Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1914 — “COME BACK.” [ARTICLE]

“COME BACK.”

< austic Editorial From Marion, Ind., Observer. * Since the campaign of 1912 progressives have been asked time and time again bv leaders erstwhile co-g<-nt kindly to step down and out, and come back to the republican party. \\*e have been cajoled, browbeaten, harshly used, and commanlpd to come back. We have been whispered to, and flattered by rosy promises; we have listened to tremulous voices, and bowed our heads to IhCiF penitent manner; felt grieved to note their humble state of mind; and then, of a sudden, we are shocked at their defiant manner, their i age, and their loud commands had - ed up with the crack of the whip. All to come back! W e are asked to come back, not to the republican party (honor to its name), but to the leaders of that party who have nothing in common with progressive principles and hopes. We are asked to come back 'o those leaders who for the last few years have dragged the name republican through the mire and the dirt and the slime; and instead of their being permitted to use it, those well-meaning persons, who for the glory the name has given to the country remain with it, ought to see to it that it be given a decent burial, and that a wreath of roses be placet! upon its grave.”