The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-12
Progressives Hope to Form
a Coalition with the
Republicans
WILL NOT INSIST ON
NAMING ROOSEVELT
The National Convention viii Be Held
in Chicago June 7, on the Date Set
for the Republican Convention
Wilson Attacked.


CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-The Progress
i've party will hold its national con
vention June Z in Chicago, concurrent
~ with the national convention of the
Republican party, in the hope that
both may agree on the same candidate
for president. This action was decided
upon in this city yesterday by the ma
tional committee of the Progressive
party. Forty-seven of the IS states
were represented at the meeting Be
fore adjourning the committee adopt
ed a declaration of principles in which
the administration of President vii
son was criticized for its alleged fail
ure to deal adequately with national
honor and individual welfare and the
Progressive party went on record as
favoring complete preparedness pro
gram consisting of military armament
as well as . mobilization of all the
country s resources with view to
the unifeation of American citizens
! A message was read from Theodore
! Roosevelt urging the necessity for
adequate preparedness, which was en-
Enthusiastically applauded. Progressive
| leaders declared there would be no
/ amalgamation with the Republican
party, even in the event of both par
ties choosing the same presidential
candidate. The Progressive party
plans to nominate a national ticket at
its convention in June Many of the
party leaders declare that if the Re.
pubhcans will nominate Roosevelt, or
any other man who is regarded as
unobj and will incorporate
in the platform the salient features
of the progressive principles, both
parties Will unite on the same candl
dates in Chicago next June.
\ In discussing the declaration OF
principles adopted by the committee
George w. Perkins of New York said
"The declaration issued by the ma
tional committee means just what i
says. 1t was prepared with grea
care. There is nothing of bluff O.
threat in it. 1t is an honest and fai
statement of the situation
eve are all hoping that both tn,
Progressive and the Republican party
viii agree on a candidate, and it nee
| essarily will not have to be Col
n .
the name of the candidate Just now
The time for the convention is sew
eral months away, and in these day
when things are moving fast and con
ditions changing so rapidly we canno
know who might be deemed the bes
man for the place when the tim
comes.
The declaration of principles adop1
Il I'd ho 4 .e.4.- -
for Failure to deal adequately wit
national honor and industrial we
fare,' declares that the supreme dl
ty in the present hour of crisis is st
protect American institutions an
American standards of JUSTICE goe
upon record for preparedness, mil
tary, economic, agricultural and indu
trial, calls for leadership of the higl
est order and most courageous cha
acter in the approaching campaign
and concludes with the proposal thu
] the Progressives and Republican
nominate the same presidential cand
date and adopt the same platform
: asserting that if such movemei
II should fail the responsibility woul
II not rest with the Progressives al
II that the 100000 Americans who ca
/ their ballots for Roosevelt III 10
| again would rally to resist machil
II domination.
Ill The declaration asserts that viii
willing to consider points not of S
II preme moment in the present stu
II ton, the Progressives viii not sure
/ der their principles and follow on
II leader whom we know stands f
II them and is able to put the
II through. -
H Allegiance to the chief planks
Il the 1912 platform of the Progressi
!. platform is renewed. Those planks
: clude broader nationalism, constru'
~ i've Federal regulation of business. :.
2 budget system in government affai
permanent non-partisan tariff CO
mission. equal suffrage, the dethror
ment of the invisible government, a
an ADEQUATE merchant marine. /
short ballot and the initiative, refere
DUN and recall are classed among sta
issues.
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