The Detroit times., 1914-04-06
BULL MOOSE
WILL PUT UP
-
GOOD FIGHT
Already Has Candidates For
Congress in Most Of the IL
Districts Of Michigan
DETROIT NOMINEES
ARE STILL IN DOUBT
PattengiA Likely to Land In the
Sixth as Result Of Last
Weeks Conference

The Progressive party II planning
Z red-hot congressional campaign.
this year, and has about decided on
Its candidates In most Of the districts.
Detroit's two districts are still In
doubt. In the First. the party heads
are looking for q strong candidate to
ran against Congressman Doremus.
Gustsyus D. Pope is being considered.
but there seems to be little likelihood
Of his candidacy.
IN the Thirteenth district. the Pro-
gressives are especially eager to get
. strong man, because Charles A.
Nichols. who Is the probable Repub-
hcan nominee, was q Progressive,
two years ago, and the Progressives
hate him most hatefully for jilting
them. william HI. Hill may prove to
be the man who will make the cam
paign. Ralph Hall Ferris has been
asked to run, and has consented, pro-
vided the sinews OF war are furnished.
In the Second district, Herbert F..
Probst, OF Jackson. will probably be
the Progressive candidate. In the
Third, E. N. Gingley, of Kalamazoo,
will make the run. The Progressiyes
OF the Fourth, which includes the
southwestern corner OF the state. are
still looking for candidate. A. e.
Ewing, q prominent attorney Of Grand
Rapids. Is slated In the NTH. JET
Brown, of AvOca, has been mentioned
rs . candidate In the Seventh. The
Eighth IL still in doubt as to its man.
In the Ninth. efforts are being made
to draw Justus 8. Stearns, of Luding-
fAtA tAA An1A Tn hn
9-e1sman Roy Woodruff will be re-
Nominated. Herbert +. Baker, form.
or speaker Of the house, and recog.
10 the Progressive candidate In the
bfn eQ1T ok The lower peninsula and
CoMgroopman Mcdonald will run
again Ia the Twelfth district.
In the Sixth, petitions are being
prepared for the nomination Of Henry
r. Pattengill. In this connection,
there's funny story. w. 8. Kellogg,
OF Lansing. wants to be the Progress
sive nominee. Mr.. Kellogg. when he
heard that the state central commit.
tee and the county chairmen would
meet In Lansing on April 1. thought
that this would be good occasion
to arrange for Progressive confer
ence on Thursday. And he did 50,
single-handed and alone. according to
Progressive leaders. Medill McCor.
mick disappointed an audience OF e.
600 In order to come to Lansing to
speak to gathering which number
ed about $50. AS asresult of the fail
ure Of Mr.. Kellogg's efforts to ar
range for big demonstration, his
stock 90 candidate for the congress
sional nomination IL considerably be-
low par.
3 On the state ticket. l. Whitney Wat
kins will undoubtedly be the candi.
date for governor, and Frank Z.
Holmes, vice-president Of the Alpena
state bank, the candidate for state
treasurer. The other places are still
In doubt. An able lawyer is being
sought to run for attorney-general:
and merit. rather than political ability,
will govern the choice of the rest OF
the ticket, according to the leaders.
There will be no fusion with the
progressive Democrats unless the
Democrats decide to enter the Pro-
gressfve party, according to National
Committeeman Henry Il. Wallace.
Fusion means q loss of identity"
said Mr.. Wallace. Monday. 1T would
never do for the Progressive party,
standing for the ideals II represents,
to give up Its party label. On the
other hand. the progressive Democrats
Of Michigan have little to hope for in
theiy own party; while the planks OF
our platform are the principles for
which they stand. There are progress
sive Democrats whom We would like
very much to name rs Progressive
party candidates, II they would enter
the party. ] can't understand their at
lection for the name Democrat, nor
why they choose to remain In 4 party
which cannot mean to them what the
Progressive party can. As . Progres-
Sfve, can share the progressive DEM
ocfats' admiration for President Will
son and Secretary Bryan. just - they
can share mine for Col Roosevelt.
But to put into the feld fusion ticket
would be bad thing for the Progress
sive party, 90 party which stands for
certain definite principles which are
not to be surrendered for political ex-
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