The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-16
Acting Chairman Of Pro.
gressives Speaks.
G. 0. P. CANDIDATE lACK|NG
President Wilson Has Done
Much For Progressives, Says
Matthew Hale.
HUGHES WITHOUT EXPERIENCES

Hale, acting chairman of the Pro-
gressive National Committee, an
nounces that he will endeavor to re-
elect President wilson. He takes
this stand, he asserted, because more
Progressive legislation has been put
into effect by Mr.. Wilson than by
any other President.
Personally shall, OF course, sup
port the Progressive electors in
those few States in which they will
be placed on the ballot Mr.. Hale's
statement said. Elsewhere | shall
do all can to help re-elect Presi-
dent Wilson," The statement fol-
lows:
THE need of a Progressive party
is as great now as it was four years
ago; it's possibilities are even great
er. If some of our leaders had not
been more eager in their enthusiasm
against President Wilson than in
their enthusiasm for Progressive
principles. the party could and would
have been preserved in its entirety.
Those leaders of the Progressive
party who do not see red when III e.
Presidents name is mentioned, real
lie fully that the Progressive party
of the past four years has suffered
frightful injury at the hands of its
own leaders, but they believe that IL
can render service in this coming
campaign by putting up Progressive
electors in a few critical States, and
that it can be made the nucleus of
broader and more democratic Pro-
gressive party in the future. For
this program they are willing to
fight.
''In the meantime Progressives,
except in few States where Pro-
sressive electors are put in the field,
must vote for the candidate of an
other party in the coming campaign.
''Progressives are going TO make
up their own minds in this matter;
they are not going to be delivered
by any leader or group of leaders to
any of the Presidential candidates,
and they are going to resent any at
tempt to make such delivery. espec-
tally by methods that violate one of
the fundamental principles of the
Progressive party. viz, the right of
the rank and file of the party and
not a group of leaders. to nominate
the party candidates. Personally
shall. of course, support the Pro-
gressive electors in those few States
in which they will be placed upon
the ballot: elsewhere | shall do all
that can to help re-elect President
Wilson.
MY reasons for doing so are two
fold: He has actually put into eff
feet more Progressive legislation
than amy President We have ever
had.
II need only cite the Federal in
come tax, the new currency law,
parcel post. the direct election of
United States Senators, the rural
credit act and the Federal employ
ment bureau. His persistent advo-
cacy of the National Child Labor
Law shows that he is as eager as
ever to continue this Legislative rec
ord. He has shown great sympathy
for the whole Progressive move
ment, and he has shown an ability
to secure the cooperation Of his par
ty in putting his Progressive ideas
into actual legislation. Mr.. Hughes,
on the other hand, does not impress
one as being in real sympathy with
the underlying economic ideals OF
the Progressive party. His speeches.
when they deal with these questions.
sound like ordinary Republican
stump speeches, patting the laborers
on the back with vague phrases and
cOngratulating the employers for
their welfare work
"They do not sound like the
speeches of a man who has really
studied these very vital subjects. He
is honest. but Progressivism means
more than that. He is independent.
but Progressivism means more than
that. He is efficient. but Progressiv-
ism means more than that. More-
over, Mr.. Hughes has the Republic
an party to deal with. party ex-
actly as reactionary as it was in
1912. He needs the support of
Boise Penrose as well as the support
of George w. Perkins; and his
speeches reflect this need. There
fore. | see no hope whatever of Sc