Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17
PROGRESSIVE
PRINCIPLES
DEF|NEDBY
ROOSEVELT
Platform is Party Program
and Candidates are Pledged
to Work for Its Enactment
Into Law.
WOODROW WILSON Is
SCORED AS INsINCERE

Social Justice Serves as Text
for ColOnel's Opening Cam
paign Speech.
(ny EvsaiaG Hstsro =. y. LEASED wIrsB
Revere Reach. Mass. Aug N
Honesty Ia nominations ana elections
and social and Industrial Justice was
the text of "a speech delivered here to-
day by Theodore Roosevelt The
Progressive candidate also cuntrastrd
his attitude toward the Progressive
platform with that of Governor wi
son toward the Democratic platform
as expressed n the attoru speech or
acceptance. whereas Governor VIII
son. he Eaii. stated that the platform
Is not a program" Colonel Roosevelt
declared that the progrcsslycH treated
the platform us program ana a.
contract which We shall scrupuluusll
fulnll u the people give uH the pow
cr"
Colonel Roosevelt said In part
u wish tp emphasize the fact thHt
We are absolutely clear from affli1.
tlon with either of the old parties.
that We regard bo3h the uli party
machines as hupclcssly corrupt and
incompetent. and that we dppunl 90
the rank and file of both the old
parties equally to stand with us tor
good citizenship in the spirit of true
Americans Ex-BcmocratH aud ox-
l ltopuhlcuns Wo hope VIII ahnrD Ntth
us the task uf ruIlding up the pru.
grossiyc part, aud we invite into uur
ranks men ana women entirely with.
out regard Go their former political
affiliations. 60 their creed. thulT birth.
| place ut the color of their skins
'Tho first essential in securing tur
night OF the people to rule be- Zoo sc.
cure tbr uuspar.ug condemnation ui
dis honesty iu nominations and rlcr.
tons 20 steal nomination or 20"
steal au election is even worse than
to steal a purse. for " b. thott ot
| the peoples rights 10 H th,u from
the people aa whole Two ars
ago the nght against MI IIuWrr
wns started hy a great Chicago u'Nb-
| paper ANA NuH continued hy certain
! prIyat" individuals ana w. VINO then
! took part n that fight did au tt t
| time when the average public m'u
| obviously thought II would come 90
nothing Uut friends. remember thIt
/ NNFA NNNN hNNiN'F " NAN NNNA w NNNN"NiNNNHa
one bad man who by Improper mrlh
ods had secured his own election 60
the senate hut lu smashing the KNIT
of politics hy symbuli1'd "a ,s % tHd
! thing tu win scuatutship uy such
methods as Mr. Luumcr employed.
but IL is not one whit worse thau tu
stopl nomination for the prrs.d-n.
by such methods az were employed us
the bosses vino controlled the Rrpun.
lcan convention at Chicagp iHHt june.
I'm hlH speech uf acceptance tn.
day before yesterday as reported u
the Ncw York Times Mr. Wilson H
quoted a- saying of the Prusfr'8iN'
platform that lt would reuuir, I
sabbath DAVIS journey Go drsr
through it' and that. for that roHsuu.
hr had not yet boon able 90 uud Hui
what 60 was an about m M wilson
has not been able tn fuu uuf what
our platform means. o. is because hr
has not taken th, trouble to try. Mt
WILSON speaks tF N the pruErp-sl'" "
platform wrrr ycrE long As mat
Ter OF fact It be- oi almost thr exact
length of his own platform The diff
ference iH that our platform states 'hr
lphDltly and definitely what $40 intend
90 do uu tho vital questions of ih'
day and boo this 30 Ia entirely Hur'ro
and is entirely practical Nh's,af M
Wilson's platform avoids t.r WDsi
Important issues before our people
and as rcssrds thr other ItHu's make
surh impossible and conflicting prom.
3 Ipos as 90 render DO uut pf the question:
tu believe that there was rin''r
purputc Go hHNc these promises ttaru
! soriousi,
I'VE rrusrrwNvs ar, much WHr.
! fortunate loo our platform. We d'
! NOT hbs, tp apologize Tor it nor u
speak OF 10 tn language Ho DarriIN'
sGardrd Ht tu convey the impression
! that We are pndohVoring neither G.
rcpudiutr lt nor support it We stand
on our platform We DO nsk that Nu'
lpmtform be adopted hl the nation
our platform is our prusuW N'
treat it is such aud VIII scrupuluuHl
mluu IA Dr. thr people gitu uF h'
power pur proposals. are t,nuin
aud concrete ana our Intention H a.
enact them into law and to make
| thrm pact ui the active governments
policy of the nation.
AZ this moment I ASK your alton
tiun to the proposals that We make
90 secure social aud industrial Justice
In the first place No set forth dcfiu
itely what Wo mean 90 try To secure
az the present time in the way %
social and industrial iusute-tOr az
instance. 10 secure hy law ono day
rest IN seven for an wage workers
an cight-h0ur day ia eouunuoui