Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-16
THIRD PARTY CALL
SENATOR DIXON ISSUES SUM-
MONS FOR CONVENTION AT
CHICAGO AUGUST 6.
40 STATES ARE REPRESENTED
Statement of National Progressive Pro-
vlslonaI Committee Is Described as
Declaration of Independence
Number of Delegates Reduced.

New York, July 9.-The National
Progressive provisional committee, re-
affirming Thou Shalt Not SteaP' as
one of the cardinal principles Of this
campaign, issued Sunday the formal
call for the convention at which it is
planned to name Theodore Roosevelt
once again for president.
Chicago is the place and August 5
the date.
ITO the people of the United States
without regard to past political differ
ences, who through repeated betray-
ais, realize that today the power OF
the crooked political bosses and or
the privileged classes behind them is
SO strong in the two old party organi-
cations that no helpful movement in
the real interests of our country can
come out of either;
who believe that the time has
come for a national progressive move
ment-a nationwide movement--on
non-sectional lines, so that the people
may be served in sincerity and truth
by an organization unfettered by OBJ
legation to conflicting interests;
who believe in the right and ca
pacity of the people to rule them
selves, and effectively to control all
the agencies of their government, ana
who hold thu 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 sor-
did influences that control the few;
who believe that only through the
movement proposed can we obtain In
the nation and the several states the
legislation demanded by the modern
industrial evolution; legislation which
shall favor honest business and yet
control the great agencies OF modern
business so as to insure their being
used In the interest Of the whole peo-
pie; legislation which shall promote
prosperity and at the same time Sc
cure the better and more equitable
diffusion Of prosperity; Legislation
which shall promote the economic
well being Of the honest farmer, wage
worker, professional man and bust
ness man alike, but which shall at
the same time strike in efficient fash
ion-and not merely pretend to strike
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
wise industrial evolution will AVERT III
dustrial revolution;
"Who believe that wholesome party
government can come only II there Is
wholesome party management In
spirit of service to the whole country
and who hold that the commandment
delivered at Sinai, Thou Shalt Not
Steal applies to politics as well as
to business.
ITO all in accord with these views
a call is hereby issued by the PRO-
visional committee under the resolu-
ton of the mass meeting held In Chi
cago on June % last, to send from
each state a number of delegates
whose votes in the convention shall
count for as many votes as the state
shall have senators and representa-
tives in congress TO meet in conven-
ton at Chicago on the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1912, for the purpose of NOM
mating candidates to be supported
for the positions of president and
vice-president Of the United States"
you will see," said Senator Dixon,
who promulgated the call, "thst 40 Of
the As states are represented in the
call"