The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-14
GET RID OF WILSON,
MOSES SOLE IDEA
Leaders Returning From Chi
cagO SO Hint as Meaning
Of Olive Branch.
RETURN TO FOLD STAGED

Progressive leaders who attended the
meeting Of their national committee IN
Chicago last Tuesday and who have now
returned to New York give somewhat
different impressions as to just what
the statement calling upon the Repuph-
cans to nominate a candidate the fro-
gressives can support actually meant.
Every one Of them declare that the
statement means Just what II says. but
when one seeks for further eniighteh-
ment opinions begin to diverge.
with the return OF several leaders
yesterday. there came the story mat
the decision to call the convention Tor
the am place and day that the Repuo.
licans had selected was made several
weeks ago-even before the Republican
National Committee met IN Chicago on
December II. As the story ran. the
very minute the Republican Nationai
Committee had named Chicago as the
place and June I as the date a tele-
gram to tina effect was sent to Chicago
to George W. Perkins. who Immediately
engaged all the rooms he wanted and
made Il plain to the hotel management
that the F1%orentine room was going to
hum with Progressive voices and may
hap a song OF Armageddon on that very
date.
In explanation II was said that In
the minds Of the party's leaders there
was an idea. %savoring alike Of the po-
etic and the theatrical. hat if-if by
n charce--if there should he anything
like a reunion Of Republicans and Pro-
gressives. then that reunion ought TO
take place on the very spot where the
disruption WAS born. where conferences
were broken of. where Theodore Roose-
welt mounted a table and sounded the
call Of the Bull Moose ringing to all
his followers.
Ready to March and ForGive.
Now anybody can see, II was ex-
planned. that II at tho very height Of
the Republican gathering in the Coli
scum word should come to the Pro-
gressives that the Republicans had
nominated the very man Of whom the
Progressives had been thinking II
would he very easy for the Progressive
to fall in behind their band and march
straight into that meeting Of Republi'
cans and shout their approval and theii
forgiveness all In one glad note.
That there Is something OF this ides
IN the minds of many Progressives I,
declared to be indicated in every linz
OF the Bull Moose statement Issued from
Chicago. The greater part OF ;hat state
\ = h"N D'fhs~' '"'H>' 49,
United States 10Y occupies il the eye'
OF the world. George W. Perkins. lain
bridge Colby and William II. Hot, nEis
In their speeches at the Bla ks'oue Eote
On Monday night all emphasized tine be
lief thai Woodrow Wilson must be beatel
II the United States is to regain u
self-respect and the respect OF other IA
tons. "Americanism." our country.
. the hag." honor" all Of these wer
worked into the talk OF these men.
There wasn't very much "oout tn
initiative. referendum and recall" so
cial justice" woman suffrage and tn
like. 1t Was what the vaudey!'l" p.Upl
call hip, hip. hurrah stun and In IN
opinion of some observers II was bu
the preliminary to a campaign In whic
I the idea OF a President who will figrt. o
at least make folks think he will fight,
to prevail over every other idea.
=. Deny Any Surrender.
l. George ". Perkins. returning IA,
: night will William lIamiin childs ,
Rruukly II. Horace Wilkinson OF Syracu.
e and John McGrath. col Roosevelt
n secretary. resented the suggestion IN,
the progressives have surrendered ,
will permit their desire 20 get rid ,
President Wilson TO Influence the'
\ toward abandonin. their principles. II
7 idea OF "the hip, hip. hurrah stun"
that the Progressive platform 81 lal
=. completely covers all contingencies a
feeling preparedness. both for war an
r peace. Like the others, he would II,
discuss candidates.
our Chicago statement said VI
Perkins, was written in plain languag
and We mean just what IL says. "
are not looking for amalgamation. "
g are Just making "A sincere effort to -
IL We can get the same candidate an
the same platform as the Republican
n That Is "A very different thing from o,
going back to the Republican party.
And don get II into your mind tn;
We are going to abandon the rrincipl.
for which We fought in 1912. We a
going TO stand for them because the
. are necessary. The national features
, our 1912 platform are more necessai
J to-day thar they were then II We are
have adequate preparedness either 4
peace or war.
what We must do is to dethrone di
N honor and enthronc honor. That is Il
great issue before us. All you need
do IL to read Iansing's address 10 Il
American people on Mexico to see VIII
has happened down at Washington"
Ralph e. Ely. chair man Of the II
publican state central committee OF W
Mexico. dropped into town yesterday
lie private business and to jump on q
e suggestion that Col. Roosevelt can swi,
'e more votes in his State and the Sout
n. west generally than any other man. NJ
l. Ely says II isn't so, and he is not
e old Guard man either. lie says tn
ie senator Albert u, cummlns of Iowa a.
,e Senator William f., Borah of IDAHO a
IN really popular men in his section.
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