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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
6
The Boone County Progressive notes a February 19 1914 issue with editorials on long running local politics and progressive movements. It references John B. Shelby, district conventions in Indiana and the broader split in California GOP factions, plus remarks by Raymond Robins criticizing the Republican Party.
Gittard Pinchot former United States chief forester has been formally invited to be the Progressive candidate for United States senator from Pennsylvania to succeed Boise Penrose. The invitation was extended in a revolution unanimously adopted at a conference of Washington party leaders in Harrisburg last Friday. The piece notes Wilson's unclear position and mentions Democratic opposition to Roger Sullivan.
The text notes President Wilson avoids committing on women's suffrage and refuses a clear positive statement, arguing no organic party action. It contrasts his stance with current events and cites his support for repealing a Panama Canal toll exemption for coastwise vessels, aligning with only partial party platform.
William P Boland of Scranton Pennsylvania says he was driven into bankruptcy after exposing Judge Robert W Archbald as a tool of coal interests. He addressed Congressman Clayton claiming Senate action and a failed effort by Congress to shield him from powerful business interests.
The piece outlines Democratic friction over the Baltimore platform, debates on judicial endorsements and publicity, and pressure from Progressives in 1914. It notes irregularities in Pennsylvanian judge endorsements, a Lima conference correction on Ohio Progressives, and a broader call for steady party lines. It quotes Dooley re subscriptions and details shifts of Republicans joining the Progressive movement, signaling rising multi party dynamics.
George Fiich, editor and Progressive, spoke at Englewood Woman's club in Chicago's Masonic temple. He said women will civilize politics by teaching manners, ensuring clean streets, pure food, and kinder laws, and urged voting as the tool to bring reform.
W H Hinebaugh, chairman of the Progressive committee in Washington, notes two years ago Progressives were 4 2 million strong forged under danger and resistance. He cites twenty Progressive congressmen from California to New York who backed Victor Murdock for speaker and have since introduced bills though facing a strong machine and ample money.
Charges of violation of party pledges fly as Democrats in Congress oppose Wilken's course. Some oppose his effort to govern for all people rather than party dictates. Debate centers on Wilson's recommendation to repeal the Panama Canal Act toll exemption for American shipping. Opponents deny a platform phrase about exemption was a jokey insert.
A behind the scenes clash over free speech and anti Sullivan actions unfolds at a conference of party leaders. W C Niebuhr boasts of strong legal talent while downstate papers attacked Sullivan. The piece notes Indiana Democratic tensions and Speaker Clark signaling presidential ambition amid party realignments.
The New York Herald rails at Democratic leader Charles F. Murphy and Tammany Hall, calling him a crook and cowards. Judge Edward F. O'Dwyer presses to oust Murphy as power fractures, signaling the beginning of the end for Democratic rule in the state. The piece cites Cassidy’s jail fight and looming court actions as the showdown shifts west to Chicago with Bulllivan’s bel durean.
The article discusses shifts in American political thought from Lincoln to the Progressive era, noting the call for expanding the application of liberty and equality to meet modern conditions. It contrasts principles with policies, predicting Republican decline and highlighting Theodore Roosevelt era figures and party evolutions. Lincoln’s influence on progressivism is invoked in reflecting on enduring core values.
A Lincoln observance will be held at the Presbyterian church next Sunday afternoon at 4 30 with organ medley of patriotic airs that includes My Maryland. Randall Choir will perform Lead Kindly Light and Battle Hymn of the Republic. Reading of Gettysburg Address, solo Home Sweet Home, Hymn America and subject Lincoln and His Gettysburg Speech. Dorcas Class under faculty of decorating and ushering. Pearl Williams of South Bend mentioned in passing.
The memoir recalls Lincoln's rise from 1860 debates with Douglas to the Philadelphia convention, naming key figures like Thurlow Weed Norman Judd Carl Schurz and Dr. Ray. It reflects on the party's early purpose and the speaker's own shift to Republican loyalty and the enduring ideals of the party.
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