Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
Montana.

Montana.
The yellowstone Daily Journal"
which for many years was issued nn-
der the management of Colonel Sam
Gordon. long one of the wheel horses
OF the republican party in Montana.
has declared unequivocally for Wood
row Wilson. In announcing it's in
tention to support the democratic ma
tiOnal candidates the journal" said:
Regardless of party affiliations we
believe the best man now before the
country for election is Wilson,. And
further. we believe that his advocacy
of world peace, his foreign policy
his program of preparedness. his red
blOoded Americanism, and his admin
istration of internal affairs are the
best policies the nation can pur
sue.
New York.
Two prominent New Workers, one
a progressive and the other a re
publican, have announced their inten-
tiOn to join the constantly increasing
ranks of Dilson supporters. Richard
yelling, who was the progressive
member OF the civil service commits
sion in Mayor Gaynor's administra-
ton and vice president of the Mems
league for woman suffrage. Is one
of the recruits. He said: In domestic
matters the president has made such
| a remarkable constructive record that
it. seems to me progressives are al
rost bound to support him."
Benjamin Wood of 1l6 East Sixty
third street. is the other New Yorker
outside the democratic party who Is
going to support the president. He
| said:
81 am favorable to Wilson because
of his forceful and dignified CORE.
| spOndence with Germany; because
| believe that President Wilson has had
more serious problems to contend
with on taking office than any pre-
vious president and that he has
handled those problems calmly, delib-
erately, bravely and intelligently Be-
cause through diplomacy, he has dem
onstrated that the pen is mightier
than the sword" and that, unlike 9th
ers who have talked much and said
little, Wilson has talked little and
said much.
| Because, we are at peace while the
European powers are wrapped in the
meshes of war and bloodshed.
| Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania progressives. besides
having very definite grievances of
their own, are still ranking under the
insult offered the California progres
sives in Mr.. Hughes tour of that
state. The latest expression of this
feeling is contained in an editorial by
the Philadelphia "North American,
the leading progressive organ of the
east, which says in part:
He affronted every decent and in
telligent citizen of tht commonwealth
when he alluded to Willie Crocker. &
small-fry politician in the corrupt
Southern Pacific clique, as "Califor
MAS favorite son." Crocker's only dis
tinction being his offensive politics
and the fact that he inherited millions
extorted from the people OF the Pa
cific coast.
The trend of Pennsylvania progres
sives toward Wilson has been farther
stimulated by the Philadelphia "Nortl
Americans" charge that Senator BOies
Penrose and his followers In contrO
OF the reactionary republican ma
chine in that state are deliberately
preparing to destroy the principal
progressive measures enacted as a re
suit of the progressive movement ir
1912.
Rhode Island.
Edwin F. Tuttle, progressive ma
tional committeeman from Rhode
i. Island, is the latest of the prominent
: progressives of that state to join tht
. revolt against Hughes. In a lettel
to Matthew Hale. acting chairman o.
the progressive national committee
MIR. Tuttle says in part:
congratulate you upon your re
fusal to submit to the shameless be
trayal of the men and women of thu
progressive party to the old guard lei
]. by Crane, Smoot and Penrose. l fur
!. ther congratulate you on your deter
v mination to support that tried ant
' true progressive. President Wilson.
r Wisconsin.
g Prominent among the republican
y of Wisconsin who have declared TO
i. President Wilson is Frederick Tea
9 of Racine, who was candidate TO
v delegate to the republican nationa
n convention on the LaFollette ticke
o ~ am going to vote for Wilson b'
t cause I think his administration ha
e been a most excellent one. l thin
Il he is entitled to a great deal of cred
for keeping us out of war with TO
e eign nations and he has accamplishe
q this without any sacrifice of nations