Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-29
EX-BULL M0OSERS
FAVOR GOV. COX
Fifteen Progressives Sign
Appeal to Voters to Sup
port Democrats.

An appeal to the men and women
who Joined in forming the bull moose
party in 1912, under the leadership
of the late Col. Roosevelt. to vote for
COX and Roosevelt as progresSiveS In
the November election was issued to-
day by fifteen of the leading progress
sives in 1912. The appeal is the out
come, it was announced. of confer
ence held in Washington last week.
The former progressiyes signing the
appeal were: Harold L. 1ckeS. dele
gate at large from Illinois to the re-
publican national convention of 1920;
Matthew Hale of Massachusetts,
chairman progressive national execu-
tive committee, 1916; Francis j.
United States senator from California.
1912; Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver.
Col; Elias d. Salisbury, chairman
Indiana progressive state committee,
1916; Joseph MiSba oh, ! chairman Iowa
progressive state committee; John NJ
Parker nominated for Vice President
with Theodore Roosevelt by progress
sive national convention in 1916; Ros
coe Fertich, former secretary Indiana
Anti-Saloon League: Antoinette Funk
Chicago. ILL.,: H. H. Holman. progress
sive national committeeman for Mis-
sGuri; Edwin NJ. Lee, chairman Indi-
ana progressive state committee. 1912:
A. A. Andridge. Ohio delegate pro-
gressive national conventions; Charles
W. Reynolds, Covington. Ky; George
c. Rublee. New Hampshire. and w. III.
Nichols. progressive national commit
teeman for Vermont
Headquarters in Chicago.
Mr. Ickes will be in charge of the
movement to line up the former pro-
gressives for Cox and Roosevelt in
the middle-western and western
states. with headquarters in Chicago.
Edwin NJ. Lee, who was chairman of
the Indiana republican state commit
tee of 1910, and of the Indiana pro-
gressive state committee in 1912, will
be in charge in New York. Roscoe
Fertich of Indiana will be secretary
of the newly formed organization.
The appeal says. in part:
The progressive vote of 1912 came
largely from republican men and
women. Some of these voters return
ed to the party in 1916, responding to
the call to help the republican party
overthrow its reactionary leadership.
I'm the primaries of 1920 the pro-
gressives sought to clean the repub-
1ican house from within. But the ma
tional convention repudiated every
candidate who commanded any ap-
preciable progressive support, or, for
that matter, any popular support. The
Wood and Lowden - the candidates
favored by 80 per cent of the pre-
convention voting.
"Little Group of BfgOts..
"A little group of obstinate party
bigots, extending the autocratic prec-
edent of 1912 and 1916 and demon
strating the utmost disregard for the
will of the party voters. named their
personal choice for President. Truly
the steam roller exceeded the speed
limit.
To-day the independent voter is the
hope of our nation and the protector
of civilization. Let those who revere
the memory of Roosevelt remember
particularly that in the time when a
democratic administration under Will
son was adopting and writing into
law the domestic policies of Theodore
Roosevelt. Senator Harding was COM
batting those policies as revolutionary
and socialistic, denouncing the author
as modern Aaron Burr. Today Gov.
Cox is openly espousing as his ideal
of progressivism the man who led the
progressive party in 1912. and Senator
Harding stands. as always, opposed to
all those things for which Roosevelt
lived and fought"