The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-04
ROOSEVELT ISSUES HIS FINAL
 APPEAL ID VOTERS
Except for Two Speeches In His Home County He Has Ended Memorable
 Struggle

Oyster Bay, N. Y. November 3.---At tho end of the hardest campaign of his ca- reer in politics. Colonel Roosevelt to- night made final appeal to the voters of the country on behalf of the progressive ticket. Except for two speeches tomor- row in his home county, he has ended the struggle which has kept him hard at work since last spring. He was so far recov- cred from his wound that his physicians permitted him to go to church.
 Colonel Roosevelt gave out his state- ment under the date of November f. as his appeal on the day before election. He urged every voter to read the progress slve party's platform before going to tho polls.
 q wish to appeal as strongly as 1 can," his statement reads, ''to the men and women of this country to support this great progressive movement for right eousness and fair dealing. The progress sive movement Is in the interest of every honest man and woman in the land, and therefore we have right to ask that all good citizens. without regard to their past political affiliations. shall stand with us in this light for clean politics and for the square deal on industry.
 Old Parties Boss Ridden
 "0nly the progressive party has faced the real and vital issues of the day. Both the old parties are boss ridden and priv iege controlled. they are welded to the dead issues of vanished past, and they show not the slightest conception of the needs of the day or the steps it is neces- sary to take if grave disaster is to be avoided.
 During the lifetime of the genera ton which is now in middle life extraordinary social and industrial changes have come over this land The great forces now at work. social and industrial. are such as were undreamed of half century ago. Yet the leaders of both the old parties are still attempting to meet these new conditions by worn out expedients and by appeal to little formulas and dogmas which once had certain usefulness. but which now are as useless as the flint locks of the. continental soldiers would be lin modern warfare.
 ..The progressives alone have seen that it Is utterly useless to hope (and to our minds entirely pernicious 10 desire) that a great people living under the forms of d politicaI democracy and skilled by uni versal education will long continue to tolerate the reign of an industrial oIig- archy, the enthronement of privilege and a permanent and widespread inequality of opportunity Neither in the platforms of the old parties nor in the utterances of their candidates and leaders do we the Slightest sign of an appreciation of this great fundamental issue. The pro- gressive party thoroughly appreciates that this is the issue, and with courage and common sense and In spirit of kindli- ness to all our people has faced the prob- lem and outlined the necessary first steps toward It's solution,
 Will Secure Justice
 '.We intend to use sthe forces of goy- ernn,enf 10 secure justice and fair play between man and man, man and woman. in the political and industrial world. We recognize that 1t is the duty of all of ps so to shape conditions so far as to secure favorable economic surroundings for the average man who is honest and |ir,d,istriols. We do not regard economic well being as the be-al and end-all of
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