The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-03-31
Progressive Repgb7Rs VIII Net Eat
Crew

Il the stKnd-Psi AID progressive
wings Of the Republicans party tsil to get
together i vii be Due 10 the intole--
ant spirit Of some Of the iorne1.
when We read some Of ON exchanges
the mind hs-ks back 70 the tine when
Il you did Dot belong 10 ouf church
you we're bound straight ior he'll Men
have grown reEEionsly tolerant in the
last iory years. Nov there IS some
hope io- al Of rs. even I Ee DO Dot
belong to any church.
Are al the republicans who left the
oE.y Il 1912 less homes; and sincere
republicans that those who stood psi7
Have they 10 night to take par II re-
Publican party poitics ooEf u not
what Is the use Of putting Up & repub-
Gcan ticket. Is not TIE hope Of sue
cess a II. polls based On their coming
back; Oh, yes, We want the rank and
sle . cone back. We have use iof
their votes bu; there are dozo, Q. 50
Leaders that must 10; have any part n
republican councils We 90 not even
Eaui their votes. and Roosevelt We
would burn Z: the political stake. Is
%, Roosevelt good. loyal American
citizsnf Did he eve. Slch anything
toa the EoTennenis Ess ne not
always been honest, upright and open
n his private and pubhc lie Wo1ld
yoa 20 bsia-e the American people
Ead charge hin with being Z foolf
No. but b. IS responsible fer the de-
feat Of the republican party iouT years
ago Esre you forgiven Mr. Barnes
and his followers ior th.i- par IN bring
iaE about the split The republican
voters OF Indiana las, week showed
that they had DOT forgiven Stzndpat
Watson ior the par he took II the m
fortunate z5zr Of 1912. A lot Of pro-
gressiTe republicans, enough TO count
siths, victory o. deiesi, who followed
their leaders ont Of n. republican
party Il 1912 feel TIA; 4 thei- leaders
csn no, come back that they are %
better thzn thei leaders, and ought
not to 70 back, realizing that they ere
only being tolerated because they are
useful to help pun the political chest
nuts ont Of the fire.
This paper adnires Roosevelt. be
cause Of his robus: Anencsnisn, and
because he had the nerve, when the
whole nation fell n with NJ Wilson'S
extreme peace policy, TO raise his voice
and condemn the tracking attitude Of
BRYAN and Wilson. There are dozen
republicans re would chesrfully sup
pou ior president. not as vel equipped
mentally and sxperinsutaIy as Roose-
welt. bu; equally sound As republicans
and patriotic Americans, and there are
Others IN the sane tRne Of mind
II the republican party wants 70 make
q ticket without the help Of the progres-
sives that VII De taken as conclusive
evidence that there VII be more JOY
in the republican party over making
them eat CROW than II winning Al the
polls. The progresSiEes did No; crawl
out Of the republican party On their
knees Al the back door, and they are
not coming back by that route. The
prouessiTes regret that circumstxnees
made the spl; inevitable. and take
then full share Of any blame tkxi NAV
attach TO TIA, lxnentkble affair. That
the great mass Of republican voters did
not hold the republican leaders blame
less the returns n the last presidential
election must have made evident. The
republican voters viii hold then lead
srs responsible this tzll Il they make II
impossible for the pEogresssvss to come
back.