The Washington times., 1912-08-07
REVOLT
AMAZING EVEN TOi
MEN AT ITS HEAD
Spread Of Enthusiasm Sure
to Follow Return Home
of Delegates.
BY JUDsoN C. wEIIIvER.

oh JcDSVN ". WGbLANLh. a~T
CHICAGO. Aug. Tor the complets~
success of the Progressive convention
doubt 10 no longer possible. Its most :,
ardent and confident promoters have
been startled to see what tremendous
afair has developed out OF the Orches-
ira Hall gathering that. on the night
OF the last day of the Republican con-,
vention. raised the banner of political e
revolution and summoned all deceut
citizens to the crusade against boss
rule and interest domination. e.g4
Without exception. the leaders here :
today are enthusiastic over the work
thus far done. There has been on one
side striking nnanimity OF purpose Ii.
essentials. and on the other sufficient
vigorous disagreement about details to ,
maintain the interest at all points Ine:1
ceed. the disagreements, by developing 8
the determined purpose to stick togther
for essentials and permit no nonessep-,
tials to weaken them, has bound people !,
more closely together than ever. :"
=. Demand a New Deal. ~,
The one most impressive thing about :
this convention has been. from first 10
last, Its high character. 1t is made up.
OF the same kind OF people who havc
been attracted to follow its leadership
The. sober minded, purposeful,. deter
mined men and women who believe
that the time Is come for new deal
in national politics.
1t Is political convention sans polifj-'
clans. The officeholder, the place-seeK-
er, the selfish promoter Of personal ilf,
terest and ambition are not here. The,
gathering is Of business and profession.
al people of different class from tn, r
mere politicians who give quality ard
cast to :he ordinary convention.
Beginning on Monday morning, Chi
caso flled UP with many thousands Of
earnest men. coming from central
| western states especially, who wanted
to see for themselves the scrt of gath
ering, to note the aims and purposes
and INSPIRATIONS, that had been enlist
at aSis tie dispenasS S. on ,her
ca to become participants in the new
| movement II, seeing and hearing. thcy
should be convinced that it was the
Enlist in the Cause.
| These lave been convinced. The
VIII go home to tell their friends AMI,
neighbors that there could be no dous,
! when one had seen. They will enlist
I themselves In the cause, and become
Its missionaries in their various corr
| munities.
Ioday is the day of action, or busi-
| ness, of moving drama, in this con-
vention. 1t is day of enthusiasm, of
short. pithy speeches by men who know
now best to state the thing that is in
the national mind. The convention
had a great speech by Beyeridge on
| Monday, another by Roosevelt yester-
day, both devoted to presentation,
L a ord
| which the new party bases its claim
| TO leadership in the nation. To-day
brought the short arm oratory. the
rapid-hre work of the men who will
carry the message to the country dur
Ing the campaign. 49,
There can be no uncertainty about
where the enthusiasm. the earnestness,r
the punch" viii be found in this cam,
paisn from now to election day. The
men who are going to stump their COM.
nrSnities, 10 contribute their money, to-
organize their districts, to carry on the
complication of legal and political
tickets on the ballots, are determined
that this campaign must be but bs.'
ginning. .'-. x
Planning for the Future. -
Whether they shall win or lose now.
is not the thought at the top of any
mans mind. To make party, a party
for the future, a party for the real
service of the whole nation, Is what
they have in mind. Victory. may come
now, or later: for today and this year.,
the lights the thing: and fight 1t will
be, all along the line. on every day
from this forward. ..-.1.
Colonel Roosevelt is simply full of It.
He Is pleased and surprised beyond
measure at the evidences that reach
him of the universally and .virility q
the movement and its rapid extension.
East and West, North and South, are
all alike. kilograms Of congratula tons
and assurance, promises of support and
pledges of effort, have been pouring In
upon him and Senator Dixon by the
hundreds. The new naaona! comm.-
Grafton, Of campaign plans to make II
certain that the basic effort will be
one of rserious-minded appeal to the
sues. Sues The people will be urged, in
vited. compelled to think. That Is the
keynote of the whole program. -
Platform Is Cut Down.
The fnal perfection of the platform
for the new party was accomplished
; only through long hours of hard. close
work. To get into a brief. readable,
simple, direct document, the essence OF
| all that was desired to present was
task OF most onerous character. The
re esolutions committee developed a sharp
division between what came to be called
the academic crowd" and the ''prac-
tical people The academicians wanted
to state the program and policies step
by step. and to elaborate brief ex-
planation and argument for, each. The
first plan would have produced a plat
form that would need to he printed IN
small pamphlet and that few would
| ever read. At the last. II would have
to be condensed for common use and
general circulation into q mere synop-
Sis. The other plan would produce a
platform OF Nvigor, directness, and
force, without the dangers of too great
specification and too much detail. In
!. the end the latter plan won.