South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-30
BULL MOOSERS
ENTER BATTLE
FOR PROGRESS
Issue Appeal TO Progressives
of 1912 10 Resent Return
of "Old Guard.

of "Old Guard"
CONTINUED FROM PACE oNEJ
republican state committee. 1915.
chairman Indiana progressive state
committee 1872
A. 3. Andridee. Ohio delegate
progressive national committee 1912
and 1916.
Chas W. Reynolds. Covingtou. Ey.
George G.. EuhIec. New Hamp
shire.
Vs. IT. Nichols. progressive nation
al committeeman, Vermont
lndianans Prominent.
Mr.. lckes viii BE- I'm charge Of the
movement in tho middle-western
and western states with headQuar-
tiers iu the Harris trust bldg. of Chi
cago. while Edwin u. Lee. who was
chairman OF the Indiana repunll-
can state committee OF 1910 ard
Of the Indiana progressive state
committee in 1872 will Doe in charge
in New York. with headquarters at
Murray Hin hotel Roscoe Fertich
~ Indiana, viii be- secretary OF the
newly formed organization.
Text OF Appeal
The appeal follows
The progressive vote Of 1912
came largely from republican men
and women. Some OF these voters
returned 20 the parts in 1876, not
on their knees as Sen Harding
prophesied they would come back.
but responding % the call 70 help
the republican party overthrow its
rea ctionary leadership.
In the primaries Of 1920 the pro-
Ercssives sought 20 clean the repub-
lican house within. But the nation
al convention repudiated every can
didate who commanded any appre-
ciable progressive support or for
that matter any popular support
The convention rejected Johnson.
Wood and LOwdeu-the candidates
favored by ninety percent of tha pro-
convention voting
a little group Of obstinate party
bfgots. extending the autocratic pre-
cedents Of 1912 and 1916 and de-
rnonstratinE the utmost disregard
for the will Of the party voters. nam
ed their personal choice for presl-
dent.
Truly the steam roller exceeded
the speed limit The senate oil
garchv named the least worthy OF
its own membership. the most color
less. pliable reaCtionary Of that
uninpressive groCc, as the leader Of
our dem ocracy in time of most
momentous national and Foreign
problems
,sThia group chose Sen. Harding as
their candidate long before the con
vention. They chose him as the
most fit instrument 10 serve their
private purposes. the most useful
TOOL for assuring their personal con
troll OF the government. regardless OF
the need OF the nation for a leader
Of outstanding ability and intellect
uaI power. Some states required
primaries and thus the voters had
the opportunity 10 reject IN advance
the senatorial choice.
But those senator's who were
loudest in their insistence that no
treaty should be made without their
consent. had no hesitation IN dicta-
ting man without the consent Of
the voters. Progressive voters may
well ask how many times their in
teIligence and their patriotism must
be insulted before they viii reject
decisiveiy every claim or partisan
ship and vote down and out of poll
rical power the reactionar!es who
have maintained "a minority control
i'm the republican party IN 1872 and
IN 1916 and IN 1920.
Wilson Versus Harding.
To-day the independent voter is
the hope OF our nation and the pro-
tector OF civilization. Let those who
revere the memory Of Roosevelt re
member particularly that. I'M the
tt-,. when a democratic administra-
rfon under Wilson was adopting and
writing into the law the domestic
policies Of Theodore Roosevelt. sen.
Harding was com hating those poll
cies as revolutionary ard sgclalistlC,
dan0uucing the author as a modern
Aaron Burr. Today Gov Cox rs
openly csp0uSinE as his ideal of pro-
grcssism the man who lead the pro
rr-ssiVe party IN 1919 and Sen
Harding stands as always opposed
10 an these things for which Roose-
Welt lived and fought.
we are appealing 20 the men and
women Of this nation that they for
the time lay aside partisan preju-
dfres. that they carefully analyZe
the records utterauCeS and person
aTties % the candidates OF the two
major parties Either Sen. Harding
or Gov. Cox VIII be our president
for four years from March 4th. next
The best evidence of what a pub
rf~ official viii do rs his record
From Congressional Record.
Sen Harding the republican can
dfdate Of the United states senate
for the presidency. has been q mem
her Of the senate since March
1879
'4is record as senator clearly in-
dicates what he would do as presi-
dent. His record is void Of either
initiative activity or accomplish
rra0t. His narle is not connected
with any single OutStandInE issue
during his entire service. He has
not introduced os chaupiored one
biz constructive measure. The rec
ord shows that he has been absent or
dodred 1893 roll calls and quorum
calls The record shows that his
senate sneeches were hating. iuCon-
sistent generally Illogical and with
always a eactionary point Of view.
without variation he has followed