New Britain herald., 1914-08-01
COLONEL FAVORS
 FUSION WITH 6. 0. p.
Roosevelt Extends His Crusade
 Against Maine Bosses.

terday as favoring fusion with the re- publicans in the senatorial and con- gressional contests in states where the republicans are willing to repudiate their recognized leaders, whom the colonel characterizes as "bosses, Bour- bons and reactionaries."
 Halbert F. Gardner of Portland, progressive nominee for governor of Maine, and his campaign manager, F. E. Cochems, came to Oyster Bay to protest against nationwide fusion with the republicans. Gardner is a simon pure progressive and objects to alli- ances with the old line republicans.
 Colonel Roosevelt assured me-" said Gardner that his indorsement of Hinman does not mean a get together movement in other states"
 Gardner Expresses Confidence.
 Gardner expressed confidence that he will be elected governor at the election on September IA. His op- William H. Haines, republican, and Oakley c. Curtis, democrat, who is now mayor of Portland. He also predicted the election of a progress sive to congress from the fourth dis
 
 carried on in each of the four con- gress districts. The delegation now stands three republicans and one democrat.
 Roosevelt addressed a letter to Gardner to be used in the Maine campaign and promised to speak in the state, probably at Lewiston, on August IS. His letter is construed here as an open bid for the amalga- nation of the republican and progress sive forces in every state where the republicans are willing to overthrow their present leaders or bosses" as the colonel terms the men of the type or Senator Burleigh of Maine and Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. Explains Support of Hinman. Colonel Roosevelt, in explaining his Endorsement of Hinman, republican, for governor of New York, gave MT. Gardner this statement to be pub lished in Maine:
 "I felt that In New York state our prime business was to fight against invisible government, against the two bosses and the two old ma- chimes, with their seesaw in the gov ernment of the state. I wanted to ldhS IlLO lllOSI clLSStINC lllCIhou ol uo- ing 1t, and when republican like Hinman and a democrat like Hennes- sey would come out openly against these two machines was glad to back them up, just as last year I backed the democrat, Mitchell, for mayor of New York. ..
 If the republicans would similarly come out against Gallinger, and Bur- leigh and the existing congressman from New Hampshire and Maine we would be delighted to work with them, but they must come out against and openly denounce Gallinger, Burleigh, Peters and the other leaders of the Bourbons and the reactionaries who have put the republican organiza- ton in a position of violent an- tagonism to the fundamental prin- ciples of the republicans of the days of Abraham Lincoln.
 We appeal to the honest rank and file of the two parties, republicans and democrats alike, and we will be delighted to fuse with them against the bosses the machines, the Bour- bons and reactionaries of both poii- tics and business"
 Will Speak in Maine.
 LII duulllOH u olStdICu oSaSC- ment Colonel Roosevelt addressed this letter to MT. Gardner:
 % MT. Dear MT. Gardner: I wish to extend to you personally my congrat- ulations and best wishes, and through you to say to the progressives of Maine that I am coming to Maine, I hope, on the 18th of August, to speak to and for them, and to do all within my power to help elect the entire ticket in Maine. More over, I shall make an appeal not only to my fellow party progressives but to all good citizens of Maine, re- publican and democratic, to stand with us in this contest.
 Lauds Progressive Members.
 At Washington the little progress sive party led in the house by victor Murdock has been the one party there that has shown any intelligent appreciation of the national need Tor constructive work. The attitude taken by the progressive members of congress on industrial and economic questions has been the only attitude taken by any of the parties> at Wash ington which has offered the slight est hope of securing through govern mental action any measure of real relief from our economic and indus trial troubles. The progressives alone have a reasoned and balanced pro- gram. offering the chance both to secure prosperity in the nation at large and to eliminate, or in any event to minimize, the evils of our economic and industrial system.
 I hold that on the one hand the democratic national administration in Washington, with it's control of the presidency and both houses of con- gress, has shown its complete inca pacity to safeguard the honor and interest of the American nation. hold no less that the republican na- tional organization, dominated as it is by men of the stamp of Barnes