Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-03
WRITES ITS OBIT.

fAfEtO f NANSE1 COUNll
WRITES ITS oBIT.
Amos pnchot, brother of Clifford, in a recent article, has written
an obituary of the Progressive party. There have been many
death notices of this political organization within the last few
weeks, but this, from the pen of one so high in the councils of the
Bull Mooscrs, is Of exceptional interest.
g. Holding 4%ald 1d,rh the two ss3; old ar mit1 are conservative Stfgsr enough 4gis to a draw
leader argues that the new party's only chance was to make a dif-
ferent appeal--,to be fundamentally radical.
and intenigently into the cause Of the economic troubles which
threaten the peace Of society or it should have kept it's fingers out
ut did neither; Under blind leadership, the party followed a
s rram; with m5do ony a sedes of fq "mo6;e wttn aS se neform se0 a@npes edG,
adapted to vote get a from h all quarters art RS Carrying AIRY nsg;a a wi the e.
democracy and olgrachy alike, it pleaded for approval. The plea
Pmchot describes how, cleverly and insidously, the moral zeal
and enthusiasm of the thousands of earnest men and women W
Lad leaped to join the new party, because they had hoped it would
cuarge of its machinery.
ays. "hegan tn pe!vade it's councils. The first against privilege
WIS abandoned. Anyone who now talked about privilege or the
the disputes between the consumer and the trusts, between labor
patty headquarters either kept silent or else took the side of
When Pinchot, representing the radicals of the group, protested
to Colonel Roosevelt at this michievouss reacti9nary influence of
Il believe that the spirit, however honest, which prompted the
the Se' partly W means cans that na Fl from n9t that F moment n it it is an Utter twas waste Of Of
time to expect any good from the party whatsoever, and that the
adjunct Of the Debs government"
v, So Perkins hat%se was su continued of p as tGssso ,nd and and ttse} party snG R [teratars
trusts to attacks on the principle of public ownership.
PinchOt concludes as follows:
"The Progressive program had something of everything in it,
from the care Of babies to the building Of a birchbark: canoe. yet
it contained little which dealt with the actual problems of the Unit
ed States in any but the most superficial manner.
1--WE may affirm, in he most earnest way, that wages should be
higher; and working conditions better; or that honesty is the best
policy; or that the camel is the ship Of the desert and the dog is
the best friend of man. But we cannot build a new party on such.
The public desires specifications.
Gas Thoreau said, if you find trout in the milk ii til circumstan-
t ttao evidence or nrso mot proof roof oa And f. ina a R,ogrssS SHs, party y you m find the
its policies, it is not rroof-but til at least suggestive of a certain
"There is a good deal of talk about the visionary character of
radical PROPOSALS. But nothing ! have ever heard from the lis Of
the widest radical exceeds in visionary imprrcticability the prono-
sition of maintaining a third party, standing for nothing more con-
crete than a general aspiration Of democracy, and financially faith
public most thoroughly distrust.
"The failure Of the Progressive may serve as a useful lesson to
clear demonstration which the Progressive party has offered of the
futiity of organizing a party without a cause, and if by the ei-
dence furnished Of the unpersuasive character of the appeal "Fol-
low me; I don't know where Pm going there shall be stimulated a
desire tor real issues representing economic needs and founded up
IN sound principles the Progressive party will not have been in
This evenings Daily journal prints an article placed under a
three column scare head which reads as follows: 1914 Report of
pr at n.'' The ' headlines nusy Of ; the article rdck y were 70 i mbsnGei to be ap m9-
leading, which they are, and then the article goes on to show that
park, which is true. The park has never been improved up to the
present time, and therefore no appropriation is necessary for its
nr; But before the article closes it proved the untruthfulness Of
its headlines; It shows that an appropriation Of $4,000 was made
serve in this park, and that is just what has been done, and the
credit for having it done is due to Senator Gronna, and no one else
the park, 50 that a game preserve could be established, and besides
this Senator Gronna assures us that he has the promise Of buffalo
proper provisions can be made. Senator Gronna,' nor his friends
nsed MEYER M fsne ciapm this ANYTHING nyfR. sn dls t6a put the tna mo sns nancy Saa ge ws ap DO %
priated by congress is not denied even by the Journal, although
rather rt than s see Mr. r Gr ranna get to one bit it, Of e credit dit for his efforts
Just as soon as the appropriation was passed the Senator advise
editor Of this paper all the particulars and just what to do to ge
the matter started right, and the letter was Immediately turne,
the columns Of our paper that something be done, but in GU