Arizona republican., 1916-06-27

into concrete American nationalism; the effort to apply the principles of Washington and Lincoln to the need of
 the United States in the twentieth | century. No finer effort was ever made to serve the American people, in a | spirit of high loyalty to all that is loft 1 fest in the American tradition.
 What Progressveism Has Done Events have shown that the pro- gressive party in 1912 offered the al formative to the triumph of the dem
 ocratic party Moreover, these events
 have shown that the application of the
 principles which we then advocated is even more necessary to this nation than we at the time supposed
 The results of the terrible world war of the past two years have now made ! | it evident to all who are willing to
 see, that in this country there must
 be spiritual and industrial prepared 1 ness, along the lines of efficiency, of {, loyal service to the nations and ol practical application of the precept | that each man must be his brothers keeper. Furthermore, it is no less evi- dent that this preparedness for the tasks of peace forms the only sound i basis for that indispensable military preparedness which rests on universal military training, and which finds eX pression in universal service in time of
 war. Such universal obligatory train | ing and service are the necessary com | plements of universal suffrage and represent the realization of the true American, the democratic, ideal in both peace and war.
 Principles Must Prevail Sooner or later the national prin- ciples championed by the progressiVes of 1912 must in their general effect be
 embodied in the structure of our na- tional existence. With all my heart shall continue to work for these great ideals. shoulder to shoulder with the men and women who in 1912 cham pioned them; and 1 am sure that these
 men and women will show d like loy- atty to the other the fundamental.
 ideals which the events of the past , two years have proved to be vital to the permanency of our national eX istence. The method by which we are to show our loyalty to these ideals
 must be determined in each case by
 the actual event. Our loyalty is to the
 fact, to the principle, to the ideal and not merely to the name and least of all
 to the party name.
 The progressive movement has been
 given an incalculable impetus by what
 the progressive party has done. Our l
 strongest party antagonists have ac-
 cepted and enacted into law, or em-
 bodied in their party platforms very 1
 many of our most important principles.
 Much has been accomplished in awak ening the public to a better under
 standing of the problems of social and |
 industrial welfare
 How They Are to Be Applied
 Yet it has become entirely evident l
 that the people under existing condi- |
 tions are not prepared to accept new
 party.
 It is impossible for us progressives l
 to abandon our convictions. But we are | faced with the fact that as things ac- tually are the progressive national or 1 ganization no longer offers the means whereby We car make these conVic- |
 tions effective in our national life !
 Under such circumstances, our duty is to do the best we can, and not to sulk
 Lecause of our leadership Is re-
 iected. That we ourselves continue 10
 believe that the course we advocated was ir the highest interest of the American people is aside from the question. It $ Irpatriotic to refuse to do Ihe Lest possible merely be- cause the people have not put us in position tc 60 what we regarded as the very best. It remains for us good humoIedly and with common | sense, tc face the situation and en- leavor to get out of it the best that t can te made 10 yield from the | standpoint of the interests of the na- iCn as q whole.
 The Only Choice This was the situation at the open ng of the present year. It was clear " evident that unless cataclysm occurred the election would result in 1 the choice of either the republican or
 democratic nominee. The present ad-