Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-07-26
T. RS PLANS AND PLATFORM
ADOPTED IN MICHIGAN.
PEOPLE DEMAND FULL STATE TICKETS
AND COMPLETE NEW PARTY,
SAYS THE COLONEL.
THE New York World.


ly from the Republican party in their
State convention here to day.
By almost a unanimous vote the dele
gates went on record as favoring the
placing of an entire ticket, both State
and national, into the field. A few in
structed delegates voted against the
move in order to record the sentiment
of their home counties, but explained to
the convention that they personally
were for separation from the old
party.
Delegates to the National Progressive
Party Convention in Chicago, Presi-
dental electors, members of the State
central committee and a member of
the National Committee were chosen
today
At the time of the adjournment of
the day session the convention had not
recorded its sentiments regarding candi
dates for State offices. The State Cen
trail Committee, however, was asked to
recommend to the convention a candi-
date for Governor
By the provisions of the Michigan
Primary laws any man can file a petit
ton for any nomination on the progress
sive ticket if he has a sufficient number
of names. Only eight days remain in
which the petitions may be filed with
the Secretary of State. Many petitions
were put in circulation at the close of
the days session of the convention.
The coming of Senator Joseph M.
Dixon to the convention probably had
as much to do with carrying the "full
ticket" plan as anything. He came d.
rect from Oyster Bay, bringing the
platform with him, and it is undoubt-
eddy fully Endorsed by Theodore Roose-
welt This is the first progressive dec
laration that the new party has made.
The factions for "stub" ticket, or
the nomination of Presidential electors
only, and the full ticket" crowd were
lined up for bitter fight when Senator
Dixon arrived. But he told them that
Col Roosevelt wanted full State ticket
and after that it was all over but the
shouting. The shouting, however, re-
quired much time, for the convention
was as enthusiastic as the thousand or
more delegates and brass band could
make it.
Frank w. Knox, who had been head
ing the "stub" ticket faction and favor
ing an Endorsement Of Gov. Osborn as
Republican candidate, was the first man
to take the floor of the convention and
give up the fight.
Senator Dixon, while addressing the
convention, declared sit is a better
chance now that Roosevelt will be
elected than it was last March that he
would be nominated. He charged that
progressive sentiment was being edited
out of many papers. New York will go
Progressive, he said, and he named as
delegates to the Chicago convention
Bourke Cockrane, Gen. Horatio King
and Gov. Garvin of Rhode Island.
Nothing but full new ticket will
suit Col. Roosevelt, Senator Dixon told
the Progressives in the caucus. He
wants to make the whole fight in Michi-
gan or none. People throughout the
country are demanding new party and
they shall have it.
Henry NJ. Wallace of Detroit was
unanimously elected Michigans Nation
al Committeeman. This is the plat
form:
The first State convention of the Ma
tional Progressive party here assembled
puts forth the following declarations
1--WE denounce in unequivocal terms
the crime against popular government
perpetrated at Chicago in the National
Republican Convention, made up in part
of fraudulently seated delegates, and
declare that the fraud there perpetrated
strikes a blow at the very foundations
of the republic, which can only survive
through free and untrammelled popular
government. We declare the action
thus consummated cannot be and is not
binding upon any citizen.
"The situation thus produced makes
it imperative that proper steps be
taken to give to the people the oppor-
tunity to express their will in the selec-
ton of a President, out of which they
were cheated by the successful fraud
practiced by a reputation National
Committee at Chicago at the behest of
the special interests.
"The constant effort of crooked bust
ness, in unholy alliance with crooked
bosses, to usurp the powers of govern
ment, through control of party ma
chinery constitutes the greatest menace
to real popular rule. Therefore, this
body of Independent citizens here and
now dedicates their efforts to the main
tenance and perpetuation of these prin-
ciples of social and industrial justice