Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-03
PROCRESSIVES
ISSUE AN APPEAL
Urge Support of Hughes, FIRE.
Iinghuys8n and Edge.
SEE HUGHESAS PROGRESSIVE

Characterize Nomination of FreIins-
huysen &C Great Moral and Political
Triumph and Declare Edge to BE
the Best Equipped Legislator In New
Jersey.
An address to the voters of New Jer-
sey urging the support of Hughes and
the State Republican ticket has been
issued by Progressive leaders in va
rious parts of the State who partici-
pated in a conference Of Progressives
at the home of Irving K. Taylor a few
days ago and Endorsed the Republican
candidates In the State and Nation.
The manifesto follows:
The undersigned, a committee ap-
pointed at a recent large attended con-
sives, held In Orange, who propose to
support the candidates. of Charles E.
Hughes for President, Joseph s.. FIRE.
linghuysen for United States Senator,
and Walter e. Edge for Governor, take
pleasure In presenting their reasons
for such action.
While warm supporters of Theodore
Roosevelt four years ago, and advo-
Gates Of his nomination for the Presi-
dency last June, we are now Jealous
In urging the election Of Charles e.
Hughes ON the 7th of November next.
Primarily, we support Mr.. Hughes,
because his entire career, since he en-
tered public life, has been essentially
Progressive. There is not an act Of
his, in his whole record, which does
not give evidence of a uniform devo-
ton to the popular veal, and to human
rights. Furthermore, he has invaria-
bly, evinced a s~elf-mastery, an individ-
uality, and an initiative, which pre-
clude all possibility that any invisible
government" or any Interior influence
of any sort, may even, in the most in
fnitesimal degree, control his private
or public conduct.
But, aside from the extraordinary
abilities which Mr.. Hughes possesses
for a proper discharge of the duties of
the high office for which he is a candi-
date, there are other and compelling
reasons why we feel constrained, from
a sense of patriotism and public duty,
to give him u support.
Wilson Administration a Menace.
AS liberty loving Americans, we look
upon the administration of President
Wilson as the greatest n to the
perpetuity of democratic institutions
that the pages of the nations history
disclose. This menace is all the more
dangerous because it is insidious, and
has, thus far, escaped the attention of
many of our citizens.
This is a peace-loving nation, and no
man in America desires war, but there
is a peace which is dearly bought, and
that is the peace at any price, which
not only sacrifices national honor and
national prestige, but fails to protect
the lives of American citizens.
The United States has kept out of
many wars, when wars menaced the
nation, by the display of a high type
of patriotism, and the exercise of a
genuine and statesmanlike diplomacy.
Thus, during the administration of
Theodore Roosevelt, serious interna-
tional difficulties arose, in our relations
with Great Britain and Germany, and
with certain of the nations of South
America and the West Indies. These
were all tremendously adjusted with
out bloodshed, without the severance
of relations with other countries, and
with an increase, rather than a loss,
of prestige.
On the other hand, the present ad-
ministration has brought about a state
of decentralization and chaos, in inter-
national affairs, and foreign countries
have been invaded by American forces
upon at least four occasions.
American Lives Sacrificed.
While proclaiming that he has kept
us out of war, President Wilson's pol
icies have resulted in the loss of more
American lives on foreign soil than
during the Spanish-American war.
Moreover, while President Roosevelt,
with the acquiescence of San Domin-
go, adjusted the difficulties of that ma
ton without the loss of life, President
Wilson's policy of ~'paciication' in the
sister republic of Haiti, on the same
island, resulted In the killing of scores
of natives.
The paramount issue of this cam
paign is ~Americanism. For this issue
we are indebted to our co-laborer,
Theodore Roosevelt. That the Repub-
lican party accepted and promulgated
it is due to his initiative and strenuous
advocacy.
1t is only a natural and logical Sc
quence, therefore, that we, as former
Progressives, the cornerstone of whose
ideals was patriotism, should give our
adherence to the cause, and to the can
didate committed to this program of
nationalism.
Furthermore, we do not propose to be
misled by the specious cry of ''pros-
perity' which the Democratic party
has raised. The present-day ''prosperi-
ty" is purely artificial and, we fear,