The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-13

have made since | went into the
work, the gravest one has been that
thought my physical strength was
without end. have been warned
several times that | was exceeding
my strength and | now know, II /
am to be of any future service to the
Progressive Party, | must curtail my
work. Such contributions as ! have
made to the Press outside OF my regu
lar writings which have gone out OF
the State, have been purely volun-
tary on my part and therefor were
not nervous strain.
find that the thought that ] must
turn out column a week by GER
tain time for the Advance has unfor-
tunately proven the one thing which
has demonstrated that ! have ex-
ceeded my strength and for that rea-
son | am compelled to resign from
your staff. No one realizes, unless
they have given 1t careful thought
the immense amount of work which
has been involved in the attempt TO
build up a political organization In
this Country In little less than two
years, trying to make this organiZa-
ton. from business point OF view,
as complete as the other Party organ
izations which have had life tenure
of some so years. This mental Blu.
den has fallen chiefly on men in the
Progressive Party OF which | have
been one. At luncheon given to a
few of us by Col. Roosevelt before
he left for South America, We all re-
newed our pledges to stay In the
work, come what would, until his re-
turn in tho spring. am arranging
my plans to fulfill that pledge The
detail OF the work as above outlined
has been dry and hard and almost
everyone OF the 8 men have been
compelled 10 take vacations in order
TO preserve their health except my.
self. | now find that either must
take an extended vacation or else
largely reduce my work
The work of this office, while per.
haps not showing on the surface, has
heen exceedingly thorough from
business point OF view and has en-
tailed long hours, days in the
week. Personally. do not consider
that | have made any sacrifices other
than those that any man should be
glad to make If he believes in the fu-
ture of the Progressive work. The
two years that | have spent in this
work, while they may have been the
hardest OF my life. certainly have
been the most satisfactory from my
point of view and have no regrets.
II is my belief that there Is very
large and useful field for a Progress.
sive Patty paper in the State of Yer.
mont and personally | wish you all
the success that can possible come
to Progressive Party measure.
have been slow to give advice and
have Intended to be swift In giving
my service. have believed that no
wind can do a man any good who has
no certain port in view. | cannot
believe that there is any other politi.
cal result In the future except the
success of the Progressive Party,
provided 1t continues TO fight for the
principles that stand behind our plat
form in every State and we do not al
low ourselves to sink to the level of
allowing the Party to be used for
personal gain.
The contributing editors OF the
staff OF the Advance are all so much
ab'er and better writer's than myself
that in considering the Sc lous prob.
lem OF my health which now con-
fronts me, 1t has seemed to me with.
out question that would be missed
the least from this portion of my
work than ] would from almost any
other. Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Metz
ser and NJ. Ballou are all able writ.
ers and are situated, think. without
doubt so that they can take ND this
work and carry 1t on much more eff.
fectively that could do.
Yours very truly,
Charles Fl. Thompson.