Volume 15 , Issue 19

One Hundred Years Ago - 13 May 1913

One hundred years ago today 13 May, the Tulsa Daily World, dated 13 May 1913, Tuesday, The front page headlines read: "Are Outspoken For A Coalition." There were those who were seeking a uniting of Progressive and republican parties to remedy the causes.

Chicago, May 12 1913 -- That a uniting of the progressive party with the republican party was not only desired but actually was sought, was the gist of sentiment expressed at the close of a two day conference at which republican leaders outlined plans for reorganizing the party.

Herbert S. Hadley, formerly governor of Missouri, who with Senators Cummins, Borah and Sherman, led the discussion at the conference, said afterward that the desire to have those back in the party who left it to join the progressive party was manifest." The coalition, he added, was not to be effected by any scheme such as the assign of resolutions by leaders, "but rather a remedying of the causes in the republican party which resulted in the separation."

The conference, attended by six United States senators, numerous members of the house of representatives and leaders from states as distant as Massachusetts and California, resulted in the issuance of a statement. It expressed the belief that the republican national committee should call a republican national convention at an early date as possible to effect radical changes in party affairs and especially in reference to conduct of national conventions.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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