The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-13
CALL is ISSUED FOR
THIRD PARTY MEETING
Convention to Assemble In Chi
cago August 5.
Call Is Signed by Roosevelt Leaders
from Forty States and Addressed
to All the People Of
United States.

Colonel Roosevelt's third party con
yention VIII be held in Chicago on
Aug. s, either in the Coliseum or Or
chestra Hall
The call for II. signed by Roose-
welt leaders OF forty states and ad.
dressed ito the people of the United
States. without regard TO past politi.
cal differences was issued through
Senator Joseph NJ. dixon. campaign
manager, in the new national head.
quarters OF the party at the Hotel
Manhattan.
The party Will probably be called
the Progressive National Party The
convention will decide as 10 that
Eight states Maine, North Carolina,
Delaware, South Carolina, Arkansas,
Mississippi. Idaho and Nevada-are
not represented I'm the provisional
committee which signed the call for
the convention. Senator Dixon ex
planned that in all these states Roose
welt controls or has chance TO con.
troll the regular Republican organiza.
ton, hence the omissions.
The method Of choosing delegates
to the convention will be left to the
leaders OF the various states Prob. |
ably they will be chosen In conyen.
lions. Senator Dixon said that the
time is too short for primaries. One
or two states have already held
Roosevelt conventions. The call Is
as follows:
To the people or the United States,
without regard 10 past political diff.
ferences who. through repeated be.
trayals, realize that today the power
OF the crooked political bosses and Of
the privileged classes behind them Is
SO strong in the two old party organ.
izations that no helpful movement in
the real interests OF our country can
come out OF either:
I'VE believe that the time has come
for a National Progressive movement
IA nationwide movement-on non.
sectional lines. so that the people NAV
be served in sincerity and truth by an
organization unfettered by obligation
to conflicting interests;
who believe In the right and ca
pacity of the people TO rule them.
selves, and effectively 10 control all
the agencies OF their government, and
who hold that only through social and
industrial justice. thus secured, can
honest property find permanent pro
lection;
Who believe that government by
the Few tends to become. and has IN |
fact become. government by the sordld I
influences that control the few; {
Who believe that only through the G
movement contemplated can we oh.
tain in the nation and the several d
states the legislation demanded b. the D
modern industrial evolution legisla. 4
ton which shah favor honest business s
and yet control the great agencies OF
modern business so as 10 insure their n
being used In the interest Of the whole .
people, legislation which shall pro n
mote prosperity and at the same time
secure the better and more equitable n
OF prosperity; legislation ri
which shall promote the economic a.
well-being OF the honest farmer. wage u
worker, professional man and business
man alike, but which shall at the
same time strike IN efficient fashion
and not merely pretend TO strike o
at the roots Of privilege in the world
OF industry no less than in the world
Of politics.;
Who believe that only this type Of g.
wise Industrial evolution will avert In. :,
fustrial revolution; :,
Who believe that wholesome party !,
government can come only II there :.
IS wholesome party management IN a
spirit OF service TO the whole country v
and who hold that the commandment :,
delivered al Sinai, Thou Shalt Not -
Steal applies to politics as well as !.
10 business; -
To all in accord with these views -
call is hereby issued by the pro. -
'isional committee under the resolu. !.
ion OF the massmeeting held In Chi
ago on June 22nd last, so send from r
'ach state number OF delegates +
whose votes In the convention shall
count for as many votes as the state
NAH nave senator's and representa-. ri
ives In congress-, 10 meet In mass
In Chicago on the 9Th day
u August, 1912. for the purpose of
candidates To be sunnort
ID for tho positions OF president ana
zee president OF the United States" ~
Among the signers to the call are ~
he following: M
indiana, Edwin ID. Lee, Horace G %
Illinois. Medili Mccormick as
,hauncey Dewey. La Verne NV tic
'oyes; Michigan. Theodore NJ
oslyn; Minnesota. Milton d. purdv. Ito
iissouri, w. r. Nelson: Ohio. Jane, de
|. Garfield; Wisconsin, II. f. cocb. SCI
ms CHI
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