The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-01-13
PROGRESSIVES PAVE
WAY FOR UNITY
Favor Selection of Common
Standard Bearer by Repub-
lican and Bull Moose Parties

Progressive party will hold its
national convention June 7 in Chica-
go, concurrently with the national
convention of the Republican party,
in the hope that both may agree on
the same candidate for president.
This action was decided upon Tues
day by the national committee Of the
Progressive party. Forty-seven Of
the 48 states were represented at the
meeting. Before adjourning the
committee adopted a declaration OF
principles in which the administration
OF President Wilson was criticized
for its alleged failure TO deal
adequately with national honor and
industrial welfare and the Progress
sive party went on record as favoring
a complete preparedness consisting
of military armament as well as a
mobilization of all the country's re-
sources with a view of the unifca-
ton of American citizenship.
Many of the party leaders declared
that if the Republicans will nominate
Roosevelt or any other man who is re-
garded as unobjectionable and will in
corporate in their platform the salient
features Of the Progressive principles,
both parties viii unite on the same
candidate in Chicago next June.
The declaration of principles
adopted arraigns the Wilson admin
istration because Of its failure to
deal adequately with national horo4
and industrial welfare and declares
that on that account this country
faces problems Of a graver arI more
farreaching consequence than any
since the Civil war. Continuing, it
says:
''The Wilson administration has re-
pudiated the faith of our forefathers,
which made the American flag the
sufficient protection of an American
citizen around the world. It has suf-
fered American men, women and
children to be slaughtered in Mexico
and on the high seas, American pro-
perty to be destroyed and American
liberty to travel and trade to be sub
jeet to the arbitrary and lawless
coercion of foreign belligerents. 1t
has stood by while the law of nations
disappeared from the earth, without
adequate protest or effective resist
ance. 1t first among American ad-
ministrations, has shown the supine
spirit whose sure consequence is the
contempt of the world.
"Our people are becoming impati-
ent of leaders who hold that comfort,
prosperity and material welfare are
above honor, self-sacrifice and patri-
otism. We need a rewakening of old
er Americanism, of cur belief in those
things that our country and our flag
stand for Our people are seeking
leadership-leadership of the highest
order and most courageous character;
leadership that will draft to itself
for the country's benefit the unselfish 1
and patriotic services of its ablest
citizens. They are demanding that
principles and policies shall be pro-
claimed and carried out by man who /
has the wisdom to formulate them
and the manhood to fight for them
.Keenly alive to this, we call the
national convention of the Progress
sive party TO assemble in Chicago at
the same time the Republican national
convention is TO assemble there. We
take this action believing that the sur
est way to secure for our country the
leadership will be by having,
f possible, both the Progressive and
parties choose the same
standard bearer and the same princi-
pies. We are confident that the rank
and file of the Republican party and
he large independent vote of this
will support such an effort
"We pledge ourselves to approach
he consideration of the issues involv-
ID in such an effort without any de-
lire to revive partisan bitterness. If
he Republican convention is respon-
i've TO the patriotic spirit that
brought the party into being and
hat made it dominant for half a
entury; if it meets this crisis in the
pirit of broad patriotism that rises
.bove partisanship. the effort for
ommon leadership will be success
Ill.
"As a result, when the conventions
/ the two parties adjourn, the spirit
+ confidence and victory for the lead
r thus selected and the principles TO
ghich he is committed viii in itself
70 far toward insuring victory in