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ite Convention Is Largely Attended and Ea
dfusiastic Gathering—Resolutions Denouncing
the Foreign Policy ot President Wilson Are
Adopted
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION.
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"The delegates of the Progressive party in Idaho in convention as
sembled hereby resolve;
"That, for the nomination for president of the United States, we
declare unqualifiedly f
the man who personifies the greatest issue before the people as no other
Itnan personifies tt; for the man who spoke with courage and conviction
•Alien more timid meft were silent; and to whose voice the people
harkened.
"That, in a crisis like this when our nation must be prepared to
defend its rights in the face of the world at war. and to maintain peace
Mth honor, the national demand is for s man of undoubted courage and
strength; a man of experience and ability and energy—a real American,
[Theodore Roosevelt.
I "Thai, we hereby Instruct our delegates to the national convention
[if the Progressive party in June to vote as a unit for Theodore Roose
velt."
the leado in the fight for Americanism; for
pa Progressive party of Idaho in
|vention here yesterday declared un
jlifiedly for Theodore Roosevelt as
Choice for presidential nominee and
[is. Hixeen delegates, each with a
ies. Sixteen delegates, each with a
t a vote, were elected to the GhU
0 convention to be held .Tune 7 and
Pe instructed to vote for Colonel
»sevelt under the unit rule. At the
d of this delegation is R. S. Sheri
I, who was elected itc chairman. The
vention was the most enthusiastic
1 Moose gathering in the history of
tparty in Idaho. The name of Theo
Mjftoostevelt was cheered again and 1
rm. He was heralded as the next I
sident of the
it Wilson's foreign policy was flayed j
all speakers.
'he delegates elected are as follows: j
K. Sheridan, Paul Davis and H. E.
Elroy, Ada county; Colonel J. M.
tersoll, C. O. fierce, A. D. Ashbaugh,
mock county; \Y. A. White, Nez
■ce county; J. H. Gipson, Boise ctun
W. A. Lee. ( \Y. Evans. Bingham
inty; L. M. Earl, Bonneville county,
F. .Valmsloy, L. Kennedy, <'aryon
Inty; Chris Jenson. Madison coun
A. L. Swim, Twin Kalla county;
T. Jordan, Kootenai county. Every
i of the delegates named will attend I
national convention.
kSide from the enthusiasm shown for
onel Roosevelt, two of the striking
i o*es of the convention were the
ited States, Presi
•ted tempo ary chairman and Paul ;
ris secretary. The organization was
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short re
s during whl h !.. '. Merreli and
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äominating, credentials and perman-!
organization—J. H. Gipson, Cald
Il; C. A. North. Twin Kalls; L. A.
J. Walmsle.v, j
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Blaekfoot; !
dse; U. O. Pierce. Po
; A. U Swim, Twin Fat! O. K.
Pocatello; C. W. Luck, Lardo; H.
»ssler, Boise, f'hris Jenson, Rigby. !
he reports of committees were later !
1 and adopted by the convention, j
the delegates nominated |
e placed before the convention and !
ted without opposition. )
resses by .Slate Chairman Gipson
pT. MoETroy, the party's last can-,
r, . ,
ite for governor, both of whom as
od the rights and protection of
"rieans stand forth ns paramount I
■a for the coming campaign.
IT convention was held i
r . hall, Ninth
the I. O.
and Idaho streets,
»re were 150 dclegaes in attendance
resentaffvc of all parts of the state,
a
as
xirman Gipson culled the assembly
order and in doing so delivered
on g address.
H. K. McElroy
y made .permanent,
ommittecs were appointed as
s after whicli there was
er» spoke.
ders, Rockland; F.
ma; H. L. Randall, Boise.
Isolutions—W. A. Lee,
I Sheridan,
?r which
Martin for Union.
relegrams and letters were read to
; convention from Progressives who
ild not be present as follows:
"Sandpoint, April 22, 1916.
H. Gipson,
"Chairman Progressive Convention,
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Trust that dele
ill be instructed to
"Boise.
Cordial greetings,
ion to Chicago w
ry out program of national commit
in this hour more threatening to
• national welfare than any since
fl. We need
president who wi!I|
tect Americans and American
its. We need Colonel Roosevelt. It
ny sincere Wish that a union of Pro
Usives and Republicans will occur
æhleago with Colonel Roosevelt as
I candidate for president.
S "G. H. MARTIN."
"Lewiston, April 21, 1916.
