Middletown transcript., 1912-07-20
PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION

The fllowing call was issued at Dover
on Wednesday night, for the Progressive
Convention TO be held there, on July 3l-I
to select delegates to the Convention to be
held at Chicago on August 9th.
WHEREAS, There has been issueo by
the provisional committee under a resoiu-
ton passed at Chicago, on Jrne 22i, last,
a call ior National Convention to form a
political party, the name OF which will
be determined by the Convention, in
which the delegates chosen under this call
| will participate, as follows
To the people of the United States,
without regard to political differences.
who through repeated betrayals realize
that to-dry, the power Of the crooked po-
liticaI bosses and of the privileged classes
behind them is so strong in the two old
party organizations, that no helpful move
| ment in the real interests of our country
can come out Of either.
Who believes that the time has come
| for a National Progressive Movement-a
Nation wide MDvement-on nnn-sectional
lines, SO that the people may be served in
sincerity aud truth by an organization
unfettered by obligation to conflicting in
terests;
w ITO D6it6NE III biiC tlEnt duu NdDdGlbY
of the people to rule themselves, and ef-
fectivey to control all the agencies of
their government, and who hold that only
through social and industrial justice, thus
secured, can honest property find perms-
nent projections;
Who believe that government by the
few tends to become. and in fact has be-
come, government by the sordid influences
that control the few;
Who believe that only through the
movement proposed can be obtained in
the nation and the several States, the
legislation, demanded by the modern il
dustrial evolution; legislation which shall
favor honest business and yet control the
great agencies of modern business, so as
to insure their being used in the interest
OF the whole people: legislation which
shall promote prosperity and at the same
time secure the better and more equitable
diffusion of prosperity; legislation which
shall promote the economic well being Of
the honest farmer, wage worker, profess
sional man, and bust ness man alike, but
which shall at the same time strike ineffi-
cient fashion-and not merely pretend to
strike-at the roots of privilege in the
world of industry no less than in the
world of politics;
Who believe that onlv this type OF wise
industrial evolution will avert industrial
revolution;
Who believe that wholesome party gov
ernment can come only if there is whole
some party management in a spirit of sel-
vice to the whole country, and who hold
that the commandment delivered at
Sinai, "Fhou Shalt Not Steal'', applies to
politics as well as to business:
To all in accord with these views a call
is hereby issued by the Provisional Con-
mittee under the resolution of the mass
meeting held in Chicago on June 22d last,
to send from each State number OF dele
gates whose votes in the Convention shall
count for as many votes as the State shall
have Senator's and Representa-, es in
Congress-; to met in Convention at
Chicago on the 5th day of August, 1912,
for the purpose Of nominating candidates
to be supported for the positions of Presi-
dent aud Vlct President of the United
States.
Aud whereas, it is believed that pro-
gressive views in accordance with the
above declaration are entertained by
large number of the citizens of this State.
AuU WH6IGdSs IL Is iOL ue6il6u pTactiC"
able at this time to hold primary elections
for the purpose OF this call owing to lack
of time to provide for the same in an effeC-
tive manner,
Now therefore, all voters of the State Of
Delaware, without regard to past political
Affiliations, who are in accord with the
views and objects set forth in the fore
going call are hereby invited to assemble
in Convention in Dover, Delaware, on
July 81, 1912, for the purpose of organi-
cation. election of delegates to the Con-
venlion to be held in Chicago on August
5, as set forth in the above call, and the
transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the Convention.
LOUIS A. DRExLER,
Provisional Chairman.
Attest: j. Hall Anderson,
Provisional Secretary.
DOVER, Del, July II, 1912.