Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-09
PROGRESSIVE LEADER
URGES Combination
With REPUBLICANS
SAYS ONLY HOPE or DEFEATING
WILSON IS FOR ANTI DC MO-
CRATD TO UNITE on
ROOSEVELT
ACTION MUST BE PROMPT


Committee ~ the i'rorresuys National
conmittae. Air. hifd 80 the pfngfes
site candidate Tor DoYtrnof Ia 1919
received $4,000 yotrf ana. afain. ns
candidate ln 1888. rrffivcd 10000 VOTES.
defeating the Republican candidate by
over 10000 Votes
mr.. Ccofee W. Perkins.
chairman ~ The Executive Cam
mlttce. National Progressive COMMITTEES
New York, ~. ".
-My daar AR. Perkins;
THE f'ruNrfrsiNea more than two
million ktfeuE await with nnch inter-
est the ssilOn ~ ne National Pre-
HrvsEite Committee which meets in
Chicago on January 18th We arr
largely anti Democrat lrd set MANY ~
un VIII vote the Democratic ticket
rather ihaa Support q ftagfionnry iit-
publican candidate ~ anbscfbs 90
narrow. stand. pat platform.
The time in ~ hand when The re-
rponsihie leaders 81 the Progressive
party should declare in no uncertain
words. what they propose 60 DO 10 tbs
national camraiFn 81 1915. This ~ no
time 20 tesnpoflzr. 20 fiuessa. 10 play
the dog IN the manrer. The fcrrpnsi-
hiiitY for failure 40 unite l'r0rr0rHitrs
and Republicans into solid anti
Democratic body. should te pni square
~ ~ 10 ths Republican organisation.
Tho Irresponsible ieadcfn ~ ihe Hcpub-
licnn party should hr maze 90 under
stand IN clear fefma. fhui the nnmina
tOn ~ ftaetiunsrf. of second raie
candidate. win widen tho breach ~
1919 Ard ineufe the election N prfa.
dent Wilson and fhe cnntri n Cone
should be- told frankly. and puhnciy
That II the Republican leaders force
up0n thc cousify a reariiounry rauai
date, the Progressive Organization viii
pat into the field straight ticket
whifh Progressiser of al PARTIES can
consrientiousis vote ror.
This b. not the time a. adopt the
middle ~ the mad platform, or "a
waste effort 10 the serious ronaidera-
tom - "fayaflfe SENS" Grave dan
Errs threaten she country both in do
mcetic ana International affairs. Prep
araflDn for rrr 10 essential. but fftpaf.
sdnsst ir industry ~ ~ equal import
hncr. enormous business difficulties
are e'ead ~ ua AT the expiration ~ the
war To take She tarlff oni 81 puliiics
through the creation u Toriff Com
mission IL absolutely essential "a she
welfare ~ both labor and capital /
Above hH We must te.creAie IL Write !
and oonsintoni foreirn policy that VIII
rc-eatabiish our frFpecishiiliy and 4
rAnk among tho nations ~ she world. |
These and other great questions. make /
" imperative fNnt pest political ar
f~renosH ami p,f,F fruds be- nui aside /
and that me rrtFfcnalvps lead ihe way 1
90 unite Tho anti Democratic forces in 4
nominating candidate courageous 1
enough able enough. raifioiie enough
Tor the hefculean task that thc next
President win have % face
There are twn men and only two
who have Fhoti ~ chance Ca De-
feat President Wilson nrXi November
1uriisc iiuRhes and Colonel ilonscreii
Either would be- acceptable to The
great majority of f'roFrcssiveas either
would 30 rallafacipfg To- mo rank anI
lilo ~ che Republican PARTY
mir. Hughes as Governor ~ New
York. was independent efficient hud
courageous Undoubtedly he would
make ffeat Precedent There are
some. however who feel nH ne cN
IDENTIFY docs that Supreme Court
Justice should not aicr from The Bench
20 paniicai frtt There are others
who realize THAI Mr. hughes opinions
cn the Issues that win he paramount ~
the next election ere unknown. " may
he that be- believes M President WI.
sun'H Mexican. European. tariff Cor
revenue only, business prosecuting pol.
ipics. end " be- dccs. hiss nomination
would obviously 90 as shFurdiN iiew
ever, Justice Nuehts ia a strong man
aud unaouhtr1la would ~ supported bs
irogreeNvss and Republicans alike
.''rhe6dnrc Roosevelt MAS rfrat
President sirnns executive, who
called H. his Cabinet the shisai men OF
shat time First OF an hr b. 3 patriot
ID and lnyai American AZ an times
under an circumstances. hs has hit
hard foi Amsrieanism. Tor national
homer and Cor our national roFpousihN-
ity IN work ~ the world Had he been
President during tho past thrcc Years
a.. crimes done n Mexico would have
been ayeried. tbs Lnsiihnia would have
been afloat ana our rank among the MA
lions 81 the world noyhinE Is be ssham
cd or Colonel Roosevelt IS the only
prominent public man who has protest
20 cffetalycly, ana openly. AGAINST the
crime n lflEium tho rape Of American
women IN Mexico and the murder 81
American eitizsns on the ocean. other
public men have ducked and dodfed
and played the coward Ale has swept
aside All rhanss and called a spade a
SPADE. white Swing duo praise 60 the
German people for the econonic results
accomplished IN the last generation. he
has condemned Ia no measured terms
their militant bureaucracy that han
ridden rouFh-nhod over treaties and
Ia has not been stopped by
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