The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
CAMP A|GN TO
Be VIGOROUS
OVER NATION

(NatfOna1 News ASSOc1atlOn)
CHICAGO, Aug. S-Theodore Roose-
Welt will invade the south and west.
Hiram w Johnson will swing through
the east. Every state in the Union is
to be visited, some of them by both
candidates. This Is the tentative plan
of campaign of the Progressive party
as outlined today by the candidates
themselves, the national committee,
and the leaders of the movement, in a
the first national convention closed
last night, and that were continued
throughout this morning.
The campaign is to start at once.
The work of organization will begin
as soon as the work can be undertake
en. Offices will be opened in New
York and in Chicago for the general
direction of affairs and other head
quarters will be established where
they may seem most needed At the
very outset it is expected that such
headquarters will be established in
one of the cities of the southern
states. For the first time in years an
actual contest over the presidential
election is to be waged below the
Mason and Dixon line and hot and
strenuous campaign begun to break
the solid south"
VIII Invade South.
Plans as now outlined will catapult
the colonel himself into the southern
territory at the very outset Of the
campaign. 1t was determined on for
two reasons. First, because the Pro
gressive leaders believe there is a
chance to ct a part of the southern
electoral vote and second because they
believe that directing a fight in the
very heart Of the Democratic strong
hold will start affairs with a rush
that will give them an advantage
throughout the campaign, putting the
opposition more or less on the de-
fensive.
All this was discussed today by
Col. Roosevelt, Gov. Johnson, Joseph
M. Dixon, head of the new Progress
sive national committee that same in
to being yesterday, and the other
men who will conduct the fight of the
Progressive party
Meetings of delegates and leaders
of the various sections of the country,
the South, the West, the East, and the
New England states, were held today
before the national committee resum-
ed it's sessions at II o'clock. The Sec
tional meetings were to determine
the needs of the party there in the
way of a campaign and to make
recommendation to the committee.
Fina' arrangements for the campaign
will be based largely on these reports.
The first meeting Of the committee
was held last night with both Roose-
welt and Johnson present. Senator
Dixon was elected chairman; Ex-Gov-
ernor Franklin Fort, of New Jersey,
was named vice chairman, and Oscar
X Davis, of New York, secretary.
1t was before the committee in the
Florentine room of the Congress hotel
shortly after midnight this morning
that the first campaign speeches were
delivered by the new candidates.
Made Brief Address.
The Coloners remarks were very
brief.
1--WE do not promise more than we
can give" he said. I'VE promised to
give every man and woman chance
to live their lives and get the best
of such a life"
Johnson spoke very briefly also. He
said he had read carefully the ad-
dress of Woodrow Wilson in accepting
the Democratic nomination and found
1t lacking in the annunciation of hui
man principles.
There is nothing to be feared from
either Taft or Wilson," he said.
johnson and Roosevelt went from
the Coliseum to the hotel together
last night after the convention ad-
journed. They dined with Mrs. Roose-
welt and discussed campaign plans. A
little later they held an informal re-