The Detroit times., 1916-08-16
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. l6-How
the Republican party locks 10 tho
averaee Progressive Is voiced by
Ba'nb"i'ee tolhs. cf New York,
whop laced Roosevelt in domination
in the Progressive conventions:
There they all are" eays Colby
in letter 10 Vance Mccormick
manager OF Wilson'S campaign
THE OH guard See for yourself
Count them II YOU wish. Cannon
and penrose. Sn,c0t and Gallinger.
jim Wa son Joe Healing, Esta-
brook, Roder berg McKirlsy, Of Illi
nois. Hcrt, MrGraw, HcDenway.
Crane not 10 speak Of The others
too numerous to 1ontior-all
friends Of tho tariff and anon.
those ~ 10 govern
What business a Progressive has
In such company as thi. cannot,
for the life of me. see TLey are the
pickers and monitors OF PRIVILEGE.
Hughes is only heir decoy and re-
triever II he were elCcted, they
would rope him and lie him. as they
lid when he was governor in Al
hany. reducing him TO plaintive
futili;y.
There are, of course, rGctiCnary
elements in TIE Democratic party
Cntl lately We had them even in
tho Prog ossivc party. But these
elements in the rcmocratic PARTY
are Al he worst only a rCtardaticn
aud drag upon the steady, forward
push which the president has main.
aimed In the Republican parry the
7, dictionaries ara ir he ascendant
rhov romina'e tho party, giving IL
their character and features. II
- lie part OF reaction, and the
pioSres ,ives who have allied them.
elves with II ar, the most IN
fortunate ~ dupes
II am rrioiced 70 know and 10 be
able TO assure YOU. that The prcsi-
dent will reCeiv" an immense sup.
port from the members OF my par
IS. The, recognize the supple cout-
lee. the rugged fo;titlGe, and tho
quiet strength which lave enabled
him To guide his count, mer in
peace and honor tn ouLh the dan
gers IL he les TWO years They
admire him The are grateful 10
him. Ana. as AmO cam, they are
inpatient 10 manifest thoi. lCyalt"
10 linn "
In M Colhy's lei or COZ Roose-
vel, - nol men lone. b. name, hu,
he reference is clear ,hcI he SAYS
Opposition 10 the presidents re.
giec ion proceeds from an unracrn.
crate R,rublicani"r that las w'a,h.
cred he danger Of rcioru. r,aE,o D.
ed us most wolfe Gus critic an
abandoned itself again T. rancid re.
action"
Mr.. Colby Is pne OF a committee
81 seven ProCressivcs Who have
been appointed " Vanc, McCor-
mick to help manage the wilson
campa gn Other member are Mat.
thew Hale, Of Boston. Albert u.
Nortoni, Of Mi our. Francs j.
Hency. nf California, J \. VI. Hop
kins, Of New Jnfsc', Ole Hansen.
of Washng on, and William Wal
lace. OF Michigan
The little group Of P"ogre, siveS
who refused % be GeliveIeG by
George Perkins 10 the old guard Re-
publican maclirc i raG' Gp OF
earnest men who arc willing 10
make Ieal sacrii,es for their polit.
ical convictions Matthew Hale is
typical Halo borrowed Tie money
to attend the Indianapolis confer
ence -Four wears ago he had a com
Portable fortlne. liis interest in
the Progressive move mont LED him
To invest il on a fuston newspaper
which he made the vehicle "f pro
GresSive news Il Was 4 gooa vehi-
Gle hut not pr, maker Hale
was first interesttd in politics b"
Col Roosevelt. Before he finished
his law studies he liveC in the
Roosevelt family and tuioted the
Toys who werc preparing for col