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Show SMS TUFT CUT Gilford Pinchot Makes Speech to Progressive Republicans in Boston. By As '.Delated Press. BOSTON, Dec. lb'. That tho developments devel-opments of recent months hnvo mado impossible the rcnomlnation of President Pres-ident Taft and that tho country is turning turn-ing rapidly to Is... Follctte as tho next Republican presidential nomiuco, wero among declarations made bv Gifford Pinchot, former chief of the United Slates forest service, before n gathering gather-ing of progressive Republicans hero tonight. "Unless the Republican party shall meet tho demand of tho. times by throwing itself squarely into the pro-gressivc pro-gressivc movement, its time of usefulness useful-ness is past," he said. "Modern conditions con-ditions demand modern treatment. The Republican party uccd3 to be cleaned of its oppressors. "The progressive, movemont, like overv other great movement, has a leader. lead-er. "T realize- tha.t this meeting is not called in the interest of any candidate, but I should bo concealing my own convictions con-victions if T failed to express myself on this point. Since the developments of recent months have mado impossible tho. reuomiuatiou of Mr. Taft. the country coun-try has been fuming rapidly and rightly right-ly to that pioneer among progressives, a constructive statesman, full of eour-&gc eour-&gc and common sense. Robert M. La Fnllottc of Wisconsin. See to, it that your delegates to the Republican un-tional un-tional convention are pledged to pro- cressive principles. First, last and all the time, this is a fight for principles. princi-ples. " ' Governor Robert P. Bass of New Hampshire said: "As 1 see it. the objout of the new progressive movement in politics is aet-ii aet-ii a I Iv and wise to put in foroo tho fundamental principles underlying our form of government; lo give each voter an equal voice in the choice of elective elect-ive officers, or. conversely, to prcvout a. small and influential group of men from controlling the- body politic for their own selfish purposes; or, again, to keep the special interests and great corporations I rom naming and controlling con-trolling men iu public office. It is full of promiso in that it springs from tho insistent demand of the electorate at large, rather I ban from the independent leadership of individual men." |