The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-01-13
PROGRESSIVE FIRST
IN POLITICAL FIELD
State Third Party Convenes at
Boise
II. j. HORNIBROOk REPRESENTS
TWIN FALLS COUNTY.
Bull MOOsers VIII Place Full State
and County Tickets in the Field for
Campaign.

Mr.. e. j. Hornibrook, who has just
returned from Boise, where he went
to attend conference of the Progress
siye party, brings home word that
ought to cheer the heart of every pro-
gressive in the county.
When interviewed this morning, Mr..
Hornibrook said: The conference was
well attended; delegates were present
from every county in the state and
never saw more enthusiastic or de-
termined lot of men.
An expression of opinion was asked
from those present as to the pros
poets of the progressives in each of
the several counties of the state and
in each instance it was said that there
had been no back-sliding among the
progressive ranks, but that there had
been many gains. More especially was
this true, it was said, since the action
of the Republican National Committee
at Washington, recently, in refusing
to call platform convention for next
July in order that the people might
know just what the Republican party
stood for 1t was said that great num-
bers of the Republican party were af-
filiating with the Progressives be-
cause they did not feel that a party
whose national committee was still
dominated by the Barnes, the Penroses
and the Cranes, and which refused to
declare itself on the great questions of
| the day, any longer merited their faith
and confidence. 1t was the consensus
of opinion of those present at the
meeting that, with those $4,000 voters
who wrote in their names at the last
election, standing firm and with the
great number of new converts, the
Progressive party would sweep the
state and every county next fall.
| The slogan of the party is to be:
| Economy, Efficiency and Retrench-
ment.
BY cutting out unnecessary officials
and making those who are left do eff
cient and economic work and by the
practice of economy in every detail of
the government the Progressive party
promises to reduce the state tax by
half million of dollars. But the Pro-
gressive party is not only pledged to
economy in state affairs. Under our
program it must extend to county and
school affairs, consistent with effici-
ency.
We declared for just and equitable
laboring mems compensation act
Against increasing the supreme court
from three members to five; for a
oged-off-land-bill, which will permit
the farmers of the north to clear their
land by issuing bonds against thell
lands, without expense to the state;
we also declared for the initiative, ref
erendum and recall, including the re-
call of judges, and, what will be o1
interest to this section, particularly
the settlers of the Salmon tract, We
declared unequivically that the state
fulfill it's pledges to the Carey act set
tier and make every project in the
state whole without additional cost ol
burden to the settler; this can be done
and will be done without increasing
the taxes by making the construction
companies fulfill their contracts will
the state.
4 What we did at the meeting. was no
to adopt party platform, we merel,
formulated declaration of principles
which will be placed in the hands 0
every voter in the state, within thu
next few days. Progressive clubs viii
be formed in every county Of the stat
within the next few months. Stat
Chairman Gipson is to devote his en-
tire time to this work and will be a
Twin Falls within three weeks.
AS to speakers, this year we vii
have a plenty. Last year the burdel
fell entirely on our leader, Governo
Martin This year he will have man,
able men of the state to help him
The greatest tribute to the cause o
Progressivism, in the mind of our ma
! tional committee, was the 26,000 mel
and women who braved the slush ant
rain, at last years election, to write il
the names of the Progressive electors
the committees appreciation will b.
shown, and Roosevelt, Beveridge, Gov
J ernor Johnson and others will be will
us in this campaign. Oh! you may de
pend upon it, that this will be an earn
est and thorough campaign.
| am not liberty to discuss name
at this time, but within the next few
weeks will come declarations of prom
inent Republicans who have elected t
affiliate with us which will be start
ling. Senator Luck has already com
in and there will be others more start
: ling.
Locally, we will have full ticke
and we are going out to win.
I Locals Hold Session.
The Progressives of this city gath