The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-06
BOSSES WERE
CAS7|GATED
Could Have Had Their Sup
port for the Snap of
His Finger.

His Finger. j
Colonel Roosevelt had no SET
speech for Grand Forks. this city hav-
ing been included in the points to be
visited since the itinerary was Art
arranged. He spoke extemporaneous-
~ but covered practically the same
grounds that have been included in
his regular speeches. He fayed the
bosses in both old parties and ar
raigned the methods by which the re-
suits Of the Chicago convention were
accomplished.
The colonel's voice was in bad
shape today. the worst that it has
this marred to some extent the clear
ness Of the tones. but the old time
fire and vigor of his delivery was
manifest.
Colonel Roosevelt said in full:
Mr.. Chairman. my regret was you
didn't speak longer. for the chairman
was stating as we'll d. could be stated
what the fundamental principles Of
this party are. and If he had been
permitted to go on I have no doubt
he would have stated why we found
1t necessary to start the party.
"A party Is an instrument for the
good of the people. AS soon as the
managers Of a..y party forget that
that the party exists for their bene-
fit. then the time has come to break
with the party so controlled. And
friends. 1 see in this audience men
no wear the button that shows that
they fought in the great civil war
and that in their youth they came
forward to defend all that we priced
most in this country when Abraham
Lincoln called to arms. Now. friends.
at that date new party had just
been founded. the progressive party
Of that time-it was the republican
party then founded by ",ham Lin
coin and the men in as .ttion with
him. Lincoln had been a lifelong
to many others to leave the old whig
party. to others to leave the old demo-
cratic party. but 1t had to be done.
because each party had proved dis
loyal to the principles which it was
founded to maintain. The democracy
Of that day claimed heirship from
Jefferson. but Jefferson had founded
1t as the party of liberty, of freedom.
and 1t had been perverted into being
a party that stood for slavery. In
the same way. friends. today we who
belonged to the republican party wit
messed in June last at Chicago tho
theft Of the party machinery by the
bosses away from the people. and
friends. the men who thus stole the
party organization-the Penroses. the
Barneses. the Guggenheims the rest
of them-they haven't any right Of
kinship with Abraham Lincoln and
his men. (Applause.) If you seek to
find the principles of Lincoln. IL you
seek to find the principles for which
the men in the early sixties fought
and risked their lives for. you must
find them in our ranks. Ours are the
purposes Of Abraham Lincoln: We are
the men who are tryins to apply to
the present day conditions the eternal
principles of right for which Lin
holm and the men of his day applied
to their conditions. And friends. the
when virtue is dead: the easiest Of all
things is to try to show your adher-
ence to principle by applying it
only to the issues that have vanished.
We were all of us progressives about
1860. No wthere isn't an, body that
isn't glad that slavery was abolished
and the union preserved. but when
you. and you. and the men like you.
started in to preserve the union there
was plenty Of opposition then. You
recollect the assertions made that you
were acting in an unconstitutional
manner. GA voice: 4 do.)
Progrcssives of 1860.
You ro member. You remember.
And every argument advanced now
against the progressives was advance
ed with even greater force and BIT
terness against the progressives Of
1860 to 1865. And friends. want
I give all of you here in North Da-
kota this word of warning too. Re-
member that sometimes in the name
of progresiveness you will be asked
to oppose the only progressivism that
counts. That again is Just what hap
pened with Lincoln ana the men Of
Lincoln's days. In 1864 there were
some men ealing themselves radical
republicans. who insisted that the
republican party unoer Lincoln had
not gone far enough; and you remen-
ber they wanted to nominate Free
mont against hiEl IL 1864. That was
at the time that Wendell Phillips
spoke of Lincol- as the slave man Of
illinois, 1t seems rather queer Ian
suage to us to use about the great
here that any man claiming
to be a progressive. who doesn't
heartily support the progressive party
is merely the ally and tool of the re-
No Middle of the Road.
Understand. the fight is now on
perfectly fair. and people must be
with us or against us. And loyalty to
principles can be shown
in but one way. and that is by sup
porting the progressive party today.
Neither Of the old parties are capable
of graphing with the great and real
Issues of the present time. Each 10
boss-ridden. each is privileged con-
trolled. Neither Of them represents
the party Of the people. Now friends.
I ask you to compare our PLATFORM
the progressive platform. with the
two platforms put forth by our op-
ponents the regular republicans. the
republicans the Barnes-Pen-
rose Guggenheim republicans. Cap
plause). the pirates who captured tho