The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-02
PR0GRESS|VES
NOTSUPPORT|NG
THE PRESIDENT
Democrats disappearing
Facts in Effort to Gre
ate that Impression.
I'M. ALLEN WHITE TALKS
Tells Why the Real Progress
Il sives are For Governor
" Hughes.
1NM. ALLEN WHITE TALKS

Especial Dispatch to West Nirginlan)
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. - Harold l..
tckes. Progressive National Congress.
sional committeeman from Illinois and
now a member Of the Western Cam
paign committee, took notice today OF
the Democratic attempt to make it ap-
Z; pear that there is srong Progressive
DETECTION to Woodrow Wilson.
Mr.. Ickes said, "Thc Democratic Ma
tonal committee has resorted to mis-.
statements Of facts in an effort to make
1t appear that Wilson Is receiving a
considerable Progressive support.
"a statement sent out from. New
York yesterday was to the effect that
eleven Of the nineteen members Of the
Resolutions committee of the Progress.
siye National convention In 1912 had
. signed a statement In favor Of Prcsi.
dent Wilson.
The fact Is that the resolutions
Committee Of the Progressive conycn.
ton in 1912 consisted of one member
from each state and territory, fifty two
In all, instead of nineteen as claimed
by the Democrats. Eleven out of III.
ty.two is not much TO boast of, espe.
cfally when 1t Is considered that OF
the eleven signers OF the Wilson state,
ment five represented southern states,
all OF which are normally Democratic.
and in only two OF which is the result
In doubt this year. Moreover. Of the
eleven signers, four were former Dem.
ocrats who naturally would be sup
porting Wilson as tie result OF the re-
alignment Of the major parties.
william Allen White Is quoted as
fnsr m tot dc
wilful miss.atement OF fact Mr.. White
has been and is supporting Hughes
publicly and he has issued a state.
/. ment denying that he had signed or
endorsed this Democratic document.
Isaac NJ. Stevens. of Colorado, Is
quoted as one OF the eleven signers
Mr.. Stevens telcgraphcd the following
message: hs member Of tile Resolu.
tons committee, National Progressive
convention Of 1912, l signed state
ment giving credit to the present ad.
ministration for enacting many Of its
planks into law. never cndor ed the
present administration otherwise and
am supporting and intend voting for
Mr., Hughes
s"The fact is that Progressive lead
.ars generally and an overwhelming
percentage OF the Progressive rank and
ttle, are supporting MIR. Hughes. rol
Roosevelt has been stumping the ccun
tn for Hughes. As a result Of Gov.
ernor Johnson's efforts. California is
safely within the Republican column.
Such Progressive leaders ~ Raymond
Robins, James r. Garfield, Clifford
Pinchot, Henry ]. Allen. Senator Miles
poindexter, Senator Moses Clapp. Al.
bert Beveridge, Congressman John |.
Nolan. William Dudley Foulke,. Ar
thur L. Garford Medill Mccormick,
George w. Perkins, Oscar Straus.
Winston Churchill, Everett Colby,
Charles Sumner Bird, Henry F..
. Cochems, Henry A. Pattengill, Joseph
Z M. Dixon, /. r. Kirkwood. Leslie
Combs, Chester H. Rowcll, Meyer Liss.
ner, Dwight B. Heard. Ben Griffith.
Clarence P. Dodge, George White. Nil
,fon d. Purdy, Casper Schenk, G. d.
Uope, and In fact practically all OF the
effective leadership Of the Progress
siye party, is actively supporting Mr..
Hughes on the stump, and otherwise.
Four-fifths of the Progressive Nation
sRfcommittee are for Hughes including
several Of the men who In the last
meeting Of the committee opposed the
resolution endorsing him.
"Mr. Hughes has gained strength
among the Progressives since that
z meeting and Mr.. Wilson has lost it.
After a careful canvass OF the Pro.
gressiye situation in every state with
In the jurisdiction of the western head
uarters, am satisfied that il Mr..
Hughes will hold the Republican vote,
and Of that there can be no doubt, he
will overwhelmingly elected.
an some states, of which Kansas is
: atype. more than ninety-five per cent.
of. the Roosevelt yote In 1912 will be
added to the Hughes vote in 1910. In
some states the percentage will not
run SO high, but in no state will less
than eighty-fve per cent. OF the Pro
Sressive veto support Hughes.
81 am not making this statement
! from guesswork. have correspondent
with thousands Of Progressives in this
western territory and l have had di.
rect reports from practically every
western state by men sent out from
these headquarters to study local sit.
.uations and to report actual facts. In
= a few states, OF which Utah Is a type,
where at the outset 1t appeared that
the Progressive vote was so disaffect.
:. ed that the state might go Democratic.
active organization work has been
done among Progressives with the re.
suit that the Progressive vote support.
ing Hughes will average with the 9th.
,er states.
.The determined effort being made
In these latter days OF the campaign
to line. up the Progressive vote for Mr.
Wilson demonstrates two facts, first,
that Mr.. Wilson Is desperately in need
Z OF that vote and realizes that without
it he cannot win; second, that the
Democratic management realizes that
the overwhelming percentage of the
! Progressive vote Is for Mr.. Hughes. II
Mr.. Wilson did not need the Progress.
! sive vote SO badly as his managers
now confess, Progressive speakers or
special trains would not be hurrying
through Middle Western states. and IL
he has this vots now as his managers
Try to make It appear, be would not