*1. Gipson,
Unforseen circumstances make it
jossible to come to Boise at our
Resolutions
favored
jvention.
psevelt and instructed for J, P. Voll
r and W. A. White for Chicago con
ition.
"M, B. MIKKELSON."
"Coeur d'Alene, April 21, 1916.
[H. Gipson, ,
Delegates from Kootenai county
fvoldably detained at last moment,
ble to secure alternates. We send
wishes and pledge support to the
f >. If Jordan selected for delegate
* hicago he will accept. Hops you
I use your influence in his behalf.
I "JOHN CARR,
I "SAM T. »JORDAN.
"Committee."
ink Lee Barrows of Moscow wrote
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campaign will be the necessity of up-j
holding the honor of this country, and i
the full protection of its citizens whcrJ \
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ever they may be within their legal
rights, and that this should he »et I
forth in the plainest and most cm- j
pliHtfc manner. Nothing jingoistic of !
course, but a simple, strong présenta
tion of the party's position on this lz
sue; second. I believe no reference j
whatever should be made to the Re- !
publican party; third. I hope a delega-:
tion will he sent to Chicago instructed '
to vote and work for Roosevelt first, !
last and all the time. '
"There is growing a remarkable sen-;.
liment in favor of Roosevelt, even !
amonfi those who formerly opposed ,
him and l am in hopes this will force!,
the leaders of the Republican party to
nominate him, much as they hate to do
ho, but if they ignore this feeling and 1
put up some other man in hopes to !
catch all the anti -Dem icratlc votes,!
fe should by all means nominate !
Roosevelt ourselves, and take advant
age of the quite general feeling that he
is the 'man of the hour,' and the only
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JAMES H. GIPSON
Progressive State Chairman,
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opened convention and predicted elec
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tion of Roosove t.
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!a letter which was read to the conven
tion, in which he expressed his regret!
at being unable to attend the conven- j
tion and offered some suggestions re-'
garding the resolutions:
"First," he said. "I think your reso. j
lut ions committee should recognize the
fact that the muin issue of the next
then
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We would have a far better
ve had
chance of electing him than
; four Wars ago, and I believe could do
I so regardless of the Republican nomi
nee."
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Addrco» of Chairman Gipson.
The address given by Chairman Gip
B0 n when qpening the convention is in
j p nr p a s follows;
j "Gentlemen, it is a very great
pleasure indeed for me to greet you
here today. The history of political
movements fn America presents some j
interesting phenomena; and every stu
dent of our institutions has commented
on the fact that we are apparently
committed to the two-party system—an
observation confirmed in some meas
ure at least by the experience of those
of us who have taken an <v t!<'o part in
the Progre sive movement. The voters
cling to their old political g3ls with
singular tenacity. Still, the Progres
sive party has now endured for tour
strenuous years, and while many men
have been weighed in the balance and
found wanting, the attendance of you
gentlemen here today, gathered from
every section of the -state, demon
strates that the Progressive pa tv in
Idaho is a factor to be reckonsj with
next November, and I repeat, it' gives
me ireiiu.ne pleasure to find that this
state has oven so many independent
thinkers.
country trembles on ths brink of the
"These, gentlemen, are troublous
times. Unutterable woe and misery
hold Europe in bloody hands. Our own
maelstrom which has involved all else.,
America Mood in greater peril, never,
wan the call for a superman to guide j
millions ol free people demnnds leader
*h;r> mid executive ability rained to th«
m!i degree; but when all the titanic
fo'-cot, Of modern civillzaM-., Inve been
turned ;i)to Instruments of destruction
and the gods are hurling thunderbolts
and mouninina, the Innocent bystander
enn well pray for an Iron m> u* at thj
held, directed by nerves of steel!
"Who ever our Ideas a twelvemonth,
age America's peril has changed them,
'l.-y as we might, we poule i ot make
the Issues of 1912 the Issues -.if 1916. Wo
•ve as thoroughly in the rule of
th- people: we stand as ilimlv in ac
cord with those humanitarlnc demands
width ws Incorporated in orr great
platform under the heading of social
and industrial justice. Tti"se matters,
though cf vital Important to the fu
ture of our country, cannot be made to
figure; stronrly In the approaching con
test.
"The only Issues In 1916 will be
whether American citizenship Is to be
worth a pinch of snuff when a man or
woman steps «ut of the borders of the
United States, and whether
going to prepare ourselves to make that I
citizenship worth while—It should be
the dearest possession of any man—so
that if persuasion fails when the rights
of our people are violated we shall be
a position to vindicate these rights
even with the mailed fist!
