The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-12
BATTLE HAS ONLY
BEGUN, DECLARES
COL. ROOSEVELT
Progressive Party Will Not
Rest Content Until Its
Work Is Done
BULL MOOSE CHIEF
MAKES STATEMENT
Congratulates Followers on
What Has Been Accomplish
ed Without Organization
and Little Money

OYSTER BAY, ". Y. Nov. IL
Theodore Roosevelt issued his first
statement since the election tonight.
as follows:
Il congratulate the Progressives of
this 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
the D. eeent-
VIVA, the Progressive party has
done since the theft OF the Republican
organization by the Republican bosses
at Chicago. last June. is literally UNI
paralieled 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 anv
organization, against the wealth
Of the country. against the
entire organized political ABILITY OF
the country, against the furious oppo-
sit;on OF every upholder OF special
privilege, whether in politics or in
business, and with the channels OF in
formation TO the public largely choked,
the Progressive party has poffed be-
tween four and four and one-haif mil
: lion votes; has hopelessiy beaten one
OF the old parties. both in the electoral
college, and in the popular vote: has
carried several important states IN the
Union and has taken second place In
! the nation. and either first or sec
ond place in some thirty-seven OF the
forty-eisht States
Fear Source OF Friir.
NO task In any way approaching
| this has ever before been performed
| by any party in our country Sucn
! a feat. performed BY volunteers. has
tfly brought together. and without
any previous cooperation with each
other. against the trained veterans or
| the political arena-these trained vet
| Grams, including the entire mercenary
| forces Of poittics-shonld be a source
| OF pride not only to those who per-
| formed the task but to all believers
| In good citizenship and In the capa city
Of Americans for self government
| During the campaign said re-
peatedly that this WAS In no shape
| or way a one man movement but
| movement for great principles-a
movement which has sprung, as all
/ healthy movements in our Demo-
| cracy must spring, from the heart
| and conscience OF tue psopfe tbciI-
selves. This truth must be kept stead
/ tiy before the minds of ali of Us.
Party Has Come to stay.
| The Progressive party has come
| to stay II either Of the old parties
| Will endeavor TO put into legislation
any one OF our planks, 1t can count
| upon our hearty support In so doing:
| but we Will not rest contented until
the entire platform Is enacted into
law and becomes part of our politi-
cal system. national and State.
II 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
In various positions of leadership.
+, have waged this great battle for So
ciaI and industrial Justice.
$50 far from being over, the bat
tie has just begun. We will not rest
content until every feature of the
Progressive program has been put
Into effect, and when this has been
done. unouessionably there will have
opened to us new avenues along whies,
II will still be duty to work for the
| moral and economic betterment OF
our people.