The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-02
1T Is WAR TO THE DEATH
ON REPUBLICAN PARTY
ProSrcasivcs Propose to Put Full
Tickets In Field In North
ern States.
wos;D COMES FROM COLONEL
He Cables Perkins That He Soon VIII
Disclose His Plans for Coming Cam
pnign.

Chicago, May 1.-The national ex-
ecutive committee of the Progressive
Party, in session at the Hotel La Sale
decreed that no quarter should be
shown to the Republican party so
long as II was dominated by it's pres
ent leaders. TO this end it was decided
by unanimous vote to place full
state tickets in practically all of the
Northern States this year and to centre
The tire on Kansas, Illinois and Penn
| sNlvania. with the hope of electing
three United states Senators from these
States.
Even Wisconsin is to hear the roar
OF the Moose artillery this summer. a
fun state ticket is to be placed in the
hcld there, and Senator La Toilette Ia
10 be met III hand-to hand coniii>t
cahleEram was sent To Theodore
ROOSEVELT at Manaos. Brazil, congrat-
ulating him on his return to civiliza-
ton and incidentally urging him to
return at once to the lighting force"
George w. Perkins said he had ~
ceiVed purely personal cablegram
from Colonel Roosevelt. II said that
within a few days the Colonel would
make known what his future pluns
were to be: that he was in cable touch
with his family in New York. and
would decide whether he was coming
homo or going further to explore wa
terways in South America. AIR. Per
kins said he preferred not to give the
exact text of the message
II was said that next fail Colonel
Roosevelt would buckle on the armor
and take the field in the Northern
states wherever the lighting was
thickest ana toughest. lie will pay
particular attention to Illinois. Penn
sylvania and Kansas. speaking for Gift
ford Pmchot in Pennsylvania; Victor
Murdoch in Kansas. and the candidate
to he nominated for the United States
senate in Illinois.
MIR. Perkins, as chairman or the ma
tionai executive committee, said il was
not, in tho power of the Progressive
leaders to amalgamate the party with
the Republican party so long as the
old organization was dominated BY its
present leaders
There can he no amalgamation OF
these two forces so long as pcnrosc
iiarnca, Cannon and such men dominate
the republican party" said Mr.. Perl; ms
our fight Is not with the rank and file
of Republican hundreds OF thousands
OF these men are progressive and want
10 DO the right thing for the country
IL is utterly impossible for them to do
th!S with the present forces in control
or thc!r party. In all parties the rank
ana hle arc progressively inclined. 1t
I - 'N''S' W NV IN the way.
we propose. therefore, To go ahead
win inns fight. II matters not To us
whether we put men in Office. /, Is a
prihciple that is 1t stake Tho nriuci-
PIE Is decent and stable government and
government, responsive to the people
VINO constitute the sovereign power.
L am thoroughly of the belief thai
We should go into every Northern
H oe, ana place full ticket in the
! neid. we Will do that. l am certain.
In every state where there has been
talk of amalgamation II has n,ttencd
out. The people viii not stand for su,b
movement until the Republican PARTY
purGcS itself Of its present leaders
such as Pen 'osc and Barnes"
Mr.. Perkins was asked what h.
thought OF the idea OF Mr.. Rooscvclt's
st@kins the Republican nomination
in 1915
How could he do that successfully
unless the presidential primary laws
were extended to most of the StatrsoS
he replied. What would ston tho
present leaders OF the Republicon
party from duplicating their act OF
/ l"l2? There is but one man they couId
nominate; that would be Mr.. Taft. They
SAID In 1912 that he was the one man.
meg Said he stood for the principles
lhey ana. Principles don't chang
Ihey would have TO nominate him
again The Republican party and the
progressive party stand far apart
} II Is useless TO talk of condemnation
! so long rs the present Spokesman for
/ the Republican party are In control"
! The following cablcgram was sent
To Colonel Roosevelt at Manaos:
Central Western State chairmen.
! meeting with The executive commit
J tee here to-day, rejoice AT your safe
arrival Our organizations are stronger
in the faith than ever before and hail
your return 10 our fighting force"
| o. Is. Davis, secretary of the national
committee of the Moose forces. said
the talk in New York was Roosevelt
for Governor" When asked what the
Coionefs friends thought of the idea,
| Mr. Davis said:
None OF us has taken n stand; W.
do not know but this is another sug-
gestion from our friends, the Repub-
| leans"