The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-01-14
PrOROunCGmGnt Is Issued By
PrOgrGsSlVGS
Il Opens the Door For AmaIga-
tlOn With Republicans.
NATIONAL MEETING ON june 7

Hope Expressed In the New Covenant
That by Having Both Conventions
Held Simultaneously the Progress
sives and Republicans May Adopt
Same Principles and Select Same
Standard Bearer.
Chicago, Jan. 12.--In a frank state
-srent to the American people, as Mr..
Perkins termed it, the Progressive ma
tional committee, in session at the
Congress hotel opened the door for
the complete amalgamation of the Re-
publican and Progressive parties.
The declaration fixes June as the
date of the Progressive national con
vention, the same as that fixed by the
Republicans, and also in Chicago. II
declares for a reunion of the party
strength, the return of the Progress
sives to the Republican fold in order
that the present Democratic admins
fration may be turned out.
While the official statement bears
the signatures of national committee
men To the Chicago conference, it is
understood to embody exactly the
views entertained by Colonel Roose-
velt
That the Progressives, too, will not
insist on the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt by the Republicans as the
price of amalgamation was the spe.
cific statement of George w. Perkins,
who arranged the conference and who
was understood to speak ex-cathedra
with respect to Colonel Roosevelt.
I'VE are all hoping" said Mr.. Per-
kins with deliberation, that both par
ties will agree on somebody, and 1t
need not necessarily be Mr.. Roose-
Velt."
The real purpose, 1t is said, of
bringing the Progressive convention
60 Chicago the same week the Repuh.
1icans meet in June Is to force, II
possible. the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt by the Republicans. If they
fail In this they will accept some 9th
or Republican preferably Justice
Hughes. Just how many second
choices the Progressive leaders have
In not yet disclosed
The Declaration.
Emphnsis Is placed on the follow
ing points in the declaration Inter
national law Is humanity's final safe
guard and civilizations last bulwark.
The Wilson administration has re.
pudiated the faith of our forefathers,
which made the American flag the
sufficient protection of an American
citizen around the world, II has suf-
Tered American men, women and chill
dren to be slaughtered In Mexico and
on the high seas, American property
20 be destroyed and American liberty
70 travel and trade to be subject to
the arbitrary and lawless coercion OF
foreign belligerents II has stood by
while the law of nations disappeared
from the earth without adequate pro
test or offensive resistance. 1t, first
emong American administrations, has
sahuwn the suplne spirit, whose sure
consequence Is the contempt OF the
world"
After reatiIrming the covenant" ol
ASH ana aSsalllnB tns wilson huHllH
tstration. the question ot reunitlnf
with the Republicans Is taken up and
this significant pronouncement made:
'we take this action tnolding the
eonventinos simultaneously, believ
ing that the surest way to secure fol
eur country the required leadership
viii be by having, II possible, both
the Progressive and Republican par
ties choose the same standard bearel
end the same principles" The nope
sB expressed that this may be done
without any desire on the part of tn,
Moosers TO revive partisan bitter
ness" SuCh consummation, 1t II
then set forth may "go far TOWARD
insurine victory In November"