The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-26

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century No finer effort was ever
made 10 serve the American people
IN a spirit OF high loyaI.. Geo all that it,
loftiest IN the Amcric,. tradition.
Events have shown that the Pro-
grcssivc party In 1912 unored the only
alternative to the triumph II the
Democratic party Moreover. these
events have shown thu the applica-
ton Of the principles which We then
adNo oCatcd n even murr necessary Co.
TINS nation than We at rh" time sup
posed.
The results of the terrible world
war OF the past two Years have now
made it evident to all Nhu are willing
tu Soc that ia this country there must
De- spiritual ana industrial prepared
ness. along the lines Of efficiency. uf
loyal service To the nation. and OF
practical application ut The prcccpt
that each man must .o his brothers
keeper. Furthermore it ~ no less
evident that this prep rcdncss for the
tasks OF peace forms ,hs only sound
basis tor that ipdisp,u sable military
preparedness which rest on universal
military training and which finds eN-
preston IN universal .cgyicc In time
ui war such universal obligatory
training and service .ie the ncccs-
sary compliments OF universal SUI
fpsc. aui represent ~. r"alizatton of
true Amcricanism. tN, democratic.
ideal 100 both peace ar war
sooner cor later tho uutioum prIn-
,ipic- chhmpiun"d by 'Hr rrogrossiVcs
ol lHl2 must ~ then rvu"ral effect
hc embodied ln the structure of oar
national existence. With all nay
heart / shall cuutinu, 60 work for
these great ideals, shoulder To- shout
der with GA" men ana women who IA
lHl- champiunod them. and ana
sure mat these men aud Vpmru VIII
show % loyalty 80 tn. other the fun
damontu ideals which the events of
the past TWO years have proved To- be
vital tu tn. permancrey II our ma
tiouuI existence. TiU method by
which We are To show our loyalty To
these ideals must he determined IN
each case by the actual event. our
loyalty ~ To- the fact. q" the priIoiplc.
To- IA, ideal, aud not merely tu the
name, aud least OF all to the party
name
Tho Progressive movement has
been given au .nctlculuplc impetus 10y
wha' the Progressive PARTY has done
pW strongest party antagonists have
accepted and enacted INTO law. or cm-
bodied IA their party platforms. very
many OF our most important prluci-
pies Much has been accomplished iu
awakening the public TO better IA
Outstanding ot the problems Of social
ana industrial welfare
Yet 30 has become entirely evident
that tho people under existing coudi-
lions are not prepared to accept q
new party
It ,s Impo.sipl, fur us Progressive
To- abandon our CuuN ictloue. but Wo
are conscious Of the iact tina, as
things actually are. the Prugrcssit e.
national organization no longer onors
tn means whereby we can make
these convictions effective IN our ma
tiunH NE. Under such CIRCUMSTANCE
our duty II 10 de- the Dest we can. and
not to sulk because our leadership Is
rejected, THAT We ourselves continue
To believe that the course We adyu-
Gated was IN the hiShcst interest of
he American people Is aside from the
question. n is uupatriotic to refuse
tn de- the best possible me. ~ be.
cause the people have not put US Ia
position to do what We regarded as
the very best II remains for us. good
humoredly and with common SENSE
to face the situation ana cndcaNur tC
get cut of u the best that II can bc
made to yield from The standpoint ~
The Interests of the nation a. "a whole
TINS was the situation AT the open
iug ui the present year. II was clear -
~ evident that unless cataclysm oC-
CURED the presidential election would
result IN the choice of either the Re
publican ur Democratic nominee, The
present administration during It's
three Years II lite. had been guilty
Of SHORTCOMINGS more signal than
those oi any administration since the
days of Buchanan From the stand
point Of national honor and Interest
II stood on tn even lower level than
the administration ut Buchanan NO
administrator boo our history had
done more tp relax the spring of the
national VIII and to dcadcn the ma
tioual conscience. within the Rrpub-
ican partS conflicting forces were at
work. There were men amurL the or
gauizhtiou leaders who advocated a
course Of action such as offered no
Improvement urun the Democratic
position and advocated the numini.
ttou ot candidates whose election
would have represented no Improve.
mont upon the continuance Ia office
of MIR Wilson II such "a course were
followed. II would o0viousiy becon"
our duty TO run third ticket liut II
Nas plainly our duty 10 do everything
honorable Ia order to prevent such a
necessity, 80 do everything short ut
sacrificing our most sacred DuuNir-
tIous Ina order to secure the alignment
under ono leadership of the forces op-
posed 10 the continuance ln power Of
Mr. Wilson ana the Democratic partN.
Under these circumstance the Pro-
grcssiNe national committee At thl-
,hgo. !n January. outlined our duty
tu seek common action with the Re
publican party using the following
words 'pur people are seeking lead d-
crship- leadership ~ the highest OF
der aud most COURAGEOUS character
| leadership that vlli draft tu itself tu
/ the country. benefit the uusclG-h and
patriotic services Of its abl.~t citizens
| The -urcst way 60 secure tor our
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