The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-18
COL. ROOSEVELT
FAV0RS SPECIAL
SESSION MAR. 4
II He Is Elected, He Declares He
will Issue Call to Carry Out
Progressive Pledges
HUMAN WELFARE IS VITAL
Former President Declares that He
Is More Interested in that
Plank Than Others
HUMAN WELFARE IS VITAL
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
Tucson, Ariz.. Sept. 17.-f Col
Roosevelt is elected president, he
said in speech here today, he will
call special session of Congress
Immediately after his Inauguration
to put into effect, so far as can be
done by Congress, the Progressive
partys program for social and in
dustrial legislation. The program
includes a minimum wage scale for
women living wage" prohibition
of child labor. regulation of hours
of labor and other measures
Colonel Roosevelt reached Tucson
after an all night run from Los An
geles, and opened his one day cam
paign in Arizona here.
"While there are many important
planks in the platform of the Pro-
gresive party" he said, Il am most
interested in the plank dealing with
human welfare. I believe that the
issues there raised are the great is
sues Of this campaign which neither
of the old parties IS facing squarely.
The Progressive party il ii is put in
to power will carry out every prom
Use which it has made in its plat
form. We regard the platform as
contract with the people-a contract
to be kept to the letter.
Will Co1I Cession
.If I am elected President, | shall
call special session of Congress inn
mediately to take up these matters.
1t is, of course, true that the reforms
for which we call are largely sub
jects which must be dealt with by
the legislatures of the various states,
but there are certain matters which
we can and will take up in Con-
gress, if the opportunity is given us.
Il would have Congress take up
three things;
First, is the application of our
program to employees of the govern
ment; next IS it's application to the
District of Columbia, and Alaska In
the third place, we would apply il
to interstate commerce as far as
would be possible
Colonel Roosevelt said it was diff
ficult to define the lengths to which
Congress could go in dealing with
concerns engaged in interstate COM
merce through Congressional action.
He would attempt to put on the
statute books, he said, as much leg
islation along these lines as could
be applied to the railroads and the
usual concerns doing an interstate
business.
Wants Capital a Model.
In the District of Columbia, Col
Roosevelt said, he proposed to put
into effect laws which would make
the city of Washington a model, not
only for the United States, but for
the nations of the world
A great deal of money had beer
spent, he said, in buildings boule-
wards and public adornments In the
city and he thought some of this
money should go to the improve
ment of the condition of the poor
He said he would urge laws to clean
out the alley tenements and to
build small parks for the workmen
and would advocate the adoption of
the complete program of the Pro
gressive party's ''Human welfare"
plank in the District.
Colonel Roosevelt said he would
also urge immediate enforcement of
the plank in the program relating to
Alaska, urging its recommendation
concerning government ownership
OF railroads, and policy in regard to
water power sites and coal lands.