The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-11-14

iSs SsH1lPAI1AI IaI.IlD; AND PROGREs.
sIyEs HAVE COME TO STAY
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Followers Praised
or Firm stand by Their Leader
S Who Will not Rest Content Until
Every Feature OF the Progressive
Platform is I'm Effect. r..
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.SS New York, 'Noy. 14-Theodore
Roosevelt made a formal statement
tonight bearing upon the election
and a the future of the Progressive
party. ~ .,3s / ;S& !. 3z.4is,,i: 34s, : z 9
line with previous expressions
Of his, own and Of his colleagues;
he reitetates that 'fthe P rogl grteesssiye
party has come to stay" and"s.. so
,far, from being over the battle tay
Just begun. = : : :, 80 : ~ .
He regards the party s showing tsFii
in polling. more than 1000, 600
votes In the face of. numerous OBJ
! stacles naturally in the path of d
new movement as 'sliterally un-
sparalleled in the history Of free
government. The statement fol-
lows: #r '..
Il congratulate the Progressivcs
OF the country, that is T conXatu-
late those good men and women
who, with sincerity of purpose for
the common good, have had the
vision toplook into the coming
years and see what the future de-
mands from 'us who work in this
present.
What the Progressive party
has done since the theft of the Re-
publican organization by Repub-
liean bosses at hicago last June
is literally unparalleled in the his!
tory Of free government ., worked
under representative institutions
Three months have gone by since
some hundreds of earnest men and
women gathered to found the new
Progressive party. 49,.
Without much money, without
any organization, against wealth
of the country, against the entire
: organized political ability of the
country, against the bitter hostil-
ity of 90 per cent. Of the press of
=; the country, against the furious
opposition of every upholder Of
special privilege, whether in poll
ties or IN business, and with the
channels of # information to the pub
lie largely choked, the Progressive
Party has polled between 4,0OO,-
600 and 100000 vores, aas hope
lcssly beaten one of the old parties
both in the Electoral College and
in the popular vote; has taken
second place in the nation and
either first or second place in some
81 of the 48 states. >.:' Il
''No task in any way approach
ing this has ever before been per-
formed by any party in our coun--
try. Such a. feat, performed by,
volunteers hastily brought together
and without any previous co-opera-
ton with each other, against; the
trained veterans Of the political
arena, these trained Veterans, ,jny,
cluding the entire mercenary fore,
es of politics., should be. q source
of pride, not only to those who per-
formed the task, but to all believers
in good citizenship and in the ca
pacity Of Americans for sclf-gov-
ernment. 49,.
r." During the campaign / said
r~- peatedly that this was in no
shape or way one-man movement
but movement for great princi-
Piles, u movement which has sprung
as all healthy movements in our
democracy must spring, from the
heart and conscience Of the people
themselves, This truth must be
kept steadily before the minds of
all of us. IL
"Thc Progressive party has
come to stay. If either of the old
parties will endeavor to put into
legislation any one Of our planks
it can count upon our hearty sup
port in SO doing; but we will not
rest contented until the entire plat
form is enacted into law and be-
comes part Of our political SYSTEM
national and state.
81 am proud indeed that the
great good fortune has been mine
to fight shoulder to shoulder with
the men and women who in the
ranks and in various positions Of
leadership have waged this great
battle for social and industrial JUS
tice.
. $50 far from being over the bat
tie has just begun. We will not
rest conteHttuntn evesy5featuret of
the Progressive progranf ltayT been