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Show PROGRESSIVES ME OVERTURES TO G. 0. P. Ask for Voice in Management Manage-ment in Return for Support Sup-port at Polls. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Overtures to the Republican party for a voice In the management man-agement of party affairs In return for Progressive support were made today In a statement which followed a conference of C. H. Rowell of California, Glfford Pin-ehot, Pin-ehot, Raymond Robins. James R. Garfield. Gar-field. William A. White and Harold L. Tckes. Permanent progressive advance through the Democratic party is Impossible, the statement says, in announcing that a national na-tional conference of Progressives and Progressive- Republicans is to be called within with-in four months in the hope of bringing about reorganization of the Republican party. The first step toward providing progressive pro-gressive representation in the party, it was suggested, cou!d best be brought about by giving the present Republican campaign committee the functions of the executive committee. "The result of the election has shown that the only hope of victory for any political party in America lies in securing and retaining' the support sup-port of the progressive voters," the statement state-ment says. "In spite of certain progressive progres-sive achievements, the merit of which we do not question, it is clear to us that permanent per-manent progressive advance through the Democratic party is impossible. We welcome wel-come the enactment of progressive measures meas-ures by any party. But we are firm in the conviction that In the existing two-party two-party system constructive progress! vism may best be achieved through the Republican Re-publican party. But to gain either of these end?, the Republican party must be thoroughly progressivized, in organization, leadership and principles. 'We propose to. join with other Progressives Pro-gressives in calling a national conference of Progressives and Progressive-Republicans to be held during the next four months. Such a conference might well take steps toward reformulating progressive progres-sive principles and considering how to put them Into effect. "An Immediate, practical step toward progressive representation would be to give the present campaign committee in the party organization the functions of the executive committee of the party. This committee consists of ten regular Republicans and six former Progressives. This would give the Progressives votes as well as voices in the party council. A demand from the proposed conference for such representation in the Republican organization could not be ignored by any. who are seriously desirous of party success, suc-cess, and nothing less than this could be acceptable as a first step toward securing the confident e of the progressive voters of the country- "We believe the Ropubllcan party can get the procrresslve votes and that progressive pro-gressive voters through the Republican party can best secure the measures of political reform and social Justice to which they are devote. But to obtain this, there must be some guarantee that Progressive support before election will insure Progressive influence in the determination de-termination of Republican polioles after election. "The Progressives are not suppliants nor penitents. They are American citizens seeking justice and are ready to fight for It. The only harmony that is desirable or possible is the harmony of justice." |