The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-12

New York, Nov. 11.-Theodore Roosevelt made formal statement tonight, bearing hpon the election and the future of the progressive party. In line with previous expTes- sions of his own, and of his CO., leagues, he reiterates that the party has come to stay" and "so far from being over, the battle has just be- gum
 He regards the pas'ty's showing in polling more than 4000,000 votes in the lace of obstacles naturally in the path of a new movement as literally unparalleled in the history Of free government.
 The statement follows.
 T congratulate the psogressiyes of the country. that Is, congratulate the good men and women who. with sincerity of purpose for the common good have the vision to looking in'o the coming years and see what the. future demands from us"
 What the progressives have done since the theft of the republican or ganization at Chicago. is unparalleled
 Tn the history of the government. Three months have gone by since.
 the new progressive party was found led, Without much money, without any organization against the wealth |of the country against the entire or ganized political ability of the coun- try, aganst the bitter hostility of Jo |per cent. of the press of tue country. against the furious opposition of every upholder of special privilege.
 M af hor in Ga. with the channels of information 10 the public largely checked, the party has boiled nearly 4ls million votes, has beaten the old party in the elea- toral college and the party has taken second place in the nation and either first or second place in some 37 or the As states. No task in any way approaching this has ever been per- formed by any party in our country. Such q feat. performed by volunteers hastily brought together and without any previous cooperation with eacl other against the trained veterans Of the political aTena---the trained yet- erans including the entire mercenary force of politics-s should be source of pride not only to those who per- formed the task but to all believers in good citizenship and in the capa city of Americans for self govern ment.
 During the campaign I said re- peatedly that this was in no shape or way one man movement but Il for great principles "a movement which has sprung. as all healthy movements in our democracy must spring, frem the heart and con science of the people themselves. This truth must be kept steadily b fore the minds of all of us. The party has come to stay. If either of the old parties will en- deayor to put into legislation any one of our blanks, it can count upon our hearty support in so doing. but We will not rest content until the plat form is enacted into law and becomes part of our political system national and state.
 T am proud the good fortune has been mine to fight shoulder to should CT with the men and women, who in the ranks and various positions of leadership have waged this battle for social and international justice Tle battle has just begun. We will not rest content until every feature of the progressive program has been put into effect; <and when this has been done. unquestionably there will have opened to us new avenues along which it will still be duty to work for the moral and economic better ment of our people.
 (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt