The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-10
Before Great Progressive
Conference at Chicago To-
day, Roosevelt Sounds the
Party War Cry.
MOVEMENT is ONLY
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Banquet Tonight Will Be At
tended by an lmmense
Throng; Demand for Seats
Can't Be Met.
(Nutfonal News Associat.on)


CHICAGO. Dec 10-CoL Theodore,
Roosevelt sounded the war cry OF tho
Progressive party in a speech before
the Progressive conference here to-
day BY reiterating the charge ot
theft" which he has hurled at the Re-
publican party since the Chicago Juns
convention he showed that his policy
as leader of the Progressive party
would be that of mo compromise"
or the theft he said: Some day the
honest men and women who make up
the rank and file of the Republican
party will realize the full iniquity OF
which the men were guilty. who in the
Republican convention of last June by
deliberate political theft wrenched the
control of the party from the people.
made it the party of reaction and gave
it into the absolute control of the boss
eS.
A Political Crime.
These men preferred to see the
party destroyed rather than see it
made once more what it was in the
days of Lincoln. Their purpose was at
all costs to perpetuate the rule of priv
ilege, politicalfinancial. within the
party. The men who took part in, prof
tied by, or condoned and endorsed the
theft of the Chicago convention should
never again be trusted by men who be-
lieve in honesty. Their action differed
from the ordinary crime Of the ordi-
nary ballot box suffer or crooked cleo
ton Official, only as the action of a.
great corrupt financier who swindles
on a gigantic scale. just within the
law, differs from the crime OF the poor
wretch who steals because he is in
want"
He declared for the creation of a
commission like the Interstate Com
merce commission which would super
wise the big industrial concerns doing
interstate business just as the govern
ment now supervises railroads and
banks.
I'VE will thereby prevent the eggs
from being scrambled" said the colo
mel.
To Control Business.
The antitrust law will remain on
The books and il will be strengthened
by prohibiting agreements TO divide
territory or limit outputs by putting a
stop to stock watering. by prohibiting
A refusal to sell to customers who buy
from rivals. by prohibiting the custom
of selling below cost in certain areas
while maintaining higher prices in 9TH
er areas, by prohibiting the use Of the
power Of transportation to aid or in
lure special business concerns, in
short by prohibiting all unfair trade
practices-Immediate steps should be
taken in each state TO begin the educa-
tional campaign upon our social and
economical organization. ANY law pro-
posed on the social and Industrial
planks In our platform should be
pressed together with other cognate
laws, such as the endowment of Wild
owed mothers. Our people should ex-'
pound our policies in the school hous-
as and before the oranges as well as
the great industrial centers. There is
no problem whose successful solution
is fraught with greater returns in the
| line of citizenship as well as in ma
terial results than the problem of ru-
raj life.
These include better farm methods,
better rural schools, better roads. bet
ter farm financing. more economical
methods of marketing and better farm
life conditions for the prosperity OF
the nation depends on these problems
and those of social and industrial jus
tice also eubody no small part of the
problem of the cost of living. although
this also will be in part helped by our
treatment OF the trusts
As To Leadership
In conclusion Col Roosevelt said:
In the matter of leadership. both local
and national, we may trust the events
OF the next year or two to develop our
ablest and most resourcefuI men; and
for every position the leader must be
chosen solely for the good and the
needs OF the people. for the Progress
sive party is the servant of the people.
NO man should come into this par
ty with the idea that he can establish
claim on ii: he must be content with
the opportunity it offers for service
and sacrifce"
Fully one thousand persons were in
the banquet room of the La Sale ho-
tel when the colonel began to speak
or these about seven hundred were
from outside of Chicago. The mana
gers OF tonight's banquet have been
besieged for places at the table More
h4
places have been received A number
of women were among those who at
tended the session today,