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Show lURGEflT LEAGUE PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE OR-GANIZE "TO PROMOTE POPULAR POPU-LAR GOVERNMENT." Declare Special Interests Have Throttled Throt-tled the Nation and That New Organization Or-ganization Will Help any Party . That Will Make Suitable Laws. Washington. Organization of tho Republican Progressive lcaguo by "progressive" Republican senators, representatives, governors and others an organization which will seek to Fight for the establishment or popular popu-lar government was announced here Monday. Plans or the new league, which have been under way sinco the assembling as-sembling of congress, were concluded conclud-ed at a meeting here Saturday night, when a declaration of principles was signed, a constitution adopted and officers of-ficers elected, Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon being chosen president. presi-dent. The declaration of principles, was signed by nine Republican Untied States senators, the governors of six Republican slates, lairleen members of the housa, and others. The declaration of principles declares de-clares that "tho object of the league Is the promotion of popular government govern-ment and progressive legislation. "Popular government in America has been thwarted and progressive legislation strangled by the special Interests, which control caucuses, delegates, dele-gates, conventions and party organizations." organi-zations." , It Is declared that under existing conditions legislation in tile public in terest has been baffled. The league promises aid to any party that will co-operate with the progressives In the several states Id the advancement of measures for the good of all the people. |