The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-25
AIMS OF THIRD
PARTY OUTLINED
Roosevelt's First Speech
Since Chicago Convention.
BOSSES ARE CONDEMNED
Object Of Progressives Is to Give to
the People the Right to Rule and to
Fight Corruption as II Now Exists.


tho People the Right to Rule and to
Fight Corruption as II Now Exists.
New York. July 24.--In his first
speech since he returned from Chica-
go Colonel Roosevelt set forth his
reasons for leading in the formation
OF new party. His address was de-
ltvered at meeting of the New York
state county chairmen of the National
Progressive party. Colonel Roosevelt
did not intend to speak, he said, but
the chairmen would not be denied.
mo man knows better than l." said
Colonel Roosevelt. that enthusiasm
and high principles cannot be effective
without organization and work. A
great responsibility rests upon you
men here, who are undertaking the
organization of new party which is
tc stand four squared to democracy.
which Is to be literally the party of
the people.
1T will fight on live issues and not
dead ones. 1t will embooy protest
against the corruption In both of the
old party machines. II will be party
into which ex-Democrats and ex-Re-
publicans. without regard to their po-
litical past, are to come on an exact
equality and to have each the same
share In the party management.
Refers to California Contest.
when we get this started IL will be
party not only representing the peo-
pie at election time, but will repre-
sent them In party management. We
are going to see to ii that 1t is organ
lied SO II will be impossible for any
nfty-three men chosen four years be-
fore by politicians to stand superior
to oil the voters of great state like
if'sanrcsill sivshn csill nJh " n4hstdfvth hes
the state shall not be disenfranchised.
my own Judgment Is that Messrs.
Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim & Co.
made poor swap when they took two
stolen delegates from California in
place of the electoral vote of Califor-
MIA. They were not contented with
that. They swapped the electoral vote
of Massachusetts for two delegates.
think 1t was about as expensive a
swap as was ever made by political
managers.
mo good will come II we merely
substitute one set of bosses for anoth-
er. There is nothing that the bosses
OF both parties wish SO much as to
see every decent man vote alternately
for each with the vague idea that he
IL reducing the other.
Intends to Defeat Bosses.
snow, no doubt Mr.. Barnes and Mr.
Murphy would like to have everything
all the time, but they are perfectly
willing each to take half instead of
the whole. But we do not care any
thing about dividing the state equally
between them. What we intend to do
10 to take 1t from both, and we intend
| to take the national convention from
both.
I'm this party we intend to build q
government without and within the
party on the lines OF genuine popular
| rule and Of social and Industrial JUS
| toe for farmer, wage worker. business
| man and professional man alike, to be
achieved not through the bosses, not
through the indirect control of the
party organization by special privi-
lege, but to be achieved through genu-
ine, and not merely nominal rule OF
the people themselves"
The reports of the county chairmen
all were highly optimistic and the col
onel beamed with pleasure at various
predictions OF an Overwhelming Roose-
veIt vote