The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-09-26
QUITS ROOSEVELT FOR WILSON.

VUGO WINTNER, a prominent New
II York attorney, who became a
Progressive at the birth of that
party has written a letter to Presi-
dent Wilson assuring the president of
his intention to labor unqualifiedly
and uncompromisingl for your re-
election"
Mr.. Wintner was a nominee on the
Progressive ticket for justice of the
supreme court of New York state at
the 1912 election. He participated ac-
lively in the national Progressive con-
vention at Chicago in June last.
THE statements exploited in the Re-
publican press, of individuals up to
now high in Progressive leadership,
that they have enrolled under the
Hughes banner" said Mr. Wintner in
his letter to the president, "are the
statements for the most part of the
very men who from the first further
ed, or at least did nothing to hinder,
the covert movement land which the
thousands of my fellows now believe
was initiated months before the con-
vention) J., to betray the Progressive
party for the gain of the Republican
party.
plausible phrases of Mr.. Roosevelt nor
the action of the national committee
dominated by him, have succeeded in
effecting the transfer to Mr. Hughes
of the allegiance of the mass of the
Progressive party.
An Ecstasy Suddenly Born.
''Mr Roosevelt's pretended show of
horror at the thought of another four
years under you, and his recent glori-
fication of Mr.. Hughes ian ecstasy all
too suddenly born to ring true), we
, now know are in reality, the one an
ignoble personal hatred, and the other
an insincere justification for his own
constituencies and premeditated aban-
donment of his followers.
Neither his clamors nor the resolu-
tions of any committee have driven
the thousands of us thoughtful Pro-
gressives to the side of Mr.. Hughes.
We had for years foolishly worshipped
at the shine of a personality; when
that personality without a word of
warning before, or a word of COM
radeship thereafter, so cynically and
readily deserted us whom he had
sworn to cleave to, the spell was for
all times broken. We are now even
grateful for it. Self-respect, if moth
ing else, forbids us not alone to do
his bidding but even to find sanctuary
with him in the same party.
Whether the failure of our party to
nominate its own candidate was due
to chicanery or to our own stupidity,
matters not now. The fact remains
that the logic of events has not per-
mitted us to nominate a candidate of
our own. Since then, earnest reflec-
ton and solemn heart-seeking have
driven most Of us to the conviction
that the character, the traditions and
the associations of Mr.. Hughes and of
his party offer little for the triumph
of the Progressive ideals which we
still crave.
See the Light at Last
1--WE have seen the light at last, and
it leads not where Mr.. Roosevelt
would lead us now. / and those for
whom I speak feel sincerely that in
you they find a worthy leader and ex-
ponent of those fundamental humani-
tartan and social ideals which made
up the stuff of Progressivism and
which we foolishly compromised in so
large measure by our misplaced de-
votion.
I'VE believe that your patriotism is
vital thing; that your zeal for ideals
in government, your love for mankind,
your special vision, your intellectual
powers, your capacity for growth,
your patience under adversely, and
dignity under malicious attack, that
all these are great and compelling
and admirable. Disillusioned, we see