Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-08-09
Gathering in Chicago Listens With
Enthusiasm to Keynote Speeches
A. ]. BEVERIDGE PRESlDES
Cheers at Chicago as Former Pres'
tent Arrives-Revision of Anti
Trust Law, an American Busl-
ness Tariff In Platform.


women. faces alight with enthusiasm,
saw political party come INTO peihe
here amid the roar of whole-soulea
cheering and the triumphant Dlare Oh
bands.
The floor of the vast Coliseum was
swaying mass of color as the throhs
of delegates again and again spfahs
m it's feet under the stimulus OF some
new inspiring song or the mention OF
name that has stood hlSh III tne
ranks of the National Progressive
party.
The triumphant entry of Col Iheo'
dore Roosevelt into Chicago, Wheh w.
600 bersons cheered him from the La
Salle street station to the Congress
Hotel. had kindled great flame OF en-
thusiasm. 1t grew every moment up
to the opening of the convention
The convention was called 10 oruel
at 12.43 by Senator Dixon. The Coll-
comm floor was crowded and the gal
leries were we'll filled. Many or the
DELEGATIONS came in singing. Inc
pennsvlvanians had parody on
John Browns Body in which theg
announced they would take consider
able delight in suspending senator
| Roies Penrose to sour apple lIee'
The Jersey men sang duty 10 lhe
tune of the Battle Hymn OF the Re-
public," announcing that the BUN
Moose is Coming" and that the u. w.
p elephant and Democratic donkey
] Of hOOtS.
bandanna kerchiet was in evidence
everywhere.
senator Dixon declared that the
convention was a new milestone III
American politics and that a new
marty. knowing no North and no Soulh
/ and founded on the live issues OF TO-
day, will take its place with those
parties which live on the dead issues
/ of the past AS Dixon finished the
/ call of delegate for, Three cheers
for Teddy" brought the convention TO
/ its feet, cheering for full minute.
The vast audience thrilled under
Dixon's words. And frequently II
Numbered forth it's approval of the
/ words and the man. Then o. n, DAVIS
read the call OF the new party.
Then ex-senator Albert j. Beveridge
/ of Indiana, took the gavel as tempo
( rary chairman of the convention. lie
/ launched into a declaration of the new
/ party's principles. the faith OF the Pro
/ pressives. and their hopes for the tu-
ure that was puActuated with great
I bursts of applause from the audience.
( In his address Chairman BeyeriGge
/ said in reference tC the new party.
ITO carry out our principles we
have program OF constructive re
( form. We mean present We mean
! to make laws tit conditions out OF
date. and where We tear down We
mean to build what is right and fitted
to the times. We hearken to the call
/ of the present We mean to make laws
! fit conditions as they are and meet the
/ needs of the people who are on earth
today. That we may do this we found
a party through which all who beleVe
with us can work with us, or, rather,
we declare our allegiance TO the party
which the people themselves nave
founded For this party comes from
/ the grass roots 1t has grown from
| the soil of the peoples hard necessi-
ties. It has the vitality of the peo-
ple's strong convictions. The people
have work to be done and our party is
/ here to do that work.
The speaker discussed the Republi-
can and Democratic parties, the boss
system" and special interests He
/ declared the Progressive party VIII
accomplish reforms vital TO American
business. He said:
I'VE mean to put new business laws
On our statute books which viii tell
American business men what they can
do and what they cannot do. The next
great business reform we must nave
TO steadily increase American prosper
ity is to change the method or build
ing our tariffs The tariff must be
taken out of politics and treated as
business question instead Of political
question The greatest need of busl-
ness is certainty, but the only thing
certain about our tariff is uncertainty.
Next to our need to make the Sher-
man law modern, understandable, ana
Just, our greatest hscal need Is Sehu-
inc. permanent, nonpartisan tariff
commission. There has not been and
will not be any sincere and honest ef-
fort by the old parties to get tariff
commission, nor TO take the tariff out
of politics.
"A tariff high enough to give Amer
lean producers the American market
when they make honest goods and sell
| them at honest prices, but low enough
that when they sell dishonest goods
at dishonest prices foreign competi.
| ton can correct both evils; a tariff
high enough to enable American pro
| ducers to pay our workingmen Amer
| ican wages and so arranged that the
| workingmen will get such wage,
b,,e;nacr tariff u,hera changes will he