Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-11

DerS or the committee in endorsing
the Republican presidential candi-
date, Hughes, and reporting that the
majority of Progressives in their
states disapprove such an endorse
ment, and with the Progressives in
the state of Washington backing can
didates for United States senator and
governor, the return" of the Pro-
gressives to the Republican fold does
not appear to be so strongly of the
"head-Over-h variety" as some
newspaper reports would indicate.
The situation is much the same
throughout the nation. In California
the Progressives are fiocking to the
Woodrow Wilson league, and similar
reports come from Oregon, where
Wilson's strength is growing so rap
idly now that it is confidently pre-
dicted he will carry the state. So it
IS throughout the country, a New
York dispatch this week stating that
the drift of Progressives to the sup
port of President Wilson has become
stampede since their meeting at In
dianapolis last Thursday. Republic
ans, too, are coming to the presidents
standard in daily increasing numbers
since their candidate failed in his
speech of acceptance to create an
issue that would appeal to the intelli-
gence of the independent voter.
To National Chairman Mccormick
and to the president himself come
every day letters and kilograms from
men who have been prominent in the
Progressive party and men who have
been up to now dyed-in-the-wool Re-
publicans, who pledge their support
in this campaign. Chairman McCor-
mick made public this week a partial
list of Republicans and former Pro-
gressives who have openly declared
themselves for President Wilson's re-
election. Many others, he said. have
written him announcing in confidence
their conversion to Democracy as |
the party of true Americanism and
the only instrument for progressive
service.
Pacific Coast for Wilson.
Reports from the Pacific coast indi-
cate that practically the entire Pro-
gressive vote OF several of these states
will be cast for the president. The
communities that were most enthu-
siastic followers Of Theodore Roose-
welt as the Moses of political reform
are most bitter in denouncing his sur
render and the most determined now
not to be delivered back by Roose-
welt. Perkins and others to the reac-
element Of the G. o. p.
In the state Of Washington the
Progressives' and Republicans STAN
pede to Wilson is most pronounced,
women as well az men being included |
in the list. Some of the more con-
spicuous names forwarded to the ma
tional NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hanson,
Progressive candidate for United
States senator in 1914; Edgar C. Sny-
der, former Progressive chairman;
H. c. Piggott, editor of the Seattle
Saturday Night, Progressive weekly;
Geo. w. Bright, w. J. Bowling, and
]. H. Fletcher, who were all on the
Progressive local tickets in 1914;
Henry Albert Mclean, Progressive
candidate for congress; c. J. France,
chairman Progressive state conven-
ton; Mr.. Carl Ewald, Progressive
member Seattle port commission; r. |
H. Bolton, Progressive councilman,
Seattle; J. G.. Gregory, Progressive
editor; M. c. McCable, lawyer; ]. T.
Gilberts, former Socialist editor of
Seattle Herald; Glen Hoover, Social
list candidate for congress; Mrs.
Helen M. Stevens, Mrs. William
Balote, president of Seattle Suffrage
club; Mrs. w. S. Griswold, Mrs. F. L.
w. Clark all leading Progressive
women; William H. Gorham. former
president of Seattle Bar association
and prominent Republican before
he became Bull Moose; w. X. Shell
don, noted Christian Science healer,
formerly a Republican and then a
Progressive; Austin E. Crit
fiths, former councilman at large of
Seattle and Progressive candidate for
congress; Geo. w. Dilling, former
of Washington legislature
and mayor of Seattle, announces he
will vote for President Wilson, but
for the Republican state ticket. Byron
Phelps, former mayor Of Seattle, at
titude same as Mr.. Dilling's.
Idaho Progressives Active.
In Idaho the tide has set not less
strongly toward Wilson. The Boise
Evening Capitol News. the most in
fluential newspaper in that state. has
swung from Progressive to