Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-23
THE "HOLY WAR"
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Dissertation of a Reformer on
the Progressive Movement
in This State
By Il. s. WEBER

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Hiram johnson broke the gang The reason
it is SO Immensely difficult 70 duplicate ms
triumph III fenhSS'Nah'" Is ''''' '"e p'o-
gr'ssl'e hght mere is 'uhuai'''"'a"S ""-
tlohaI progressive hsh'' NOT merely 7'''e
hght pennsylvania proBreSSNeS nave
borne the brunt OF a hatlohol REFORM II
they had won as Hiram Johnson ana La
Toilette are said to nave "oh' the victory
would not merely have reformed the ltt-
publican party in pennsylvania II "ouIu
nave reformed II throughout tne ''"u' l'o'"
top to bottom
80 few piece together the events of 1905
and of 1912. President Roosevelt. who even
in 1905 was working toward rejuvenated
party, denounced the Philadelphia Organi-
zation tthe same thing as the Pennsylvania
Organization) as unsparingy as he did in
the later contest Through Root his great
Secretary, he said the corrupt crowd were
'masaueradihs as l'ep"o''c""S' sew"
years later hooseNe' was "s''" III ''''
State denouhclns lhat "rsa''"a''o" "'u
Pennsylvania was the only state east VI
the Mississippi lbarrlhg M'ch'E'"' WHICH
went for Roosevelt in l9l2.
r,.;-L4.,a ~. .l,o To,;e Ruoahoo
PresloehI "lr"o" re'os''Ne' ''e ''PN
ahce OF thIs hoN war VI ou''
the PenhsylNah'a oe''s'''"" ""'I'
MN at S""uo" Law" u '''e
the enormous majority 'ne'I "'"'e "''
given kooseNelt IN I'oi' 1t u'U "0' mean
that RooSe'el' was pelSo'''''' '''oi P0pu'''
mere thah ne was III Ne" fo'N
jersey Ihe hooseNe'' N'''o,'eS
ana I'VE prove" 'l''t '''' "'"Jo'''S u '"o
Pennsy'Nah'" H'puo''''S are p'os, sIs,,,s
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Iheh why mas '"e H'a'e "'7"'''"" W"
survived II II can ne "e''"le" So e's"F
ny ha'Ioha' progressive 'e'us''
Because Pennsylvania is the keystone of |
protective tariff principles; because Pen |
rose is at once one of the three or four |
men in control Of the Republican organiza- |
tion at washington and of the state situa- |
tion; because the strong men in the pro- |
gressiye and stand-pat factions Of the party |