Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-17
THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH At REVERE BEACH,
MASSACHUSETTS SCORES TAFT AND HIS CORRUPT POLITICAL MA
CHINE AND SHOWS WHERE IN WILSON is NOT CAPABLE OF MEETING
SITUATION OPENLY AND fEARLESSlY
IT IS WORSE TO STEAL AN OFFICE
Than IT IS TO STEAL A PURSE

cere and is entirely practical whereas
Mr.. Wilson's platform avoids the most
important issues before our people
and as regards the other issues makes
such impossible and conflicting prom.
ises as to render it out of the cues.
tiOn to believe that was a sincere
purpose to have these promises tax.
en- seriously.
THE progressives are much more
fortunate in our platform. We DO
not have to apologize for it nor to
speak of it in language so carefully
guarded as to convey the impression
that we are endeavoring neither to
repudate it nor support it. We stand
on our platform.
I'VE do ask that our platform be
adopted by the nation. Our platform
is our program; we treat it as such;
and scrupulOusly fulfill it if the peo-
pie give us the power. Our proposals
are definite and concrete and our in
tention is to enact them into law and
to make them part of the active gov
ernmental policy of the nation.
at this moment l ask your atten-
tion only to the proposals that we
make to secure social and industrial
justice. In the first place we set forth
definitely what We mean to try to Sc
cure at the present time in the way
of social and industrial justice.
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one days rest in seven for all wage
workers, an eight hour in continuous
twenty-four hour industries, the prohi-
bition of child labor, the establish
ment of an eight hour day for women
and young persons, the erection of
minimum wage standards for working
women, workmen's compensation
acts. the securing of proper condi-
tions of life and labor for working
men and women and the prevention
OF occupational diseases, and the fix
ing of Occupational health standards.
| We propose to secure these INSTALL
ments of social and Industrial justice
| by action in both the nation and the
|
| to see that our representatives give
! the people these laws wherever in
nation or state the progressives come
! into power. In these matters we do
not intend to let our public servants,
our representatives decide for us
whether or not we can have the laws
necessary to give justice to those who
need it; we propose to settle the mat
ter for ourselves, and We intend that
our public servants shall give us the
laws necessary in order to achieve
the end We have in view We do not
intend to let either executive or legis-
lative offices forbid US to have such
laws; and my friends, neither do we
intend to let the judges forbid us to
have such laws. Therefore, in our
platform, We have stated that We in.
tend to provide more easy and expe.
ditious methods of amending the fed.
eral constitution and that when in
any state a state court declares that
law passed for social and industrial
justice is unconstitutional, then after
ample interval of deliberation, the
people shall have the opportunity
themselves to decide by vote whether
the act is to become law notwith-
standing such decision; for as the
platform says, the progressive party
demands such construction of the
power of the courts as shall leave
the people themselves the ultimate
authority to determine fundamental
Questions of social welfare and public
policy"