Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-13

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McCombs left there Friday. This
made it altogether unlikely the Dem
ocratic chairman had talked with Bull
Moose leaders on the subject. There
is every indication that the thought
was born of the coloneFs message from
Oyster Bay telling his purpose not to
take the nomination.
The definite admission was made by
one Democratic leader that certain
IProgressives were expected in st. Louis
in few days. He would not admit,
however, that they had been invited.
Colonel Robert E. Wing, Louisiana
member Of the national committee, on
this point said:
"We'd like to have them all here.
The treatment received by loyal Pro-
gressive workers at Chicago consti-
tutes. one of the crimes of American
politics, in my opinion. Take fellows
like Victor Murdock, for example, who
were led out of the Republican party
by Roosevelt, only to be left high and
dry when Roosevelt found there was
no personal success for him. Murdock's
political career may be ruined. No
one ever questioned Murdock's sin
cerity and it has been abused shame
fully"
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"Men like Murdock," he added, "and
William Allen White, cannot support
Justice Hughes. White has declared
since Hughes was nominated that
Hughes milk and water statement
on Americanism would prevent Pro-
gressives supporting him."
"Will Murdock and White be invited
here?" Wing was asked.
81 cannot say" he replied.
One thing done at the Sunday con-
ference, it was learned, was to check
off the probable Democratic platform
against the platform adopted by the
Progressives last week. The Demo-
cratic platform, it was agreed, would
meet the Progressives' expressed de-
sire on the following points:
Universal military training.
Regulation of industry and just dis
tribution of it's returns.
Resestablishment of an American
merchant marine. .gajs .
National highway development. 90
A permanent highway commission.
Removal of artificial causes of the
high cost of living. ..5s =
Prevention of the exploitation of
men, women and children in industry
by extension Of the workmen's COM
pensation law and thorough going
child labor law.
Protection of the wage Garner.
A properly regulated system of ru-
raj credits to encourage the farmer
and give to the landless man an op-
portunity to aiquire land,
Stumbling blocks in any get-togeth-
er program, all Democrats agreed,
would include the following Moose
planks: ..t t.. 5g.
Protective tariff. ',.t
Woman suffrage.
Mexican policy.
The subjects that offer debatable
Grounds, the Democrats feel, include:
Americanism.
A navy second among those of the
world. y
Conservation. >
The planks named cover the whole
Progressive platform.
There is no chance Of conciliating
differences over the protective ta-
riff, Democratic leaders agreed, but
some believe the permanent tariff COM
mission is regarded as of more i'm
portance by many Progressives, and
on this the party platforms are the
same.
In the light of the fact that the
Mexican situation is still undetermined
several Of the plotters believe the Pro-
EEcSSlVcS WOulO IlOI Ildhc CilStC q Vial
issue. AS for suffrage, they think
Progressives would not hold out over
that, especially since the Republican
promise is identical with the Demo-
cratic.
Clifford Pinchot's vigorous repudia-
tion of Roosevelt's suggestion of Sem
ator Lodge as compromise candidate,
has caused some Of the Democrats to
believe he would not hold out because
of his conservative ideas. He is known
to favor the Democratic policy on con-
servation as opposed to the Repub-
lican.
A point made by several Democratic
leaders in their talk of winning over
the Progressives, is that the Progress
sives themselves sacrificed much of the
strong social justice problam outlined
four years ago in order to follow the