Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-07
progressives For Wilson.

PrOgressives For Wilson.
One by one the militant and thoroughly
independent leaders of the late Progressive
party are coming out for President Wilson
and are serving notice on Theodore Roose-
welt and Charles Z. Hughes that they will
not be delivered into the hands Of the men
who have dominated the Republican organ
ization since 1912.
Raymond Robbins. chairman Of the Pro-
sressive Convention at Chicago; John NJ
Parker. Presidential nominee of that
convention; Bainbridee Colby. who placed
Roosevelt in nomination. Roscoe G. Fer
itch, one of the Bull Moose founders in In
diana; j. A. H. Hopkins, State chairman
of the Progressive organization in New
Jersey, and Norman Hapeood. one Of the
most brilliant factors in the one-time par
~, have let it be known that they will not
swallow Mr.. Hughes.
The White House has given out tele-
gram received from Francis J. Heney. the
graft prosecutor. of San Francisco. former
Bull Moose candidate for the United States
Senate and one Of the shameless Of the
Progressive leaders, East or West. in which
he announced his determination to support
Mr. Wilson and tenders his services to the
Democratic National Committee during the
campaign.
No declaration yet made by former
follower Of Colonel Roosevelt is more sig
nificant than that contained in the Heney
telegram. This is not based upon mere
resentment that Roosevelt should have
surrendered to the Republicans nor upon
the sole fact that the Republican party
now is controlled by the same reactionary
influences that controlled it four years ago.
This circumstance is cited by Mr.. Heney
as one reason why sincere Progressives
cannot ally themselves with the old party,
but his most impressive point is the state
ment that the Wilson administration COM
mends itself to every patriotic American.
The Presidents foreign policies are
praised by Mr.. Heney. He refers to our
negotiations with Germany as the triumph
OF wholesome diplomacy that has kept
the country out Of war without sacrificing
either American honor or prestige. He
praises the Mexican policy just as gener-
ously. and then cites the success of the
domestic program of the Wilson admins
tration.
After referring to the fact that the Re-
publican party is still firmly in the hands OF
Boies Penrose. Murray Crane, VIM. Barnes
Elihu Root and other leaders who deprived
Roosevelt of the nomination four years
ago, Mr. Heney in his telegram to the
President says:
Under the circumstances, cannot fol-
low Theodore Roosevelt back into the Re-
publican party while it is controlled by
these men. II he had accepted the nomi-
nation Of the Progressive party at Chicago
this year would have loyalty and vieor.
ously supported him. because he then
would have represented the basic princi-
pies upon which the Progressive party was
founded.
TO my mind the nomination of Mr.
Hughes represents the fruition of political
corruption which was so successfully prac-
ticed by the Republican National Commit
tee four years ago under the guidance OF
men have named. For that reason can
not vote for or support him. Personally
shall not vote for any Republican candi-
date for President hereafter. as long as the
corrupt control Of the nominating machine
of the Republican party is thus permitted
TO continue in existence"
Mr. Heney then expresses his hearty
approval of the Wilson administration as
follows:
please permit me also at this time to
offer my heartiest approval Of your admin
istration toward Mexico II seems to me
that you have consistently and amid great
difficulties and disbursements striven "a
treat that unfortunate neiehboring nation
with that patience and forbearance which
one powerful and enlightened nation ought
to exercise toward much less powerful
and much less enlightened nation. No
patriotic citizen can fail to pray that we
shall be delivered from the necessity OF
entering into war with the distracted
people who inhabit Mexico.
Your temperate. restrained but lofty
exercise of the powerful weapons Of diplo-
macy have kept this country safely out Of
the terrible struggle in Europe, without
any sacrifice Of American honor or pres.
tige, and you have wrung the most i'm
portant concessions from belligerent for
eign rulers while steadfastly maintaining
the dignity, peace and safety Of the United
States
THE legislative accomplishments Of your
administration constitute a record little
short Of marvellous. In three short years
your administration has wrested the finan-
cial control from Wall Street and lodged II
with the people. thus rendering future trust
creating panics and manipulation practi-
cally impossible.
"You have provided an income tax for
raising revenue, thus placing the burdens
Of government where they belong and
where they can best be borne. You are