The Green Forest tribune., 1912-11-15
COLONEL PLEASED BY PARTY SHOWING In Prepared Statement Roose' welt Says Bull Moose Have
 Come to Stay. BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN" Points Out That in Three Months Pro- gressiVes Jumped to Second
 Place in Nation.
BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN"

New York. = Theodore Roosevelt made formal statement bearing upon the election and the future of the Pro gressive party In line with previous expressions of his own and of his colleagues, he reiterates that the Progressive party has come to stay" and "so far from being over, the bat. tie has just begun
 He regards the party's showing in polling more than 4,000,000 votes in the face of numerous obstacles, natur- as literally unparalleled in the his tory of free government
 The statement follows:
 T congratulate the Progressives of the country-that is I congratulate those good men and women who with sincerity of purpose for the common good have had the vision to look into the coming years and see what the future demands from us.
 What the Progressive party has done since the theft of the Republican organ by the Republican bosses at Chicago last June is literally unparal- leled in the history of free govern ment, worked under representative in- stitutions. Three months have gone by since the new Progressive party was founded
 Without much money, without any organization, against the wealth Of the country, against the entire organ ized political ability of the country. against the bitter hostility of 90 per cent oi the press of the country, against the furious opposition of every upholder of special privilege, whether in politics or in business, and with the channels of information to the public choled-the Progressive party has boiled between four and four and one-half million votes; has hopelessly beaten one of the old parties, both in the Electoral College and in the popu- lar vote; has taken second place in the nation and either first or second place in some 37 of the 4S states.
 .No task in any way approaching this has ever before been performed by any party in our country. Such a feat, performed by volunteers hastily brought together and without any pre- vious cooperation with each other, against the trained veterans of the political arena-should be source of pride-not only to those who per formed the task, but 10 all believers in good citizenship and in the capac- ity of Americans for self-government
 During the campaign I said repeat edly that this was in no shape or way one-man movement, but a move ment for great principles-a move. ment which has sprung as all healthy movements in our Democracy must | spring, from the heart and conscience of the people themselves.
 This truth must be kept steadily before the minds of all of us. Tho | Progressive party has come to stay. If either of the old parties will en- deavor to put into legislation any one of our blanks, it can count upon our hearty support in so doing; but we will not rest content until the en- 1 tire platform is enacted into law and becomes part of our political system, national and state.
 "1 am proud, indeed, that the great | good fortune has been mine to fight shoulder to shoulder with the men and women, who, in the ranks and in va. rious positions of leadership, have waged this great battle for social and industrial justice. So far from being over, the battle has just r0eun. We will not rest content unth every feat ure of the Progressive program has been put into effect; and when this has been done unquestionably there will have opened to us new avenues along which it will still be a duty to work for the moral and economic bet | torment of our people.
 (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt"