The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-16
Vice Presidential Candidate
Would Adopt the American
Eagle as Emblem.


NEW ORLEANS, July la
statement and cal Ito the patrio3C,
men and women Of America" to hold
new national convention OF the
Progressive party in Chicago on Au'
ensf & and nominate candidate fof
nresident and vice president and con
+nne the party's existence as as
finct political organization, was Is
sued here tonight by John NJ far,
ker vice presidential nominee OF lne
Progressive convention held in Chica'
On last June. He urges the Progress,
sIves to externally bury" the Bun
Moose, which he asserts led his 10Y
al followers into the wilderness,
and to adopt in its place the Amerl-
can eagle as the emblem OF the parry
Hughes splendid Man.
Mr. Parker does not mention COL
onel Roosevelt or any other Pro
sressiye leaders or any candidates
6v name He declares, however, that
the Progressives had as supposed
Ieaders red blooded Americans, VINO
promised with their life bloop 10
stay with the party to the hnish'
bnt that the party had been desert
ed by a large part Of its officers
who could not stand the acid test. he
charges the leaders for steam roller
REASONS have elected to be steam
rolled" and that the time has come
when every party working for human
welfare and the future of America
should unite against both dominant
parties. In crlticising the Republl-
can party, the statement indirectly
refers to Charles Z. Hughes as d
splepdid man." selected by the Re
publlcans "as the mask behind which
they hope to again secure control OF
state and nation"
Mr.. Parker declares he does not
want Office and states his willingness
To withdraw as the Progressive can
didate for vice president and LABOR
in the ranks and on the stump 10
prove his loyalty to Progressive prln-
clples. His inclusion of women in
the call is taken to mean that the
marty is to be unreservedly pledged
Tor woman suffrage and that the
women voters in the suffrage states
are invited to join the Progressive
party and work for its success IN the
coming election.
Mr.. Parker's statement follows: :.
To the patriotic men and women OF
America:
The Progressive party was born
Of a purpose, which purpose exists
today for reasons now stronger than
at that party's birth. 1t was born Of
Americanism, and the call for Amer
icanism was never greater or more
necessary than today.
Raise Nations Prestige.
We had as supposed leaders RED
blooded Americans" who promised
with their "life's blood" TO stay with
the party to the finish, but for steam
roller reasons they have elected to
be steam-rolled, and in depriying us
of our commissioned officers have
thought an inevitable surrender must
follow. This is wrong, for the rank
and file of the Progressives are men
who who Joined the party not with
the idea of political ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
but with a view of helping and OF
raising the prestige of the nation, as
nation, standing for fair play to eY-
everybody, favoritism to none, and on
this platform we stand today before
the country.
The Progressive ship has been de-
serted by large part OF our officers.
They could not stand the acid test.
Their assurance never to abandon
the principles to which we Progress
sives pledged ourselves" never to al
ter their solemn contract with the