The Detroit times., 1916-10-17
America Must Choose
Standpatters or For
ward Lockers
URGES UNITY
OF PROGRESSIVES
Professional Men Hear
Wilson Address AT
Shadow Lawn
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.

(StdE c0rrespg United Press 3
LONG BRANCH. y. j, Oc To-
Speaking 10 DELEGATION 10 prom
inent educators. Journalists and rra
fessional men. President Wilson Ht
Monday declared that The rea, rr
lem facing America is 20 unite
organize her progressive forces 'o'
action"
-Four year. ago I5.otoooo vor
were caft: l0100.100 of these were
cast for The Progressive candidate
six million fCr tile Democrat.
Iarty ana four for Progressive This
merely show that tendency cf
America Is 70 move forward alor
progressive lines" he said % t'uE
il is evident 10 tho country tla'
what has been done has been sin.
oerely done, and that it, lines cali
he continued and projected with the
instrrrpentality. now IN power
II n up 10 America tc decide
whether she wants 10 90 with The
ten million Prograssives. or tbe three
and a bali million others he d.
clared
The people are asked 10 subst.
tute the leaders OF the three and a
half million for the leaders Of the
ten million. WHO are the leaders IS
the three and a half millions? They
want among other things 70 put ~"
army and navy OF the United States
back OF their financial interests in
Mexico. They have no public OBJ
jects except objects n spohstion
We are facing a critical situation.
The president said in part
The problem that America has had
20 face for some time has been 20
unite and orssnize her prosressiye
have been running Ike undercur-
Fsnta They have been asserting
themselves here. there and elsewhere.
IN some times unexpected quarters;
but not until four years ago aid they
Disclose their numerical force. The
figures OF four years ago are very
striking and emphasize the responsi-
hility which rests upon Us now VINO
are attempting TO represent the pro-
GTessive forces OF the country.
You will remember that four years
aso there were something over NJ
teen million votes cast. out - that
fftesn million. ten million were cas-
for the progressive candidates and
programs Of the campaign. The pro-
gressives OF that time were dlvitel
into two groups There was the
Democratic group under the new
party group which called itssf fhc
progressive party. tnd II you add the
ak million votes cast for tic Demo
cratic candidate 20 the four million
votes cast for the progressive candi-
date, you have two-thirds II tAe Nof-
of the reckoning are left aud OF these
I'VE million only three and half
votes for the Republican candidate
most extraordinary nitesthtio on
OF the desire Of the people OF the
United states 10 move forward along
new and constructive lines in &c
spect OF their public policy
One OF the two progressive groups
OF that campaign prevailed. the Demo
cratic group. FOR long time. gen
t1emen the progressive element in
the Democratic party bad been the
dominant element IN that party. y
was not known until 1912 how stron z
the progressive element had become
in the Republican party, and All that
had been lacking IN the Democratic
party was an opportunity 10 organ
fze that force
The situation that The country
faceH now IL this IL wants genuine
humane just and progressive legisla-
ton. II has ar instrument a. hand
which has proved serViceable IN OBJ
tanning legislation OF that sort, and
the question for the ten million vof-
ers II. will they retain this instru-
ment or reject it The question -
extraordinary from one point OF VT. "
because they are now invited by the
Republican party 10 substitute the
leaders OF the three and a half mil
lion for the leaders 81 the. ten mil
leaders az portion % the ten mil
lion have ceased 70 be their leaders
and have thrown in their fortunes
with the three and = half million. but