The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-02

Admit PreS1Qent Will BE
Reelected by Big Major.
ity.
New York, Nov. 2.-How strongly
the tide of preference is turning to-
ward President Wilson is shown by
the flood of reports flowing into Dem.
ocratic National Headquarters daily
of men of all parties who have de-
lcided to vote for the Presidents re-
/ election.
Homer H. Johnson, a prominent at
torney of Cleveland, Ohio, who was a
delegate to the convention that nomi-
mated Hughes, says: IT have the ut
most confidence in the President"
DR.. Edward F. Mcintosh of New
| Haven, Conn.,, one of the leaders OF
the Progressive movement in that
state, has issued a statement telling
why Progressives should support Will
son instead Of Hughes. He gives ten
reasons, the final one being: "The
future of the Progressive cause is
safer in Mr.. Wilson's hands than in
those of Mr.. Hughes
| Prof. Hans Froelicher of Goucher
College, Baltimore, Md, has announc-
ed that he favors the reelection of
| President Wilson. '"The German
| Americans who are supporting
Hughes he says, "are making, them
selves the pawns of one party in the
political game of chess"
| DR.. Felix Adler of n sw York, head
of the Society for Ethical Culture,
noted writer and lecturer, says: "The
prevalence Of the tendency which the
Democratic party, under the leader
ship of Mr.. Wilson represents, is ur-
gently needed at this time, and it is
for this reason that, as an independ-
ent, I shall give my vote in support of
| that tendency"
Although a Prohibitionist, Eugene
| lowering, president of the National
Bank of Commerce of Baltimore, says
that there are many reasons why
President Wilson should be elected
rather than Hughes.
! Ford White, a leading attorney of
Buffalo, N. Y.,> has been voting for
Republican candidates for President
since 1892, but this year he will sup
port Wilson. "The speeches of
Hughes and Roosevelt" he says, "are
enough to turn any fair-minded man
| away in disgust"
M. Edward Hersman of Roane
County, w. Va, is another Progress
sive who has come out for Wilson as
! a result of Roosevelt's abandonment
of Progressive principles.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, of Chicago.
| distinguished clergymen and peace
advocate, in reply to an appeal by
Clifford Pinchot that he support
Hughes, gave out an open letter, in
49, l.
there is always an honorable way out
of war, which is always dishonorable,
and because I believe it is the oppor-
tunity and duty of the United States
to lead in the pacifcation of the
world, a duty which in his tremen-
dous emergency is pre- eminent, I am
going to vote for the scholar, the
thinker, the cosmopolitan in the
White House who has done so much
to counterfeit the mad belligerency
that has betrayed twentieth century
civilization and exposed the superb
ciality of our Christian. professions
Albert I. Loeb, formerly a member
of the Progressive State Central Com
mittee Of California, elected MEM
Der of the Republican State Central
Committee, but declined to serve and
is supporting President Wilson. In
declining the Republican invitation.
Mr. Loeb pointed out that Mr.. Hughes
cannot be regarded as progressive in
principle, while President Wilson by
his record has demonstrated that he
is. Theodore Roosevelt may sur
render if he chooses says Mr.. Loeb,
"but he cannot deliver the four mil
lions of Progressive voters, most of
whom, like myself, will support Presi-
dent wilson,
Lawrence G. Brooks, Treasurer Of
the Progressive Party of Massachu-
sets, says he is supporting President
Wilson on his record, and adds:
"Those most eagerly and unscrupu1-
ously striving for his defeat are the
forces of special privilege, bigotry
and disloya1ty."
"Every Progressive in the United
States should support Wilson," says
Edward J. Keefus Of Howe, Ind, for
years a Republican and recently a
supporter of the Bull Moose move
ment.
Another prominent Progressive
who urges the reelection Of President
Wilson is John Robert Taylor, of
Kings County, N. Y, who has issued
a statement to Progressive voters of
his district asking them to vote the
Democratic ticket. "a vote for Will
son is a vote for peace and continued
prosperity" he says.
The Rev William H. Matthews of
Brooklyn, N. Y, is a Progressive; but
he feels that he cannot follow Roose-
velt's lead, and will vote for Wilson.
'.I will vote with those who make up
the real Progressive party" he says.
Although elected by the Republi-
cans as Mayor of Bradford, Pa, Spen-
Ger M. De Collier has come out as an
ardent supporter of Wilson on his
record as a humanitarian.
Four years ago the Rev. DR.. Rock
we'll Harmon Potter, pastor of Center
church, Hartford
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