The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-23
Roosevelt Makes First Speech
Since Return From Chicago.
Tells Why He Is Leading in
Forming New Party.

| New York, July 23.-In his first
speech since he returned from Chi
cago, Colonel Roosevelt today set forth
his reason for leading in the formation
of new party. His address was de-
livered at meeting of the New York
state county chairmen of the National
Progressive party. colonel Roosevelt
did not intend to speak, he declared,
but the chairman would not be de-
MED.
mo man knows better than T." said
Colonel Roosevelt, that enthusiasm
and high principles can not be effective
without organization and work. A
great responsibility rests on you men
who are undertaking the organization
of new party which is to stand four
squared to democracy, which is to be
literally the party of the people.
''It will fight on live issues and not
dead ones. 1t will embody a protest
against the corruption in both of the
old party machines. 1t will be a party
into which ex-DemocratS and ex-Re-
publicans without regard to their po-
1iticaI past are to come in on an exact
equality and to have each the same
share in the party management
when we get this started it will be
a party not only representing the peo-
pie at election time but will represent
them in party management. We are
going to see to it that it is organized
so that it will be impossible for any
fifty three men chosen four years be-
fore by politicians to stand superior to
all Lne voters OF a great state IKE Call
fornia and that if that state has not
shaped its laws according to a given
call of ffty-three private men the state
shall not be disfranchised.
Made a Poor Swap.
my own judgment is that Messrs
Barnes, PenroSe, Guggenheim and COM
pany made a poor swap when they
took two stolen delegates from Cali
fornia in place of the electoral vote of
California. They were not contented
with that. They Swanna6 fhn a1oP-
toral vote of Massachusetts for the
vote of two delegates. I think it was
about as expensive a swap as ever was
made by political managers.
mo good will come if we merely
substitute one set of bosses for anoth-
err" continued the colonel. There is
nothing that the bosses of both par
ties wish so much as to see every de-
cent man vote alternately for each
with the vague idea that he is reducing
the other.
''Now no doubt Mr.. Barnes and Mr.
Murphy would like to have everything
all the time but they are perfectly
willing each to take half instead of the
whole But we do not care anything
about dividing the state equally be-
tween them. What we intend to do
is to take it from both and we intend
to build a government without ard
within the party on the lines of genu-
inc popular rule and social and indus.
trial justice for farmer, wage worker,
DuSInSSS IIdll anu pIO1OSSlOHd1 IIIdI
alike to be achieved not through the
boss, not through the indirect control
of the party organization by special
privilege, but to be achieved through
genuine and not merely nominal rule
of the people themselves"
The reports of the county. chairnen
all were highly optimistic and the
colonel beamed with pleasure at
various predictions of an overwhelm-
ing Roosevelt vote. Announcement
was made by Chairman Hotchkiss that
a meeting of the delegates and alter
mates to the Chicago convention elect
ed from various congressional districts
in the state would be held in Buffalo
August for the purpose of electing
two delegates and two alternates at
large from this state to the convention.
The delegates will stop off at that city
on the way to the Chicago convention