGRESSIVE USES
SHORT AND UGLY
WORD TO TAFT
National Organizer at Wyom-
ing Meet Vehemently De-
nies Charge of Seeking Soc
ialistio Democracy.
EX-PRESIDENT Is A
DEMAG0GUE, CHARGE
Lny Leaseh w1rr 10 IsyenIne ncraId. ]

~ AANNHN+A WV w haNNAhhk AANaAAtAsl
Casper, Wyo, 'eb. iG.--"Tho cam
paign OF misrepresentation by tho
Republican leaders mcrrliy contin-
uos" declared william H. Cadmus
national organizer addressing en-"
conference of Wyoming proFrcssives
here "'rhey are taking FUN advan-
tage Of tn" fact that they have the
press ana the Progressives have not
Instead of changing their principles
10 meet the popular demand OF the
times. Republican leaders prefer 10
deceive themselves into thinking they
can deceive the people by false news
concerning fusions. by misropresent-
alton OF Progressive principles, by
impunning the sincerity OF Progress
siVe leaders"
MIR Cadmus cited the article by
Former President william u. Tait
In the current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post as case In point and
continued.
lie charges the Progrossives With
trying 90 create Socialists Dcmoc-
racy' when Our purpose il TO create
o social Democracy. With artistic
misrepresentation he charges us with
attracting to our party malcontents
who want TO take from those who
have and give TO those who have not;
to rodistribute the property of the
country. what a lic'
I'm the past eight months I have
spoken to thousands OF proEressivcs
in thirty states and have not met
a man who advocated such anarchy.
To his recreanry la not keeping sol
emn pledges upon which he was
elected in 1908 to his egotism and
stubbornness In demanding IN 1912.
denomination which his record did
not merit MIR. Tan now adds such
statements. the deliberate act 81 q
demasogue.
"Our party does advocate new
measures of social and Industrial
iustice. now actual laws throughout
much Of Europe and progressive isl
ands Ike New Zealand and Austria
liza: measures already used hy many
Industrial cooperative concerns IN
America without impairment Of
their profits and with immense In
crease Of mutual good Will II Il
anarchy for the Western Union to
pension It's aged empioyesy Neither
TX Il anarchy for a political party by
some sane method adapted TO AM
erican conditions 20 pension aged
workingmen. To secure MIN from the
mlsfurtuncs Of accident or unempioy-
ment. Nor IS 1t anarchy 20 prohibit
child labor or the discrimination
against sex. either IN industry or at
the ballot Because we advocate
sane human Justice to charge us with
anarchistlc assaults against the in
tegrily of property and the security
Of society would be cheap demagog-
cry in har loafcr let alone q
former president or the Unlted
States.
but Mr.. TAFT in these false state
menis represents In yiruleni form
the disease of his party. lt is the
eternal fight of privilege against pro-
grcss Wyoming knows whereof !
speak The Republicans of your
last legislature fought Governor Ca
rey and his progressive measures al
every turn of the road. Had Il not
been for Democratic support the
feet Of your governor would have
been hobhlcd and your state would
have made no progress. Led by
Senator Warren the Republican par
IS OF wyoming is hopelessly roac-
tionary II does not even put up the
cheap pretonso Of being progressive
Just as Senator Warren's vast hold
lings of grazing land are used 20 keen
back the small settler. and the in-
crease 81 your population are 50 held
THAT YOU are denied proper roads by
which you can get out ~ your cities,
/ 80 the conservative Republican party
In lis national policy would increase
the vast holdings Of a few. and would
stop the roads hy which tho Amcri-
lcan multitudes may roach tho free
| fields of common Justice and lie"