Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-22
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912.
PROGRESSIVES HERE FOR A
PERMANENCY.
Col. Roosevelt Makes Formal
State ment-Not a One-Man
Moveme n tlH e-DecIares.


New York, Nov. IL. Theodore
Roosevelt makes a formal statement
bearing upon the election and the
future of the Progressive Party. In
line with previous expressions of his
own and of his colleagues, he reiter
ates that "the Progressive Party has
come to stay" and "far from being
over, the battle has just begun"
He regards the party's showing in
polling over four million votes in the
face of numerous obstacles naturally
in the path of a new movement all
literally unparalleled in the history of
free government" The statement
follows:
II congratulate the Progressives of
the country, that is, congratulate
those good men and women who, with
sincerity of purpose for the common
good, have had the vision to look into
the coming years and see what the
future demands from US who work in
this present.
w HdL Vic IOBICSolNC POI Hoo
done since the theft of the Republican
organization by the Republican bosses
at Chicago last June is literally un-
paralleled in the history of free gov
eminent, worked under representative
institutions. Three months have
gone by since some hundreds of
earnest men and women gathered to
found the new Progressive Party.
Without much money, without any
organization, against the wealth of
the country. against the entire organ
lied political ability of the country,
against the bitter hostility of 80 per
cent. of the press of the country,
against the furious opposition of every
upholder of special privilege, whether
in politics or in business, and with the
channels of information to the public
largely choked, the Progressive Party
has polled between four and four and
one-half million votes; has hopelessly
beaten one of the old parties, both
in the electoral college and in the
popular vote; has taken second place in
the nation, and either first or second
place in some 81 of the az States.
''No task in any way approaching
this has ever before been performed
by any party in our country. Such a
feat performed by volunteers hastily
brought together and without any
previous cooperation with each other,
against the trained veterans of the
political arena, these trained veterans
including the entire mercenary forces
of politics, should be a source of pride
not only to those who performed the
task, but to all believers in good citizen
ship and in the capacity of Americans
for self-government
During the campaign l said re-
peatedly that this was in no shape or
way a one-man movement, but a
movement for great principles, move
ment which sprung, as all healthy
movements in our democracy spring,
from the heart and conscience of the
people themselves. This truth must be
kept steadily before the minds of all of
US. The Progressive Party has come to
stay. If either of the old parties will
endeavor to put into legislation any one
of our planks it can count upon our
hearty support in so doing; but we will
not rest contented until the entire
platform is enacted into law and be-
comes part of our political system,
National and State.
81 am proud indeed that the great
good fortune has been mine to fight
shoulder to shoulder with the men and
women who, in the ranks and various
positions of leadership, have waged this
great battle for social and industrial
justice. So far from being over the
battle has just begun. We will not
rest content until every feature of
the Progressive programme has been
put into effect and when this has beer
done unquestionably there will have
opened to us new avenues along which
it will still be duty to work for the
moral and economic betterment of oui
people,"
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"