Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-11
FORMER BULD MOOsER SAYS
THEY WILL VOTE REPUB-
LICAN TICKET
The Third PARTY IS DEAD
Leaders Want 90 Keep Corpse Alive
for Their own Personal
Advantage

/ bl\es IN bklMlOnlN nave returned 10
the republican party and Will help TO
carry the state this fall for the repub-
licou tiDhOt, according TO a statement
issued on Saturday by Orwell J. John
son of Oklahoma city who organized
the first Roosevelt club IN 1912 aud
who Was secretary Of the progressive
state organization until he resigned
Some months ago, lie says.
"The progressivos Of oklahoma are
realizing more and more from day to
day that their proper place Is within
the ranks Of the republican party and
that is why the progressive party ia
dead I'm this state.
"Uowcyor, there are stlll some men
who call themselves the progressive
state organization and who want to
use that organization.
ANY one who VIII read carefully
the call for a state meeting issued re-
cent 10y the chairman Of the progress
sive committee cannot help but get
the impression that the progressive
party is not only dead but that Mr.
Mcdonald knows It and that he wants
10 make a strenuous effort to Inject
a little life into the corpse.
Everyone knows that the demo
cratic machine would be willing to IL
nance progressive party campaign
this year The only question is how
much the democrats would be willing
to pay They may realize that the
so-colled progressive party has dwin-
died until It Is merely a bunch Of
would-be generals who are great at Is
I suing manifestos but have no army
behind them. Tho sincere progress'ves
those Of us who care not for personal
advancement but simply for principle
have returned to the republican
party coutented to take our places as
soldiers in the ranks and there to
fight for the redemption Of this
state"
Nr. Johnson continued. 1T Is al
ways right to wage a fight for prnci-
pies but after that fight is won then
the sensible thing TO do is 10 quit In
my opinion the fight made by the
procressives in 1912 was right. The
fight Of 1912 was n fight for prnci-
pies and having been won by the pro-
eressiyes, the thing for us to do is
to utilize the victory we have won
and that can only be done by our
again 0ffiliating with the republican
party
THE republican national commit
tee az It's recent meeting held at
Washington revised the party rules
and also readjusted the basis Of rep
rrsentation in national conventions,
which is certainly the fairest and
most equitable apportionment OF rep
reSentatiOrs that any party has ever
had. Why, even the progressive ma
uonal convention OF 1912 was com
posed Of delegates apportioned on the
old basis rs 20 which we all agree
that It is unfair and unjust aud I
have not seen any disposition on the
part Of those constituting the pro-
gressive national committee to
change their basis Of representation.
There were some things done I'm
the summer Of 1912 of which many
republicans did not approve. But the
present management OF the affairs OF
the republican party Of Oklahoma is
sufficiently progressive 10 satisfy any
reasonable man. IT will be recalled
that in September, 1912, Immediately
after Arthur II. Geisslar became
chairman Of the republican state com
mlttee, he called a conference OF state
Committeeman. county chairmen and
legislative candidates at which a. dec
laraton Of principles was adopted
which was fun Of sane, progressive
ideas. Furthermore, the republican
state committe recently issued a call
for state convention and for county
conventions and for precinct meet
ings to be held in every precinct in
the state within the next few weeks
for the purpose of electing a new
state committee and new county COM
mittecs Str,ct~ speaking the term Of
the present state committe does not
expire until next summer. The fact
that the republican organization is
thus voluntarily cutting short its term
OF existence for the purpose Of giving
the people a chance to make changes
II they desire to do SO, shows that the
republican organization Of This state
is anxious TO keep in touch with the
people and 10 represent the popular
will That is true progTessiveism."
Mr. johnson also said that II is
slen'ficent that progressive chairman
Mcdonald, In his call for progres-
sive state convention, made no pro
vision for the holding Of county con-
yentlons and precinct primaries but
simply stated that each county might
send certain specified number Of
delegates. "Tf a call for progressive
party county conv nt'ons were is-
sued" Gays the former secretary.
Some facts would become known OF
which the public is not now aware"
THE progressive party has no or
Faniz1tion which Is even approx
mstely complete in more than one
county and in only fifteen out Of the
seventy-seven counties in this state is
there even a skeleton of an organiza-
ton. Most Of these fifteen so-callcd
county committees have no more