The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-09
MATTHEW HALE,
 MOOSE LEADER,
 IS FOR WILSON
Progressivss' Acting Chair. man Points to His Record
 of Legislation.

of Legislation.
 
 New Yexlt. Aug. e-Declaring that ProSrssslvss were not going to be de- liverod by any leader or group of lead- CTS te any of the Presidential candi- dates Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, acting chairman of the Progressive national committee, said yesterday that he would do all he could to help re-eiect President Wilson, but would urge the Bull Moose to vote for the Progressive electors In the states where such electors are put in the field. The Democratic managers did not disguise their satisfaction at ob- taining the support of so prominent . Bull Moose and they expect MT. Hale will bring . large number of Pro- gressfves with him Into the Demo. cratic fold.
 When seen at the Hotel Manhattan yesterday. MT. Hale blamed Progress i've lsAders for swrecking the party. He did not mention any names, but said the party had suffered ''frightful in- juYys at their hands during the last four yearA He accused them of being mors enthusiastic in their opposition to President Wilson than they were in their devotion to Progressive princi- 1 ple& The need of a Progressive party waS as great now as 1t was four years ago, said MT. Hale.
 'Those leaders of the Progressive party who do not sec red when the 1 Presidents name is mentioned" he said. ''realixs fully that the Progress i've party of the last four years has suffered ffightful injury at the hands of its own leaders; but they believe that 1t can render service in this com inG campaign by putting up Progress i've electors in | few critical states. and that 1t can be made the nucleus, of . broader and more democratic Pro- gressive party in the future. For this program they are willing to fight.
 lfr. Hale said his reasons for sup- porting President Wilson were two fold. He continued:
 'sHe has actually put into effect more progressive legislation than any Pfesident we have ever had. need only reeite the Federal income tax, the new currency law. parcels post, the di- rect election of United States Sena- tors, the Rural Credits act, and the Federal Employment Bureau. His persistent advocacy of the national child labor law shows that he is as easer as ever to continue this legisla- tive record. He has shown great sym- pathy for the whole progressive move ment. and he has shown an ability to secure the cooperation of his party in putting his progreasive ideas into ac- tual legislation-
 '1fr. Hughes. on the other hand. does not impress one as being in real sympathy with the underlying eco- homie ideals of the Progressive party. 1 His speeches when they deal with | these questions, sbund like ordinary Republican stump speeches, batting | the laborers on the back with vague | promises and congratulating the em- ployers for their welfare work They | do not sound like the speeches of . man who has really studied these very vital subjects. He is honest, but Pros gressisIn means more than that. He is efficient, but Progressivism means more than that. Moreover, MT. Hughes has the Republican party to deal with "a party exactly as reactionary as 1t was in 1912. He needs the support of Boies Penrose as well as the support of George W. Perkins. and his speeches reflect this need. Therefore, I see no hope whatever of securing any real progressive legislation under the 1ead- ership of MT. Hughes and the Republi- can party.
 Not only is President Wilson in greater sympathy with the progressive principles for which we have all been fighting, but in regard to handling our foreign problems he Is better fitted by experience than is Mir. Hushes.t As between President Wilson and a man of Colonel Roosevelt's unique experi- ence and unrivaled skill in interna- tiona1 affairs advocate Colonel Roosevelt's election unhesitatingly. But Mir Hughes is not Colonel Roose- welt. either in experience or in tenn perament. The very characteristics that seemed to us admirable in MT. Hughes while governor-his lack of tact in dealing with political bosses, his almost brutal way of saying things a. times--are peculiarly bad qualities for successfully handling foreign ! or Pan American problems.