the western continent.

What effect will this Progressive movement have upon party organization?

As matters stand at present there are in reality four parties within the

bonds of the two old parties--(1) the Conservative Republicans of the

East; (2) the Conservative Democrats of the South; (3) the Progressive

Republicans of the West; (4) the Progressive Democrats of the West. Out

of this tangle it appears that either a new party will be formed by the

combination of the Progressives of both old parties, or this Progressive

movement must gain control of one or the other of these parties. Should

the former happen, we may see the peculiar alliance of New England and