The following is an extract from a 'document given to the press and published in many Republican papers:
The undersigned, who were supporters of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party, hereby express resentment at the attempt to arrogate the name of "Progressive" for the radical movement represented by the candidacy of Senator Robert M. LaFollette, and join in this statement of reasons why his candidacy is not entitled to Progressive support.
The movement in which we united with Theodore Roosevelt and millions of other Americans, under the historic name of "Progressive," was not...