ABSTRACT
The leaders of the Progressive movement welcomed Roosevelt's aid in fighting the railway kings and the coal barons, but dissented vigorously from his imperialism and chauvinism. The leaders of the Progressive movement welcomed Roosevelt's aid in fighting the railway kings and the coal barons, but dissented vigorously from his imperialism and chauvinism. The Progressives demanded a regular army of 250,000 men, compulsory universal military training, and "a navy restored to at least second rank in battle efficiency." When Roosevelt refused the nomination, the party turned to Charles E. Hughes, who Roosevelt told them stood for "clean-cut, straightout Americanism," and the party decided to support him, because only he could "serve the two vital causes of Americanism and Preparedness." The Republican and Progressive platforms of 1916 were almost identical, except that Lodge could not get the Republicans to accept the provision for universal service.
