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Show Progressives Will Apply Test Washington. The so-called "progressive" "pro-gressive" organizations which are backing Senator La Follette in his independent race for the presidency, are going to apply their own special "acid test" to all candidates for the senate and house of representatives in the coming election. The test, so far as candidates for re-election are concerned, will be the record of such candidates on certain bills as disclosed disclos-ed by the roll calls printed in the Congressional Record. In the 1922 election the "acid test" was the vote on the Newberry cast and the Esch-Cummins Esch-Cummins railway law legislation foi the regulation of the packing industry. indus-try. This year there will be added the resolutions calling for the removal remov-al of Secretary of ' the Navy Denby and Attorney General Daugherty, the Mellon tax reduction bill, farm legislation legis-lation and the proposed child laboi amendment to the constitution. |