The Delta independent., 1916-11-03
STATE PROGRESSIVE
LEADER FOR HUGHES
s. B. STRANG TAKES coSTIGAN
TO TASK FOR SUPPORTING
WILSON,; SAYS HUGHES Of
FERS CONSERVATION OF
PROGRESSIVE IDEALS.

Denver, Colo, Nov is. B. Strang,
member of the Progressive State
Central Committee. in recent state
ment, took issue with Edward P. Cos
tigan, one of the Progressive leaders,
who championed the candidacy of
Woodrow Wilson for the presidency.
He said Recently an appeal has
been made to you by man for whom
l have the greatest personal respect
and admiration-an appeal to support
Woodrow Wilson. This man was
Edward p Costigan.
Il have neither the time nor the
space to take up the many items men
toned by Mr.. Costigan, but l shall en-
deavor to show you how it is possible
for good man to go wrong politi-
cally.
81 was, as you know, chairman of
the committee which named the Chi
cago delegation to our assembly.
Hence am in a position to state that
no man or woman was considered for
one minute for a position on that del
egation, who was not whole-heartedly
in sympathy with the Roosevelt policy
and thoroughly pledged to such pol
icy. Edward P Costigan headed that
delegation.
Theodore Roosevelt believed that
the Roosevelt policies could be better
advanced in united effort back of
grand man like Charles Evans Hughes
than by engaging in a three-cornered
fight, such as enabled Woodrow Viii
son, the man who has done more to
destroy American manhood, more to
endanger the safety of the country.
more to humiliate Americans at home
and abroad than any other three men
who ever occupied the White House
to get into office. That three-corner-
ed fight if enacted again. would give
him another opportunity to work his
weak, vacillating and unAme-ican
course TO the great detriment of our
nation.
Charles Evans Hughes. We know.
means exactly what he says. We have
his record of three and one-half years
while governor of the great state OF
New York; we know in that time that
no representative of specia! privilege
received any consideration from him
whatsoever; We know that tie repre-
sentatives of the Hudson and Erie ca
nal or of the New York Central rail
road had to wait in line with John
Smith or Paul Jones who might have
called to see the governor about a
$500 position. We know that their
business was conducted in the open.
in plain sight. and that no representa-
tive of big business ever had private
interview with Governor Hughes
about any business in which the public
might even remotely have an inter
est
As for the labor records of Wood
row Wilson and Charles Evans
Hughes: Wilson said on Feb. %.
1905. Labor unions drag the highes,
man to the level of the lowest. On
March is, 1907, he said There is an
other equally formidable enemy to
equality and betterment of opportun-
ity, and that is the class formed by
the labor organizations and leaders OF
the country. On Jan. IL, 1909, he
wrote: 1 am a fierce partisan of the
open shop. Mr.. Hughes record is an
open book. While he was governor OF
New York one-third of all the laws
beneficial to lab,r were enacted, and
New York statehood covers a period
now of one hundred and forty years.
When he ascended to the Supreme
Court of the United States the Legis
lative Labor News. the recognized or
gan of the State Federation of Labor,
said: Mr.. Hughes was the best
friend of labor that ever sat in the
governors chair at Albany
Mr. Costigan gave as most of his
reasons for supporting Mr.. Wilson the
Democratic record OF labor legislation.
! submit the record of the Republican
leader"