Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Roosevelt and Johnson Are Nom
ineeS for President and
Vice President.
AGREE TO MAKE The FIGHT
Candidates Appear Before Dele
gates and Declare willing
ness to Accept

~SS ANo
Christian Soldiers" and the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" the delegates
to the first national convention of the
new Progressive party proclaimed
Theodore Roosevelt of New York as
their candidate for president and Gov
ernor Hiram W. Johnson Of California
as their choice for vice president.
Marking a new departure in the
proceedings of national conventions
the two candidates Immediately were
informally notified of their nomination
and in the midst of deafening cheers
appeared before the delegates to voice
their acceptance and to pledge their
best efforts to the coming campaign.
For several long hours the big
throng in the Coliseum listened to a
How or oratory in nominating and
seconding speeches, in which the dom
Inant note expressed was the belief
that victory would come to the new
party in the November elections. Ray
mond Robins of Illinois pledged a
100000 majority for the national ticket
in Illinois and Clifford Pinchot predict
ed a 100000 majority for Colonel
Roosevelt and Governor Johnson in
his home state, Pennsylvania.
The party formally christened itself
the Progressive party, leaving out the
prefix national" by which hereto
tore it has been known, but provision
was made for the recognition of real
i'rogress1ves in any of the states by
Whatever name they should be locally
designated because of state laws.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull House,
Chicago, was among those who sec.
onded Colonel Roosevelt and she was
enthusiastically greeted. The new par
ty formally placed itself on record as
favoring equal suffrage and further
recognized the oma suffrage move
ment by providing for four women
members at large on the national COM
mittee.
Declaration of Principles.
The platform adopted by the con-
vention follows closely the confession
OF faith" of Colonel Roosevelt. A
synopsis follows:
The new party declares for direct
primaries for the nomination of state
and national officers and candidates
for the presidency and for the popu-
lar election of United States senator's.
Such restrictions of the power of
the courts as shall leave to the peo-
pie the ultimate authority to deter
mine fundamental questions of social
welfare and public policy.
Pledges judicial reform, believing
that the issuance of injunctions in
labor disputes should be prohibited
when such injunctions would not ap-
ply where no labor disputes existed.
Declares against child labor, for a
minimum wage scale for women, for
prevention of industrial accidents,
publicity as to wages and an eight
hour workday.
Pledges party to a full and immedi-
ate inquiry and to immediate action
to deal with the high cost of living.
Demands national regulation of in.
terstate corporations and urges the
establishment of a federal commission
tc supervise interstate Industrial cor
porations.
Pledges party to enactment of a
patent law that will prevent monop-
olies, favors legislation giving inter
state commerce commission power to
value property of railroads and de-.
mands abolition of the commerce
court.
Declares for good roads, n~ationa!
highways and extension of rural free
delivery.
Pledges party to immediate prepare.
ton of plan to develop rivers of the
country, especially the Mississippi
and tributaries, without delay.
Expresses belief in a protective tar
af which shall equalize conditions of
competition between the United
States and foreign countries for all
classes.
Demands immediate repeal of the
Canadian reciprocity act; favors in
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