Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-09
UNHAPPY MOOSE
CALL A C0NFAB
Progressives Who Refuse to
Get Back in G.. O. p. Now
Get Ready to Act.
liberals MUST ORGANIZE"
Declares Hale in Statement
Declare No Compromise
Will Be Accepted.

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-A call for
who are not in sympathy with former
leaders Of the party ''in asking the
Republican old guard to give us
pla ces on the Republican executive
committee" was issued here tonight
by Matthew Hale of Massachusetts
as acting chairman of the Progressive
national committee. The step follows
the ovcrturcs made by Raymond Rob-
ins Clifford Pnchot and others at
meeting in Chicago last week for
voice In the management OF Rcpub-
lican party affairs.
The Progressive organization COM
mittee and members Of the old Pro-
gressive national committee who have
been cooperating with this commit
tee are asked to meet in New YORK
December IS to arrange plans for the
conference which Is to be held in 81.
Louis during the winter. In his call
Mr.. Hale says that the liberals of the
nation must organize regardless of
their past party affiliations and re-
gardleS of their choice for president
this fair and that it is to form a nue.
leus for such a new and broader lib
eral organization that the st. Louis
conference Is called.
principles involved.
eve Progressives have always been
more interested in the success OF the
principles for which we are fighting
than in the existence of our party as
a separate entity" says the call. 1--WE
have always been ready to support
either Of the old parties when either
of them commits itself definitely and
irrevocably to really liberal program.
Until then, however. we are not Dem
ocrats, we are not Republicans; we
are Progressives.
MANY Of us thot that President
Wilson had gone far toward commit
ting the Democratic party nationally
TO such a liberal program; therefore
we voted for him. We felt that the
Republican party was committed to "A
policy of reaction and that the Re
publican candidate was committed to
a policy of evasion. Therefore we re-
fused to follow those of our former
heads who attempted to persuade us
that the Republican party had be
come Progressive merely because "A
few of these former Progressive lead
ers had been given prominent but
powerlcss positions on a Republican
campaign committee. For the same
reason we now refuse to Join these
Progressive Republicans in asking tho
Republican old guard to give us
places on a Republican executive COM
mittee as proof of the liberalization
of the Republican party.
No Comromisc.
I'VE are unwilling to compromise
with the old guard of either party. We
are willing to cooperate in every way
with the liberal element of either par
ty. We stand ready to help President
Wilson at all times and in all ways in
his fight to liberalize the Democratic
party and we stand ready to help Hi
rem Johnson of California at all times
and in all ways in his fight to liber-
alize the Republican party
Sooner or later the liberal elements
Of all parties and of all sections, north
and south. east and west, will unite TO
form a really coherent and "A really
national party-perhaps under one of
the old party standards. perhaps un-
der new standard-and will COM
plete the work begun so splcndidlv by
Woodrow Wilson and Hiram John
son. We Progr.ssives must be ready
to devote our lives to this work. We
must see clearly that success cannot
come thru compromise or thru barter
but that success can come thru un-
faltering loyalty to Progressive prin-
ciples and thru undaunted courage IN
fighting those who oppose these prin-
ciples."