Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-17

If there is any person who doubts
the future of the Progressive party and
the election of Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt to the Presidency, twenty min
utes time spent in the office of ex-
Sheriff William "a. Bright, must GER
tainly change his opinion. The local
real estate operator, always a promi-
nent figure in politics locally and
throughout the country, is a candidate
for Congress on the Progressive ticket
and those who are interested in his
campaign predict that he will repre-
sent the second congressional district
of New Jersey, following the election
this fall.
Mr.. Bright Is very enthusiastic over
the chances of his party. He feels
that "Teddy's" crowd will. make
thing interesting for the older parties
10 all sections of the country. He says
that the progressive party is practical
ly in its infancy and is of the opinion
that all the candidates slated by the
leaders will make it hot for their oppo-
nents. He says that if one or more of
their number go down to defeat, the
other fellow will know that he has
been in a real fight.
MI. Bright, if chosen by the voters
to represent the second Congressional
district, which comprises Atlantic,
Burlington, Cumberland and Cape
May counties, promises that he and
bis party will meet each issue as it
should be met. He has his ideas of
conditions in this country and his
talks from the platform will be spirit
ed and interesting. He is a man who
Is popular with the masses, has always
kept faith with the people, and To- use
the words of Mr.. Bright himself, If he
is defeated, "the fellow will know
that he was in the ight.u Personally
Mr.. Bright is all that could be asked.
He does not consider himself above
the ordinary, but is more of a self
made man. He has planned his cam
paign with the greatest of care and
despite the fact that he is a very busy
man, he always finds time to ex-
change a pleasant greeting to all of his
acquaintance.
The other evening / was fortunate
enough to find Mr.. Bright at his desk.
/ asked him If he had the time to talk
about his party and his coming strug-
gle for the seat at Washington, now
occupied by his fellow townsman, J.
Thompson Baker. He replied: Seer
tainly. / am always willing to talk
in the interests of our great party, and
in fact I would rather talk about the
party than myself. 1 I'M only one in
dividual in the great Progressive
ranks, and although / intend to make
myself one of the factors of our organ
ization, / have the interests of Colonel
Roosevelt and his followers at heart,
and l am always ready to place my
party before myself"
Mr.. Bright, in the course of the in
terview, said: "The attitude of the
Progressive party is expressed in a
contract with the people, the party
being a body with strong convictions.
On all the problems that are confront
ing the nation and have to be solved,
we specifically set forth what we
stand for, in this contract with the
people, that the issues of the country
will be .fearlessly discussed from the
public platform. ,e
1.-THE Progressive party unqualifed-
" stands for equal suffrage and its
of social and industrial JUS
tice will be carried out in absolute
good faith. There will be no evasion
or side-stepping of any of the issues
that are confronting the nation. The
remedies proposed to cure the ills of
our country have the sanction of the
leading minds of the United States.
I feel that the attitude of the public
mind points to the fact that the Pro-
gressive party will elect a sufficient
number Of Congressman in the coming
so that they will hold the
balance Of power, in which event, no
question a exist, but what their pro-
gram viii be translated into legislative