El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-18
PmROGRESSIyES NOT
FOR PEACE AT ANY
PRICE, WARNING
Up to c. o. p. Conven-
ton, Declares Party
Statement

That the ~Progressives are not for
Peace at Amy Price in this cam
paign is the crisp warning voiced In
a statement issued at the close Of
the meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the party on May 10th. It Is
calculated to make food for thought
for those Republican leaders wfo
show a disposition to forget the dras-
tic lesson taught the G. o. P. at tile
last national election. The state
ment is as follows:
A meeting OF the executive com
mittee of the Progressive National
Committee was held today and the
following were present: George w.
Perkins, VIM, Finn, Walter f. Brown,
Harold L. Ickes, VIM. III. Childs, Mat
thew Hale, Horace s. Wilkinson, q,
"A. Van Valkenburg, r. II. Hooker,
Herbert Knox Smith, William Draper
Lewis, Clarence p. Dodge, III. Up.
Gardner and B. f. Harris.
The temporary organization for the
Progressive National Convention
which will be held in Chicago June
It'll was discussed and will be an
nOunced next week.
Reports from the several states
show that the convention will consist
Of complete delegations from every
state. The interest in the convention
is so great among P~rogressives that
a number of the states will send
double delegations, allowing each half
a vote. There will be upward of
1000 delegates in attendance,
Reports from the Progressive or
ganization throughout the country
show that the American people be-
come impatient of leaders who hold
that comfort, prosperity and material
welfare are above honor, ~self-sacri-
I'd patriotism; that we need 2
re-awakening Of our older Ameri-
canism, of our belief in those things
that our country and our flag stand
for; that u people are seeking a
leadership of the highest order and
most courageous character, leader
ship that will draft to itself for the
country's benefit the unselfsh and
patriotic service Of our ablest citi-
Our people are demanding that
principles and policies shall be pro
claimed and carried out by a man
who has the wisdom to formulate
them and the manhood to uphold
them.
The Republicans and independent
voters in general have responded UNI
derstandingly to the sentiments ex-
pressed in the statement issued by
our National committee last January
But there IS an element in the Re
publican party leadership which
to be giving more thought and
attention to what that party is against
and whom it is against than to what
it is for and whom it is for. There
fore, we again call attention to our
Chicago statement as to the inevi
table outcome of a failure to reach 6
common understanding.
We again pledge our party to APP
proach the consideration Of the is
sues involved this year without any
desire to revive partisan bitterness.
If the Republican convention is re-
sponsive to the patriotic spirit that
brought the Republican party into.
being and made it dominant for half
a century, 1t will meet this crisis in
a spirit Of broad patriotism that rises
above partisanship. Should the eff
fort fail, the responsibility for the re-
suit will not rest on the Progressive
convention, but will rest on other
shoulders than ours. In this turning
in world history we will not
on details. We will lay aside
.partisanship and prejudice, but we
will never surrender the principles
'or which we stand and have stood
md will follow only a leader whom
We know stands for them and is able
o put them through. We are for
,eace, but not for peace at any price.