Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-23
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Roosevelt Tells Followers New
Movement Is To Be One Lit
orally of the People.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Theodore
Roosevelt served notice upon his fol-
lowers today that they are assuming
a grave responsibility in forming new
party and that careful organization will
be necessary to wrest victory from
their opponents He met 100 loyal sup
porters. including the county chairmen
of New York state. at the party head
quarters today and made a short adj
dress
II can see that the Bull Moose is a
pretty big animal" said the colonel In
opening his speech.
Il am not going to make a speech.
came over here to greet you because
you are the men behind the gun No
man knows better than ! do that en-
thusiasm and high principles can not
be made effective without organization
and work.
You are undertaking the organiza-
tion OF new party-a party which IS
20 stand for a square deal democracy
which is to be literally the par
" OF the people, a party which is
based on live issues and not on dead
issues. a party protesting against cor
rupt and insincere quality of both the
old machines party into which eX-
Democrats and Republicans, men
without regard to what their political
past may have been, are to come in on
an exact equality and to have each the
same share in she party management,
People to Share Party Powers.
when we get this started this is t.
be a party which will not only repre-
sent the people but a party which
the people will have a share Of the
management
I'VE are going to see 70 It when this
new party is organized that il will not
be possible for any SO men chosen four
years before by politicians to announce
that they stand superior to all the
voters in great state like California
and II that state has not chosen TO
shape its lines according to the will of
the SIS individuals the state shall be
disfranchised.
Now. my own Judgment is that
Messrs Barnes. Penrose, Guggenheim
and company made a mistake when
California in place of the electoral vote
of California And they were not con-
tent with that; they swiped the cleo
torate Of Massachusetts for two more
stolen delegates. l think 1t was about
a. expensive a piece Of sham practice
as ever saw INDUCED in and 30 good
will come If we merely substitute one
set Of bosses for another There is
nothing that the bosses Of both parties
wish so much as TO see every decent
man vote alternately for each party
with the vague idea that he is rebukins
the other.
No doubt Mr.. Barnes and Mr. Mur-
ply would ike TO have everything all
the time, but they are perfectly willing
each 10 take half instead OF the whole
But we don't care ANYTHING about di-
viding the state equally between them
instead Of giving # to one
will Take Both From Them"
Now what We intend to do is to take
It from both and we intend to take THE
nation from both.
IN this party we intend TO build a
government without and within the
party on the lines of genuine popular
rule and social and industrial Justice
for farmer, wage worker, business nam
and professional man alike TO be
achieved not through the boss not
through the Indirect control Of the mare
~ organization by special privilege.
hut to be reached through general and
not metely nominal rule ~ the people
themselves"