The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-11
ST.LOU|S QUIET AS
DEMOCRATS GATHER
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way Mr.. Bryan can get In. the voters
OF Nebraska having refused to elect
him as a delegate. .t.. 80
When that night was ended In defeat
he took the defent coolly. and did.
without hesitation. without wavertnx,
without uncertainty. the one thing
needed to insure the best results for
the cause In which he was primarily
concerned. lie promisd to withdraw n
Justic Hughes should take a sathsfac-
tory position on the great issues.
This Quick action bv Roosevelt turned
the last hour of the Progressive conven-
ton into a tragedy. but II was the right
thing to do. It finished the performs
ance all az once II was like sending
the patient TO the operating room In
stanter. when once II has become evil
dent that a capital operation must be
undertaken.
Out OF that operation we have had
the rebirth of the Republican party,
the obseG''Ies Of the Progressive.
A Marvellous Episode. ,
1t has been a marvellous episode. this
or the Progressive party. II came into
being at the beck of one man. the most
powerful and influential personality In
the country. It polled 100000 votes In
10 hiSt anu tdnutu StfCnS
second In both the popular and cleo
toral voting. It went out Of existenc e
at the wave of the same hand that had
called It into being Its elements will,
on the whole. redistTibute themselves
about as they stod before II was or
/ ganized out of them.
/ But while II existed It had an ami
mated and; In some ways a glorious
career. tt required as much coura &c
to quit as II did 10 start: and at-both
ends. in the starting and in the quit
ting. IL was Roosevelt who gave the
Have We done well or lilo" asked
George w. Perkins last evening, sit
ting In his room at the Blackstone
after II was all over. and while mer
sion OF the tremendous events.
II think" he went on, answering
his own question, that we have done
we'll" The Republican platform OF
,coAd. YfshsA 70 be within reason
far more so than we could have ex,
peeted' Impeesanabw more so than 4
handling this campaign would hav,
brought different result; possibly
| there should have been more bold
ness at some stages, but on the Who'll,
and Judgment dictated, and II feels
that 1t has represented a real servic,
to the country"
Nominee Discussion Academic.
Whether the Progressives shall sub
stitute some other name for that OF
FRooseyeit atsthe head OF their ticke
is what might be called rather ar
jacsdsniic Auektich.i There has bes,
talk OF naming Hiram johnson, VIII,
would not take the nomination, o,
Ginord Pinchot who Is so devoted /
follower of Roosevelt that he wouI,
never accept the discarded mantle o.
his chief, or Raymond Robins, a for
mer Democrat now left without a no
! litical home, but who Is regarded a,
very certain not to be willing TO MAX,
the sacrifice. The great majority q
| Progressives. even OF the Intense rad
icals among them, believe tina
Hughes, should have their support
though of course the former Demo
Gratis among them will generally re
\ turn to the Democracy. Ohio men de
felare that thirty per, cent of the Pro
j Eressive-poll in that State came from
.lDemocrats; and these win nearly al
return to that party.