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Show Philip D. Carter of Newton, Mass., who was ono of the organizers of the progressive partv in that state, and who for the Inst three years hns served as a member of the state committee, as a member of the finance committee, ns troasurcr of tho Thirteenth district congressional committee, commit-tee, nnd Inter still as treasurer of the financial auditing committee, has returned to tho republican repub-lican fold. Carter mndo his purpose known through n letter to n republican friend. "Mv reasons for severing relations with tho progressive progres-sive organization at this time are twofold," ho wrolo. "First of all, it is apparent that tho pro-grossivo pro-grossivo party is no longer held in respect by tin vast majority of the voters in this state. My second reason for leaving the party at this timo i is my conviction that this is a two-party countrv. ' I tloubt If any third party can ever survive. In tho future I look to n lineup of the radicals on the ono hand and tho conservatives on tho other. Thcro is no chance to accomplish anything by continuing to act as nn assistant democrat. Should I be asked by my old republican 'friends why I. did not join the democratic party, in view of tho fact that thoir plntform more nearly resembles re-sembles tho progrcsBivo platform, I would reply thnt I mn not joining them, because the democratic demo-cratic party is at heart more reactionary." |