New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
Wants New England Leaders.


Taking up then his prepared plea for
New England's support. Colonel Rose
welt said:
take particular pleasure In making
my FIRST Speech as nominee of the Pro-
gressive party here in Rhode Island.
g You have suffered. as In my own state
+ Of New York We have SuTfar CT from
boss politics in the most extreme form
of development. The Progressive move
rnent is aimed at tie rotten machln s.
the rotten boss systems of both parties
Only by supporting the Progressive party
can you strike any effective blow against
boss rule and machine and ring politics
There is nothing whatever to choose
between the two old parties in this re-
spect. At this moment the dom nation
OF Tammany i'm New York of the Tag
gart. machine In Indiana, tn. Sullivan
machine in Illinois, within the Demo-
cratic party, is as unquesuoned as the
domination of the Barnes -Guggenheim-
Penrose machines within the Republican
party. Nothing whatever Of perman Mt
value Is. to be gained by exchanging one
set OF bosses for the other, one set of
nlachlpes Tor the other. The success Of
the Democratic national ticket means
enthroning in, power. one set of bosses;
the success Of the Republican national
ticket means enthroning In power the
time 10 rebuke one set Of bosses by
voting for the candidate of the other set
of bosses is from its very nature bound
20 result in mere futlity.. -..... .t
. 80 In their essence the Democratic and the
Republican machines are alike. Both are
controlled by the like powerful bene-
6ciaries of privilege; privileged political
and privileged financial. The differences
between the men who really dominate the
TWO parties are merely the differences be-
tween great corporation attorneys, WtIO
Tor the moment represent different cor
poiauons out VINO come together instantly
vgf n 20 nj nh hfCh fe aTt0
10 establish the people as masters over
both. To try to punish one set of d
tenders Of political and industrial privi-
fss~ by occa sionally voting for the nom
tn.e Of the other set is to play into the
p hands OF both Nothing pleases the
bosses of the two parties more than the
action of the nominal independent who
shows his independence purely by raising
20 power first one party and then the
other. No doubt the bosses Of each party
would prefer TO keep absolute dominion
all the. time, but as they know this Is
impossible they are quite content to keep
UP their sham warfare with onefanother
80 that each set may preserve its do
mlnion over the whole people for half
the time. ....
,--. Stand Against Both.
We Progressives stand against both.
We propose TO drive them both from
power for all time, and to substitute for
their power the real and genuine rule Of
eTson's phrase, The best political econ
omy is the care and culture of men" We
are interested in property: we will defend
the rights or property; but we put man
above what man has made. We feel that
the rights of humanity ordinarily coincide
with the rights of property, but If there
rs conflict between them then our alle-
glance is due to human rights first,
There is peculiar ed Of leadership for
this fight here in New England. New
England took the lead in the. great con-.
test which resulted in the founding Of
this COVE nment In the days of Washing
ton, 1t took the lead in the great con-
test which resulted in perpetuating this
government in the days OF Lincoln
surely II ought not to be content merely.
TO follow In this great third contest for
the rights of the plain people.
We 90 not for a moment pretend that
what we advocate will. bring about the
millennium. Unless the average man has
the right stun in him he can neither be
master OF himself nor avoid falling un-
der the dominion of those men who
should be; his servants. We understand
thoroughly that after everything that can
be done by law has been done, il will yet
remain true that the fundamental factor
IN determining any individuals success
must be that individuals own character.
But we also insist that we can do much,
very much. for furthering happiness and
prosperity In this dearly beloved land OF
ours by introducing the right type of
law, 6 oy '.inskstng son the right Kind of
administration of the rlaw. alike by the
executive ofTlcer and the Judge. and. finally.
by arousing the public conscience SO that
II will refuse longer to tolerate Nfniquity
either in the world Of polit tics or in the
world OF business 2,
We intend to work for prosperity, but
we wish TO see prosperity passed around.
We stand for a protective tariff, but we
wish to see the benefits OF the protective
tariff get into the pay envelope OF the
wageworker. Instead OF decreasing, we
wish to increase the amount Of the prize
l.. &frt.t oils 1teA nyao
work hard in industry, but we stand for
a more equitable division OF the prize
money. 49,. e..
Faced the Real Issues.