The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-02
STATEMENT OF THE
POLICY OF LEAGUE
Executive Committee of Pro-
gressive Organization
Gives Principles.

The executive committee of the
Hoosier State Progressive League has
issued a statement regarding the pur-
poses and policy OF the league. The
executive committee is now drafting
q platform which will be ready for
adoption within a week or ten days,
at which time mass meeting will be
called to discuss the various planks in
the platform, and take final action on
its adoption. A member OF the league
will go to indianapolis next week to
confer with a representative of Senat-
or LaFollette regarding the meeting
in Richmond. The committees state
ment follows:
Shop Men United.
The shop men OF Richmond who,
having banded together under the
head OF the "Hoosier State Progress
I've League" purposes, by the work
of this organization, to promote a
more intelligent conception Of the val
he OF the vote entrusted to them, and
In a measure, bring about unity of
action in exercising that right of suf-
frage in support OF men and measures,
instead Of party and party candidates.
Its membership is to consist Of
those who are in sympathy with the
progressive principles herein contain
ed
Self reliance being the twin brother
OF independence, our purpose is, by
frequent gatherings and periodical
discussion OF the questions involved in
presumptive legislation, to instill in
the minds of it's mem bership the inn
portance of a thorough conception OF
what such legislation involves, that in
voting for or against we may do so
with that self consciousness OF right,
as to become imperyious to the suav
1ty and guile of the professional poll
tician.
We believe as American citizens in
standing for what Is right and just.
and in using our energies and influ-
ence to promote the cause of justice
and equity regardless OF partisan af-
Citation.
We stand to promote the candidacy
OF an aspirant to office, whose record
and sincerity Of purpose is beyond
reasonable doubt
One of the main purposes of our or
ganizatiOn Is to arrest the present
tendency to corruption in civic affairs,
insisting on standard Of mental and
moral fitness, giving our support to
such. preferably to that Of faithful
partisan adherence or party regular
ity.
We believe the restoration of our
governmental institutions, national,
state and municipal, to the care OF
clean and honest men, can only be
assured by the effective work Of this
and kindred organizations, coupled
with an unmistakable and emphatic
negative to all partisan domination in
behalf of such men and such measures
as Is inimical to the interests of the
common people.
Only as a Thinker can a person be
Individual.
The loss Of individuality is the op-
posite to true citizenship and to re-
tain our rights to citizenship, we do
most emphatically decline to subordin-
ute our will to that of those whose
personal and political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
is measured by the success OF their
deception.
True success can only be acclaimed
to the extent OF it's beneficence to the
greatest number.
Share General Disgust.
In common with good citizens every
where, we, as an organization, share
the universal disgust which has arisen
as a result of broken pledges, alliance
with interests that are antagonistic to
the we'll being Of the common people,
by the enactment of tariff laws that
are unjust and disproportionate in its
burden effective to the extent of add
ing to the cost Of living, lessening pro-
portionately the purchasing power of
the dollar. thus reducing wages the
equivalent to such increase.
In common with good citizens ev-
erywhere, We believe as whole the
upper and lower congresses are not
representatives of the common people
who elected them. but are representa-
tives of the special interests who have
a power over them and by exercising
that power control them.
In common with good citizens every.
where. we are appalled, at the reve-
lation that one and one-half million of
children are now working in the fac
tories, mines and sweat shops Of this
country. We are in a state of doubt
al to Just why the largest beneficiary
Of our tariff laws compel their en-