Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-25
|roIBY WAS A PIONEER
IuyROCRESSlVE LEADER
FL m Actire Part in Roose-
relfs Campaign Of
1912

.ndorcc of thought and action
iHu I..r characteristic of Bainbridge
as r',r and this trait was never more
,cIIinrly illustrated tnan 10 MS pVlu
~ career, which may DC salo 10 nav
,n Gu In the campaign tnat carried
e.L IN Low into the New lork mayoIai.y'
mbich he was an active part,cipamt.
~ ~ ,he SAME year he was ciectea 70 tnc
Msa York Assembly. receiving the larg
~ ma aiority ever given 10 LEGISLATIVE
e.rddatc in his district, the twenty
csn cip,b Although offered a unanimous
u,nTminatiou at the conclusion OF his
.srm. owing to the demands OF ms law
n,actice Colby was Obliged to decline i.
During his period Of service MIR. Colby
ras not bound up with the Republicau
.,ranization, but acted aud was known
san independent throughout his term.
IL was QUO Of the, men In the Lcgisla :
,nre upon whom the Low admlnistra
Kan relied to advance and care for the
soform measures which Mayor Low
ssnsed TO be introduced for the corrcc-
lion Of conditions in New York.
Strong Champion Of Roosevelt
colbv was one of the first of promi =
AN, New Workers to announce his belief
l. ' The principles OF THO Progressive
na,sc and ono of the first to o, pousc
,Sc candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
IN a nublic statement issued by him he
,nokc of Theodore Roosevelt as follows
~ believe, aud assert that II is the
sewing belief Of his countrymcn. that
Pooscyclt more nearly speaks the mind
md vital thought of the nation today
,hsn nny other man, and that he has
.ntiincd In his recent utteranceS the
soursc of political evolution and prog
,sss @ of our people for the next genera
| don" ..
In the prccouvention campaign OF
|, ,o1o Colby was an active campaigner
h Roosevclt's behalf. When the ma E
,;onal committee of the Republican
marty met In Chicago to hear the con .
/ ,e.ts arising over the election Of dele
ratrs TO the Republican convention
Colby was in charge aC the Roosevelt
interests. ..' ..rI
II was Colby who, at the request OF
Icolonel Roosevelt, wrote un official
namphlet under the title of ~ Stolen
Somination for the Presidency"
Upon his return from the Republi
an convention one Of the first things
T0lDy Ol0 was W itSiSu Shil
h the Republican Club of the city oi
| New York. At the same time he served
| Gll other relations with the Republican
orrauizatlon and threw himself will
zeal iuto til" work of organizing the
Progressive party.
Elected delegate to the Progressive
ccnyeptiop from New York, he took at
active part in its deliberations, second
ins the nomination of Hiram W. John
,op @ for the Vice Presidency, on behsl
Of the state of New York.
Al the New York state convention o
the Progressive party, Colby was on,
Il The three most prominent candidates
70, the nomination. as governor. u,
withdrew in the interest OF unanimit!
Il action, and requested his supporters
to transfer their support to Comptroller
| William A. Prendergast, of New York
Coby continued an active leader IL
ne Progressive party and in 1914 ant
sssip in 1916 he was Progressive can
vdSate for senator from New York.
When Colonel Roosevelt threw tb'