My friends, I shall not encroach fur
ther upon the time of the convention. I
Vou have selected as temporary chair- j
man of thii gathering the leader |
vvhose whole hearted efforts for th - ,
movement in 1914 further endeared him'
to us all, and I now have the pleasure j
of introducing to you that courageous
fighier _for t. righteous cause—the
Hiram Johnson of Idaho—Hugh E. Mo
tIloy '
McElroy Enthuse» Delegate».
Mr. McElroy spoke as follows;
"Gentlemen of the Convention: It is
great honor 1o be a member of a !
Progressive state convention. No po- j
litieal party ever accomplished so much !
in so short a time as has the Progrès- I
Rive party. Four years ago, ft changed j
tlie national administration. Two years '
ago it gave President Wilson a Demo- !
cratic congress. By declaring for stale |
prohibition in this slate, we forced j
both of the old parties to do likewise |
and ibus insured stare prohibition by j
legislative enactment and the submls-!
sion of a constitutional amendment.
"While we have not secured public
we have demonstrated that r
-gadlzatton can have an aot
'c are
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office,
a i
political
ive, potential existence without political I
patronage. In fact, we arc confirmed !
in the belief that no political party !
can long withstand the demoralizing
influence of n political system under j
which the public service Is shamelessly
prostituted for political purposes.
have seen President Wilson forced by I
tolerate the system off
We have ;
Alabama village of!
900 persons, for the benefit of a Dem- !
ocratic cons
bill by an appropriation of $107,000 fori
the same purpose in a Utah town of ;
2500 people, for the benefit of'a Repub- :
politician. These and other !
leases of like character represent a hi
partisan political system, which
threatens the very integrity of our na
tion. Of ( course, we are all for pro
pared ness; but we cun hardly help!
ondering how much of the enormous
re about to appropriate for
the army and navy will be shamelessly'
wasted. It Is hard to believe that,
prior to the European war the matn
tenance cost of onr small regular army
^v'Avè^tnaw IpL ™ a "
t * n a
L" ed m n , r hav, '
'been wasted in construction of new
v.„jid{..«-. «• „ ; , . ,,
^""f" e bar ™'"«. regardless
J le ,5. ,Z t ^ ^P^t-.
ZL'lL r InJn *° v ernment.
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*. "Y ' h *' ^' h of the ,?^ Partie« are
' l "^'' n t ^ th . e8am8 8 l ick ' Such »>«
CaY Progressives go:
, ... 'k". e n
"' N co-operating!«s
! '° * ,8 ' ,e *
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f.ete wUh ea ^2 ,athe T "
c ° er ln
We ;
his party to
•pork barrel' legislation,
seen an appropriation of $50,000 for a 1
post office Jn o
sman, offset in the same |
Hen
sums we
help
:e of power
om*
serving the
public good.
"During tiie past four years we have
seen the plans of politicians generally
go for naught, a
agency has been
nd the active human
the large
thinking, independent voters which has
coalesced under the name of the Pro
gressive party. During this short time
we have conclusively
that there are enough
voters in our state and nation to hold
the balance of power and ultimately
decide what political policieh shall pire
vail.
body of
demonstrated
independent
re
cither dead or so modified as to pre
sent new questions for determination,
with neither of the old parties com
mitted to any particular view. Ev
Principles of the Old Parties.
"Practically all of the old issues
issuc.
The
the tariff has disappeared as i
This administration has
enacted
tariff law along protective lines,
time honored Democratic principle of
a tariff for revenue only has linaljy
been abandoned. Both of
parties are assuring the people, that
they favor a non-partisan tariff c
mission and the elimination of the
tariff question as a political issue.
The Trust Question.
the old
"On the trust question, both of the
old parties stand by the principles of,
the obsolete Sherman law and look to
competitlon as a regulative factor In
business. It is a matter of common
knowledge that business men unlver
sally consider combinations in re-|
straint of trade as a matter of eco
nomic necessity.
parties offer any constructive plan for
the protection of the public by regu-j
lating such combinations. It must be
apparent that with the passing of com
petition In any line of business, there
should be substituted a rigid regulation
in the interest of the public. Members
Neither of the old,
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HUGH E. McELROY
Temporary chairman af Progressive
convention, who delivered keynote ad
dress.
