In the end, the Progressive Party died.
Some of its active members hoped to keep it going as a vehicle for reform. The
party did offer some candidates for public office in the 1914 elections, but, without
Roosevelt's active support and in the face of the legislative successes of Wilson and the
Democrats, the party did not do well.
Scanned from Current
Literature 53(1912): 487, cartoon by Harding in the Brooklyn Eagle
As this cartoon scanned from Current
Literature 53(1912): 489 indicates, part of the problem the Bull Moose party faced
was the unwillingness of local candidates to join in its effort. Historical study of
the Progressive Party membership and candidates indicates that established Republicans,
who were in sympathy with the Bull Moose platform, were nevertheless very, very reluctant
to bolt the GOP and risk their position in it.
(The Ohio Historical Society holds a collection of 104 James Donahey cartoons from this time period.)
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