The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-16

people, proved empty WoFuS' ="
mere scrap Of paper.
The Bull Moose led his loyal follow
ers into the wilderness-and there
deserted them. Let US eternaly
bury their emblem. and adopt as the
new emblem Of the Progressive party
the national bird the American
eagle; which will always be a pa
triotic inspiration to look upward,
and a constant reminder to be true to
those sterling principles which have
made America great, and brought
10 this country the bravcst and most
adventurous spirits Of the old world.
These, and their descendants are
truly loyal and patriotic Americans,
Old Parties Are HUsks.
The old parties are husks, with no
real soul within either. The past
four years have emphasized this truth.
We fought for our convictions in 1912.
We were right then, and are doubly
right now.
Neither star chamber methods, nor
steam roller are the creed Of true Pro-
gressiyes. We fearlessly fight in the
open. We have put the rights Of the
people above the power OF the dollar.
More than any party, we have worked
for human welfare and public interest,
The nation urgently needs the intlu-
cnce Of virile and patriotic minority
party. Its power for good will be great
and true Progresslves should remain
loyal to their beliefs.
The national Progressive convention
delegated to the national committee the
right to All any vacancy that might Oc-
cur. This was a mandate to the ma
Iional committee, with which they were
in honor bound to comply.
The work Of the steam-rCller in
1912 caused a revolt in every state in
the union. That same steam-rOller,
manipulated by the same able leaders,
was worked in the Republican COnven-
ton of 1916, with even greater force,
and the methods Of these two cOnven-
tons were adopted by the Progressive
national committee, as Is fully shown
by the various votes recorded by the
proxies and members present on June
26.
The gentleman elected as president
in 1908 was clean cut, splendid char
acter, whose long and useful public
life was unmarried by single stain.
He could not resist the power Of the
machine, which being in supreme con-
troll, so stirred the anger Of the ma
ton that but two states supported the
dominant political party in 1912.
After four years we find that same
party hungry for influence, office and
power, again selecting splendid man
as the mask behind which they hope
TO again secure control of state and
nation.
For fifty years, not patriotic states
men, but political leader shave utillz-
ed the southern vote to give them an
absolute grip on national affairs, and
enable 1.-The Republica nparty, through
its political bosses, to nominate whom
it pleased, controlling that party by
means of hand picked delegates from
a section where there is no chance to
secure a single Republican elector.
Progressive Platform.
Earnest, patriotic and able men from
every state in the union, worked to
bring about radical change from
those conditions which would enable
the West, and particularly the South,
to handle their own problems, develop,
as they would do, amazingly, and take
a virile part in national life.
The Progressive party in its plat
form unanimously adopted in 1912. and
unanimously reaffirmed in 1916, stated
in part:
This country belongs to the people
who inhabit it. Its resources, its
business, its institutions, and its laws
should be utilized, maintained, or al
tered in whatever manner will best