Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-29
|P|NCHOT HINTS WOOD
| AS PRESIDENT CHOICE.
Man Of Roosevelt Type Wanted
to Represent Bull Moose, He
Tells Harrisburg Convention
MUST OPPOSE PR0FITEERS
BD a Std6 Correspondent

u 81 SfuU Correspondent
Harrisburg, July 29.-The Progress
sfve Republican majority demands the
nomination for President of a man who
will uphold the policies of Theodore
Roosevelt
This was the keynote of Clifford Pin
chot's speech here today at the confer
ence of Bull Moosers. The object of the
conference is to effect reform with
in the party
While Mr. Pinchot did not speCifical
" use the name General Wood ms
the man who he thought would bc
acceptable to the party, it was made
plain throughout his speech that the
generals name was uppcrmost in his
mind.
1--WE do not want halfway Presi-
dent Mr.. Pinchot said. The Re
publican candidate must be fully and
openly on the side of the people and
against every monopoly and special in
terest that prcys against them.
Mr.. Pinchot pointed out what he
termed shortcomings Of those in power
and declared that the time was ripe
for the general bottermeut of the
country.
A. Neviu Dietrich read letter from
former Senator William Finn, dCClar
ing he was in sympathy with the move
ment and approved the plan of sending
progressive delegates to the next ma
tional convention. Mr.. PinChot's = speech,
In part, follows:
Up to Progresslves
Is in the hands of the progressive Re
publicans, if they choose to use their
power They are the great majority.
What they determine and insist upon
they will secure. What they go after
and intend to get the Old Guard can
not deny, for the progressivcs make up
the bulk of the party. They only need
TO organize to make their will dominant
In the party as their policies already
are accepted in the nation at large.
mot only America but the world has
been catching up with its progressives.
Out of the agony of nations Il new
world has been born. What it will grow
to be we can not tell. but this one thing
we know. The war has lifted the com
mon human rights of the plain people TO
heights they never reached before.
THE war may. or it may not. have
destroyed autocracy and despotism; it
may. or it may not, turn out to be the
last war in human history: it may. or
it may not. have made the world safer
for democracy. But this it has done
1t has lifted human welfare to the
highest level, and has reduced property
and privilege to the lowest level they
have ever occupied in the minds of men.
The war has brought the world far
nearer to the progressive way of think
ing than ever it was before.
a No Half way President
IF I can interpret your thought, the
progressive Republican majority de-
mands the nomination for President of
man of progressive mind, follower
of Theodore Roosevelt, the American,
pledged to promote the development and
application of the policies and ideals of
Theodore Roosevelt for the benefit of
the American people.
2 awe do not want a half way Presi-
dent, The Republican candidate must
be fully and openly on the side of the
people and against every monopoly and
special interest that preys upon them.
He must be for the consumer against
the profteer for the farmer against the
packers, trusts, and combines which ex-
plot him; for the industrial worker
including his right to organize. against
the unfair employer; for the business
man against the gamblers and monopo-
lists Of credit and opportunity; for the
small man against the magnate: for
better living for the many rather
than greater profits for the few: for the
common people against the political
bosses who exploit and betray them.
And there must be no doubt about it.
Il believe this conference would be
wise to invite the progressive Republi-
cans of all the other states to Join with
us in selecting representatives to attend
a progressive Republican conference to
be held next fall for the purpose of
reaching common plan of action.
Meantime ! believe we should be wise to
avoid committing ourselves to any plan
or any presidential candidate. Person
ally, am for whatever progressive Re =
publican shall in the end be found most
available to prevent the nomination of a
reactionary and to defeat the Demo
Gratis
Others Arrive
Among those attending the meeting
are Magistrate Robert Carson. Arthur
Graham. p. s. Stahlnecker AND
County Commissioner Holmes. Phila
delphia J. Ross Mccormick and D. W
Evans, Scranton; J. w. Cure. Jer,
myn; d. NJ. RoSser, Luzerne; w. H.
Ernest. Dauphin; II. X. Doughertv
Mercer.
Charles Schofield, Philadelphia L. b,
schneider, Allegheny; former Secretary
of Internal Affairs l. B. Brown. Erie
j. Y. Clark, Washington ; NJ. T. Stokes
Coudersport; DR. G. NJ. Schminsky. I
j. Mosey, and DIR. B. +. Smith. Dau-
phin NJ. b. Rooms. /. X. Detwiler aut
w Fl. Klein. Lebanon; A. A. While
J. D. Appleby. Huntington DR.. +
II. Beard, Hanover; NJ. II. Myers. F
FL. Barker, Cambria former Represen
tative l.. n. Mitchell. Or. W. F. Beyer
Representative T. T. Melen. W. G.
Newbold, Jefferson; DIR. G. p. Asper
Franklin; 8. ]. Adams. Allegheny; ]
w. Blake. Blair; Fred Brenchman. Car
bon, l.. M. Seyler, Fulton county; r
Q. Bair. DIR. w. i. Long, DIR. n. c
Wallace, A. NJ. Grove, DR.. F. H. Beard
York.
Ex- Sheriff Charles L. johnson. viii
liam G. Lebo, John NJ. II. Wise, vii
liam HI. Sponsler Perry Frank NJ