I of the ,Progressive party should not
forget that the statements of our na
tional platform of 1912 on the trust
question are being vindicated every
day. We have heard a great deal re
contly of German efficiency but we are
also learning that combination as
practiced in Germany, under govern*
I ment supervision and regulation, is a
j most important means whereby
| German manufacturer is able to de
, stray his competitor,
facturera do not compete with each
j other hut on the contrary co-operate
to systematically destroy their Indi
viduulislic opponents by underselling.
The economic watchword of the fu
ture is co-operation; but co-operation
is combination; and combination means
an end to competition; with neither
competition nor regulation, the public
! must pay all the traffic will bear. At
j fhis point our party says, in the lung
! uage of Mr. Roosevelt, regulation not
I strangulation.' The great economic
j question Is that of competition. It in
' eludes the tariff, the trust and labor
! questions. It concerns every farmer's
| and producer's organization; every
j contract of employment and every sale
| of goods; as well as the social welfare
j of the community. The tariff relates
solely to foreign competition; the trust
the
German manu
question to domestic competition,
is absurd to discuss either the trust
»r the tariff
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tempting to ignore the principles of
[question, at -
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I competition.
! "Now it is conceded that competition
! does not exist or is rapidly passing in
all lines of business. Regulation has
j been substituted in relation to rail*
roads and public utilities alone. What
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the
; parties attempt to answer.
The Paramount Issue.
"We believe the paramount issue in
! the coming national election to be the
F
; have gotten ajnng practically without,
: a foreign policy.
! ropean war, we now realize the need
of preparedness and the necessity of
an adequate foreign policy with refer
j ence to that war.
j "As patriotic citizens, we must loy
ally support the foreign policy of our
i government. The foreign policy of our I
- nation should not become a political |
issue. We cannot forget, however, that!
our country is a republic and that our I
j president can move no faster than pub- |
<lie; opinion. He is forced, however, to
j ass "'" e th ®. responsibility of Inter* I
P""«« ojuilon and reaching |
' ; d Y, ,SlVe ';°" clusion «' Our foreign
policy must be characterized by neither
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| vacllia ion nor indecision. I believe!
wc will all agree that the prompt and
.ccts.ve notion of the government in
dispatching un arms Int
th " se .
' C '* y ° f
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be.A'mncan people in thernselvM, than |
vvuld have oeen accomplished by any |
1 other method. When the honor and,
prestige of our country is involved, we,
,Jt
; islto he done when competition ln busi
ness wholly ceases to exist? Neither
Democratic nor tiie Republican
1
| foreign policy of the United States.
more than one hundred years we
As a result of the Eti
Mexico to
ade the attack on
olumbus, N. M», has done
restore the confidence of the
ho
lore t
:
must not only have for president a
an who is a scholar and a statesman
the firmness and de
vh<
pOSBCSSCf
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necessary to act decisively. We
' cannot afford to play a coward's part
when
tics.
we are forced int
Circumstances nave combined as!
vorid poli
| to make the president of the United
! States the real diplomatic représenta -
tive of all ihe neutral nations in deal-i
European
commerce beioni
tio
nations dares resent the anarchy prae
j ticed in Ihh submarine campaign of
!t>c
Ing with questions arising out of the 1
Hundreds of vessels of.
ar
lg to the neutral na
• have been sunk oil the hjgh seas
in violation of international law. The
United Stales alone of all the neutral
I
German government. We seem
• to be at one of the points in the world's
! history when great decisions must be
1 made ;*md where ordinary statesman
ship is insuffle ient. The policy of the
present administration has been criti
oised as vacillating and lucking in
firmness and there is a w idespread be
lief that his diplomacy has ceased to
inspire proper respect for the honor of
' our nation. At this time, the attention
of of the whole country seems to have
centered on Mr. Roosevelt as the man
ability to represent the United States
who is best, tltted by experience and
in this most dangerous crisis.
"it is customary for those who apolo.
j size for the foreign policy of the Wil
; son administration to charge thRt if
; Mr. Roosevelt had been president he
of, would have plunged the country Into
to j the European war. Since the w ar be
In gan Mr. Roosevelt is the one American
| who has not hesitated to insist that
i our country should be prepared to pro
re-| teet tiie honor of Its citizens and main
; tain Its position in world affairs. He
cious charge
happens, however, that Mr. Roosevelt
be has a record for successful world di
1 plomncy of which we may all be proud,
It is important to briefly recall the
diplomatic history of his administra
tion.
old, has thus laid himself open to a spe
of this character. • It
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