The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-18
Republicans and T. Il.
ExcOriated In
Letter
ONLY BROTHER
CLIFFORD ESCAPES
"Chip On Shoulder"
Americanism
DeplOred

|
yer and phiianthropist. who. with
| his brother. Clifford, was one Of The
! foremost leaders OF the Progressive
! marty. in letter addressed TO judge
| Samuel Seabury declares that WI
/ on and Seabury are the real expo.
nentS OF progressivism whom he
will support in national and state
| campaigns.
Brother Clifford escapes the epis
| tolic hiding, but the Colonel, Per
kins. the steel trust and all TIN
crew OF reunited" Republicans are
stripped to the raw by Mr. Pincho,'s
! BARI, pen Gov Whitman is the
/ especial target OF Mr. Pinchot's
/ wrath He commends Judge Sea
| bury and declares as uneQuivocally
! for President Wilson az he declares
against Whitman and Hughes.
Mr. Pinchot's letter TO Judge Sea
| bury. written Saturday, follows:
confess that was not particu-
! larlN surprised 10 read Co.or'l
Roos"y"lts advice 10 the Progres-
sives TO vote against You and r.
| Whitman. The fact Us, the Colonel
form.
You stand squarely for the things
tn" Progressive party has stood for
in the past. on tho whole. about as
sqUarely a. Whitman stands against
them do not think that anybody
while. II has been fairly clear to
most Of ne that Roosevelt Perkins
and the steel trust. old guard group
on IN tho things which the Progress
/ rtNe party stood for In fact th'y
/ hove rnec'uahv thrown all liberal
+ Ism and democracy overheard and
/ are now PLAYING pure. uld-fesh Toned
] v publican poliC!es. They are. there
| fore. not In position 10 support
you.
/ colonel Roosevelt stored the Pro-
. gresSivo ship rs long ~ tho sailing
/ was good But when ~ got into
/ r. Sh water ne promp''r changed
/ back 10 the Republican craft And.
/ incidentally. no did not tnkr murh
with w. Unlike The boy no stood
; upou the burning deck "whcn"e all
/ hn' him had 0"d. hr took quick
/ pr'r.ipl'7 aud most ~ the real men
/ ~ the party
/ that ne iS obliged TO desert 20 tho
/ standpot camp only on account Of
] Tho ~ul' ~ appearance of Ere1ter
+ prinoipl" paramount issue. to-w't
/ club Mr. Root Mr. TAFT Mr. R1rrn
/ Nr Perkipa wall street IN gene nj
aud he stcel trust in particular are
/ Thsv ore absolutely ana uncom-
promisiuEl' i0 favor 81 the United
states This Us extremely rcassUr-
/ ing Drd u ought 30 mako n clear
I as suuliEht.-th every rat t-rrrrt-
I. cans Gh moral duty lie 10 make his
/ cross under tho eagle
But 10 some ~ Us doubtiuE Thorn
asses. who Aro inclined 70 place n lit
/ tie less faith IN tho patriotism ~
WaN sweet and tho OIL guard than
We 40 IN that or the average citi7a-.
who Fars nor feel Obliged tn certtF,
prising Vigor. tho ARGUMENT does not
seem To- D." entirely closed
TO NY mind thor" IT, some moon
sist"ucv In waving tho American
Hog with ono hard and exploiting
tho public win tho ~ hc~ would
ha'" great deal more f9lth In our
0Nclusiv" proprittorV. pre- election
brand e Amor .carisu ~ - had more
support outside ~ the ranks ~ tho
marhln" politicians and Industrial
buccaneers
However. We should not blan,e Mr.
Roosevelt, Mr. Perkins and those
who created paramount leeue"--
for No must remember thot para
mount iEeue was absolutely ueces-
sarV under tho circumstances For
them there was no esrapc from tho
f Progressive Marty. with tfa tiresOrnc
principles and uraisunguished per
sonnet. unloss paramount issue
could be discovered IN favor ~
which tho progressi,isrl ~ 1afe. so
cial justice. '"mo"racv. and MI that
sort or POLITICALLY useless rot could
b." -~"". fn''v abandoned
go ~ some 81 us feet that
/ good teai o' tins so-cSll"d "AWcri-
canism' Is in reality not 40 much a
gangplRnk 20 get back. without loss
~ face. into ola guard Repuhlican-
ism. e Is our m sfortune ~ would
be much more pleasant for us who
once stood by Colonel Roosevelt
when he was making the peoples
fight and who know how useful he
could stand by him now. Certainly
the Colonel did many hard days
work for the public before he asked
/ for his time and returned 10 tho
more comfortable quarters of wealth
! and privilege Perhaps = IS too
much TO expect a man 20 hght all his
| llfe On tho side ~ democracy.
And now, we Progressives ~ New
W. state arc adv sod Ivy our late
! chief To vote You down and rc-elect
/ Whitman, on tho ground that your
election would he detrimental TO the
paramount issue Say the Colonel
/ and NJ Perkins To defeat Wilson"
6who hv tho way has embraced and
! put into execution progressive prin-
| riplcS lust as fast or - little faster
/ than Mr. Roosevelt dropped them,
we must vote against Seahury'
Apparently. tho Colonel fcnrs that
the Progressive In New York state
D
! can no longer bc trusted 20 split
ballot
As 10 tho general Issue In the com
ING election. there seems 80 he
pretty clear line up. Mon like YOUR
SELF md Mr. Wilson ON tho on" hand.
and Hughes. Whitman. Roosevelt and
Perkins on the other, emhOdN In
their attitude toward society tho
larger conflict between democracy
ma nhsOlutism that fs going on In
thfu country The Republicans. as
n whole stand for tho iden that the
country should no governed hv
rereonaWCs who will tell tho people
what to think and what 10 do and
H.1t do 10 Mon like Prcsf-
dent Wilson and yourself seem 20
r.t fo .taud for the opposite idea,
that democracy after all. with all
lis mistakes and inctncisucv. Is the
wiscr plan. because n allows people
To think for Themselves and teaches
. them 20 govern themselves. by gov
crniny themsrlyes
The Republicans dcpounrc MIR
Wilson for his attitude in regard 20
. Germany and tho European war
I Thry cay no doubt sincerely. that
1 Mr.. WILSON THROUGH his leadership
! should have moulded public opln-
| ton into "a more aggressive attitude
irrespective or consequence That wn
I have hrcu careless ~ our honor and
many ~ tbrw eco so far 77 q" nN
that go should actually N' iu tho
.Vur This ahpucd.of. tnNr,ounfrH
. pttituds fa wearing to Tho patience
/ ~ thCughtful American. IN the
| arst place IL IL utterly astonishlnE