The Detroit times., 1916-08-15
Old Guard Looks Just
the Same to Them AS
Four Years Ago
COLBY SCORES
LEADERSHIP
Predicts Bosses Will
Paralyze Hughes If
He's Elected
By gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Aug l5--Fiow
the Republican party locks To tho
average Progressive. IL voiced by
Bainbrilge Cob. Of New York,
whop laced Roosevelt in nomination
I'm the Progressive convention:
There they all are" says Colby
in a letter To Vance Mccormick,
manager Of Wilson's campaign.
THE oil guard See for yourself
Count them IL YOU wish Cannon
and p,nrosc. Smc0t and Gallingor,
Jim Watson. joe Healing. E@ta-
brook. RoderberE Mckinley. Of Hi
nois, Hcrt. McGraw. Hcpenway.
Crane-not 20 speak Of the others,
too numerous TO mcnticn-all
friends II the tariff and among
those ~ 20 coycrh
What business Progressive has
in such company as this I cannot.
for the life of me-. see They are the
pickctS and monitors OF privilege.
Hughes i, only their decoy and re.
trieyrr II ne were elected. they
would rope him and tie him, as they
did wheG he was governor In Al
hany. reducing him TO phintive
futilIty
There are OF course, reactionary
elements In the Democratic party
Until lately We had them even in
the Progressive party. But these
elements in the pemocratic Tarty
are Al The worst only a retarddtion
and DRAG upon the steady. forward
push which the president has main.
tanned In the Republican party the
rcactiOnaries arr IT, the ascendant.
They dominate the party. giving It
their character and features. II
T. the party Of reaction. and the
frogres .lyes who Rave allied them
ielyes with II arr the most un-
fortunate Of dupes.
81 am rejoiced 10 know and 10 be
able TO assure YOU, that the prcsi.
dent viii receive an immense sup
port from the members OF my par
". Tho, recognize the simple cour-
age. the rugged foriituGe, and tho
quiet strength which hdye enabled
him 10 Guide hi- country mer in
peace and honor through the dan
gers uf ite Lea TWO years. They
admire HIM The are grateful 80
him. Ana. as Americans. they are
impatient TO manifest their loyalty
to him"
In Mr. Colby's letter Col Roose
welt h not mentioned by name, but
the reference f. clear wheE he says
Opposition 10 the presidents re-
election proceeds from an unregen
crate Ropublicanism that has wealth.
cred The danger OF reform. reabsorb-
ed It's most vo,iferous critic AMI
abandoned Itself again 10 rancid re-
action"
Mr. Colby Is one OF a committee
Of seven ProgresSives who have
been appointed ~ Vance McCor-
mick 10 help manage the Wilson
campaign other members are Mat.
thew Hale, of Boston; Albert ID.
Eortoni, q Mis- soCri. Francis J.
Heney. 81 California; ]. a. VI. Mop
Aims. uf New Jagscv, ole Hansen,
Of Washington, and William Wal
lace. OF Michigan
The little group Of FroeressiveS
uho refused % bo delivered by
George Perkins TO the old guard re.
publican machine l. made up of
earnest aen who arc willing to
make real sacrifices for their polit-
zeal convictions Matthew Hale Is
typical Hale borrowed the money
TO attend the Indianapolis confer
ence. -Four years ago he had com
Portable fortune Ills interest In
the Progressive movement led him
TO invest IL on Eoston newspaper
which he made the vehicle ~ pro
gressive news It was gooG vehi-
Gle but not a pro maker. Halo
was FIRST interested in politics by
Col Roosevelt. Before he finished
his law studies he livec In the
Roosevelt family and tutored tho
bows who were preparing Tor col