Arizona republican., 1916-04-19
CALIFORNIA REPUBL|CAN|SM
WHAT PR0GRESS|VES WILL Do

more willing to support "a reactionary |
Republican candidate in 1916 than
they were in 1872, and they are
quite as willing. and indeed, as eager,
to support forward looking Repub-
lican candidate in 1916 as they were
in 1912.
You very APPLY say that the pur-
pose of your candidacy and the de-
sign of your ticket are to assist in
making the Republican Party Il party
of progress and not of reaction ma
tionally; and in California, to pre-
serve the political and social ad
vance which has been made in the
past five years under the present ad-
ministration. In the very broadest
spirit, | most heartily commend your
purposes thus expressed. Indeed,
apart from any political label, I
would welcome the efforts of any
group who oppose reaction and who
would preserve what California has
accomplished in the past five years,
and my endorsement and support of
any number Of our citizens aNowing
such a purpose would be none the
less hearty whether they We're of one
or another political party.
OF course. like any American cit
izen ! am interested in the national
situation. Equally. of course, like all
who follow current events, | look for
ward to the possibility, not remote,
Of both Republican and Progressive
parties selecting the same leader at
their national conventions in June.
Your movement is designed to bring
Republicans and ProgresSiVeS toSeth-
cr nationally behind a nominee of the
character that both Republicans and
Progressives can. consistently with
their principles, support. Your OPP
ponents publicly proclaim that they
are against the nomination Of such
a man as the Progressives can OF
= will support In other words your
opponents if they and their kind
control the Republican convention
; mean to prevent the condition with
tout which a Republican victory vii
: be impossible. To have the Repub-
! lican National Convention. at this
u critical point in the history of the
Republic, fan into the control of mel
50 minded would at least from tn,
N Republican standpoint, he u nationa
calamity.
Beyond this. as Californian. ant
= as a representative of the people 0
" California, ] treasure most highly ant
most tenderly what has been dom
I governmentally in this state in tn
past five years. The preservation 0
our political and social advance an
( accomplishment are dearer to m
than all else that exists politically
" You, frankly and candidly. endors
II what the men and women of all pc
d litiCai parties haze accomplished fo
- the good Of California. You publicl
proclaim yourselves for its preserva
ton: you announce you stand for tn
governmental advances that hay
" made California politically free. an
for the measure of social justC
which has placed our state in I'll
front rank of the states of tn
. Union: and for these reasons an
= because of your stand, as a CaliforI
ian. | welcome your advent in tn
y political contest and | wish 20
within your party, an Overwhelming
- success Your contest will determir
~ what faction in the dominant part
~ Of this state shall be in contro
~ whether it shall be you who belie'
in what has been done for Californ
in the last five years. or those WI
believe in what was done to Cal
fUrnia. in all the previous time.
In such struggle, no voter WI
has been connected with the go'
fight of recent years could contr
- his sympathies and none should wit
: hold his aid. | hope, therefore, til
YOU viii win. trust that every 70
- ward looking man and woman in t
~ Republican party and every man al
- woman not Of that party in I
~ past but expecting to affiliate wi
=; it in the immediate future, will vC
with you in the ensuing president
preference primary.
Sincerely. -
';', (Signed) HIRAM W. JOHNSC