The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-23
ROOSEVELT WILL
SUPPORT H|NMAN
FOR GOVERNOR
No Matter What Course Pro.
gressiyes May Adopt
DOWN BARNES ANO MURPHY
Urges All Good Citizens to join
Movement for "CIean Non
Partisan Government"

New York, July 23.-Ihe candidacy
of ex-senator Harvey d. Human for
the gubernatorial nomination at the
republican primaries was Endorsed
last night by Theodore Roosevelt. In
formal statement Mr. Roosevelt
calls upon all good citizens, no mat.
ter what their pa IS affiliations. to
join ia support of state ticket the
success OF which would mean She
overthrow OF both MIR. Barnes aud
Mr. Murphy His statement ia part
follows.
Il rejoice at the statement OF Mr..
Human In this campaign have a
duty to the pgogressiyes OF the nation
and duty also to the state OF New
York. In national politics, in so far
as / am able shall endeayor TO
strive for the success OF the princi-
pies embodied in the progressive ma
ional platform Therefore, ! shall OPP
pose the policies of the present ad.
minist alton, which J regard as deep
ly injurious alike TO the honor and
the interest OF the American people
But in this state the prime need is
for a good citizens movement, a
union movement to save the state
from the bipartisan control of Messrs
Barnes and Murphy, precisely like
the good citizens movement, of
which the progressive party in the
city of New York was the heart and
core last year when we saved the city
from the nomination of Mr.. Murphy.
Il hope with all my heart that the
progressives OF the state will take the
lead in the fight for clean, non-parti-
san government in the state at large
this fall In New York state we see
at its worst the development of the
system of bipartisan boss rule. The
outcome of this system is necessarily
that invisible government which the
progressive party was in large part
founded TO oppose. II is impossible
to secure the economic, social and in
dustrial reforms to which We are
pledged until this invisible govern
ment Of the party bosses working
through the alliance between crook
ed business and. crooked politics is
rooted out of our governmental sys-
TEN.
IN New York state, the two politi
tai machines are completely dominat-
ed, the one by Mr.. Barnes, The other
by Mr. Murphy, The state govern
ment is rotten throughout in almo.
an is departments and this is d.
rectly due TO he dominance in poll
uc5 of Mr.. Murphy and his sub-servi-
ent agents as Cows Dix and Glynn.
aided and allotted when necessary hy
Mir Barnes aud tho sub-bosses OF MIR.
Barnes
n would personally prefer that the
ticket nominated for the purpose we
have m view this ran should contain
the names Of representatives, OF the
various. political parties trust that
the progressive party 40 IT'S primaries
viii take tine same view. The essen
tial thing Is that the men nominated
shall Doe men OF the highest charac
Ter and OF proved efficiency. mer.
whose entire records win bear the
closest Inspection and who have the
iudomiiable viii necessary % do the
work that must Doe done ar Albany Il
the honest people of this state are ID
come 10 their own Mr. ninman is
such man..
For The FIRST time in thc history of
the progressive laru col Roosevelt
Yesterday faced tho possibility of op
pos ton within the ranks nrrr The
choice of candidates He learned that
- the meeting OF tho progressive com
mittee ot Nav York county Tucsdas
night Chairman Francis ". Bird d.
ciared Tor a.straight progressive state
ticket and after the meeting learned
that Harvey ID ninmn of Bngham
ton had announced his candidacy for
the republican nomination for gov CT
nor on a platform opposed to William
Ba mes and Charles F. Murphy.
Col. Roosevelt. IL was said at Oys
ter Bay yesterday. was fully aware OF
the resistance he would NEE. if he
sought to bring about progressive en-
OF Mr.. Human or OF any
other candidate outside the prog res
sive party. To all inquiries yester-
day he merely replied that he had
nothing TO say at present. and that
his forthcoming statement would ex-
plain his position fully.
Chairman William Barnes Of the re
publican state committee. made the