Arizona republican., 1914-10-23
The Growth of Progressivism

The progressive movement steadily and rapidly gaining strength, notwithstanding the requiems which the democratic and republican campaign leaders have persisted in singing what they have pronounced to be the remains Under the head of Calling the Roll" the Bloomington Qndiana) Journal an inde- pendent paper, prints the following:
 Joseph L. Tucker of Clay county, lifelong democrat has left that party and now is an active progressive
 Chalmers Hamil of Terre Haute, democrat, is openly supporting Beverage and the progressive ticket in Indiana.
 publican organization this year. has become pro- gressive worker.
 R. B. Davis of Brazil, a former democrat has become progressive and is the new party nominee this year for state representative.
 Alfred Stout has left the republican party and is active progressive having come over this year. He lives in Madison, Ind.
 State Senator W. B. Carleton Evansville. democrat, is openly opposing the democratic state ticket and is for the progressive ticket from Bev- eridge down.
 Robert Cummings. member of the republican organization in Brown county up to few weeks ago. has resigned and is working with the pro- gressves.
 William Henderson Morgan county democrat of prominence, is outspoken for the progressive ticket Henderson is a son O. E. B. Henderson, a former democratic state chairman
 w. " Rocker, Hamilton county a prominent democrat mentioned many times for United States district attorney for lndiana is opposing the demo- cratic state machine ticket from top to bottom MT. Rocker also is outspoken against the standpat chine ticket.
 C. A Tague of Martnsville who has joined the progressives tells how the ground-swe is working in his own household. My two brothers have be- progressives,' he says; my four sons, two of them former democrats and two former republicans, have become progressves, and my three sonsin-law, all former democrats, for the progressive ticket this year.
 The foregoing all men of prominence, poit- cal leaders their communities. They reside in widely separated parts of the state. Their prom thence is shown in the fact that former Indanian, resident of Phoenix, knows all of them, of them personally, and the others of their activities in public affairs.
 Progressvism is strong in Indiana |. There is said to be little doubt of the election of former Sen ator Beveridge. When Colonel Roosevelt visited h. danapols lately in the interest of the campaign of MT Beveridge, he attracted a crowd of 5O,O00 from points outside the city MT. Bryan there shortly afterward, and the torchght procession in his honor described a fizze. His presence aroused enthusiasm
 Progressivism, however. is stronger in In- diana than in any other state where a special call has been made upon it this year. That California will give heavy progressive smajority on Novem- Der 3, all except republican partisans now ad- mtting. Democrats from that state say that there is the slightest doubt the reelection of John and the entire progressive ticket by an in- creased majority.
 Within the last week the progressive party has had notable and significant accession. Hon. George A. Knight, the most accomplished orator of the west, declared for Johnson. Mr. Knight was old-line republican. His speeches seconding Mc- kinley at Philadelphia in 1900 and Taft at Chicago in 1908 the masterpieces those conventions. He the republican national committeeman from California from 1908 to 1912.