. Review of reviews and world's work. si\cs were aspirited body, but futile because their briefstory lay all in the past. They seemed con- scious of sitting by, and waiting, while theirIraders were bargaining them into oblivionas an organization. Th* Provret- ^^^ °> ^^thod bv which theaioM- Futii* Progressives could have influ-enced the Republicans was onethat they were forbidden by their leaders toemploy. They could have nominated Roose-velt promptly and adjourned. The>- couldhave appealed to the countr>-; they couldhave demanded the support of all the non-partisan influences that fa
. Review of reviews and world's work. si\cs were aspirited body, but futile because their briefstory lay all in the past. They seemed con- scious of sitting by, and waiting, while theirIraders were bargaining them into oblivionas an organization. Th* Provret- ^^^ °> ^^thod bv which theaioM- Futii* Progressives could have influ-enced the Republicans was onethat they were forbidden by their leaders toemploy. They could have nominated Roose-velt promptly and adjourned. The>- couldhave appealed to the countr>-; they couldhave demanded the support of all the non-partisan influences that favored Roose\elt thereupon, instead of de-clining conditionally, could have acceptedconditionally; taking his own good time fordeliberation. The Republicans should havebeen asked to cooperate if they so desired,but not urged by men outside the Republicanmembership. The Republicans would underthese circumstances, in spite of themselves,have named Mr. Roosevelt—not for any per-sonal reasons, but because of the fact that. lies. T. l^LEMAX DU (ON THE SIGHT)AND MR. FRANK HrrCHCOCK 1 Mr Dll u ic •?,.•,,.,1 (nr- tV,- ;.! -,. jn ,1,^ K 1 Dcla- red hi> .kiilitiis to the support oi Jtuucc .ivc at Chic;igo) THE PROGRESS Of THE IfORED there are real issues at stake and that politicalparties are sometimes compelled to recognizefacts. Even Tammany Hall was forced inmore than one part>- crisis, by the logic ofconditions, to support Grover , it happened that nearh everyone of the active candidates whose nameswere before the convention—Senator Cum-mins, ^Ir. Root, Senator Weeks, Mr. Fair-banks, Senator Sherman, Mr. Burton, andothers—could ha\e supported Colonel Roose-velt under existing conditions with vigor andcordialit5\ While, therefore, the Republicanconvention could have been influenced b}-facts accomplished, it could not be bargainedwith in advance by a party that was gener-ously proposing to commit suicide. Whenthe Progr
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