Arizona republican., 1912-12-11

frankness and open nature I did not speak half strongly enough
 Tn my telegram I said; That it was far worse than any ordinary bad decision could be That it was d decision denying the largest body of three bodies of voters the right to exercise the highest privilege under our form of government. and the right to exercise that privilege by saying whom they believed should exercise the power of president of the United States for the next four years
 T hold that the decision was an ] outrageous decision. I hold that is was ! the duty of every honest citizen to protest against it. and denounce it in the strongest terms.
 T, hold We would be justified in any lawful action taken under the proposals we progressiVes advocate for the recall of judges.
 And now that Idaho court, con tinuing to serve the cause of re action has summoned MT Sheridan the editor of the paper and others before it for contempt. I do not want to laugh at this. It is a matter for bitter laughter that there should be chance for the perpetrating of such an outrage. but they have it in their power now by the infliction of a sufficiently heavy fine to ruin their only progressive paper; the only paper with the independence to stand up against the monstrous perversion of justice in Idaho
 am concerned will advocate most heartily that the prog ressive party make good any fine
 and hope we will send out the ablest lawyer we can to fight that case 1 through and that we can give the widest publicity of our reproduction of the conduct of that court Mind you. what it is. a court ! acting as the instrument of reaction. 1 A court doing all it can to prevent l the establishment in Idaho of the i only party that stands for the genuine right of the people to rule i themselves and an action taken | against the people of the United | States-not only again the people 1 of Idaho but against the people of ! the United States.
 i ''The people of the United States should with one voice, join in con demning what has been done to prevent the consummation of an out rage"
 1 Colonel Roosevelts discussion of the 1 Idaho case was received with cheer ! ing which continued for several minutes Perkins in speech pre- dfcted a brilliant future for the party and then proceeded to answer his critics who have accused him of being d new progressive Prolong-
 ed cheering followed Perkins speech.
 Hes the man to put the prog
 ressive party on it's feet one man
 shouted. The appearance of Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott, who is a
 daughter of the late Julia Ward Howe. the author of the Battle | Hymn of the Republic was signal for tremendous applause. Mrs. Elliott
 told of the vision her mother had
 had d short time before her death
 in which she saw a woman and man enjoying equal rights.
 q firmly believe my mother saw
 the coming of the new progressive party" she said.
 Colonel Roosevelt made it plain to- day tndt the program Ol tle IlO5lco
 sive party does not contemplate making terms with the republican
 party as party. He said in effect
 that the new party has come to stay and is expected eventually to attract
 to it's banner the progressiVes who still gave allegiance to the republican | and the democratic organizations. As l to the leadership, Colonel Roosevelt said the events of the next year or
 two will he trusted to develop the
 best men. who must be chosen with cut regard to their own desires. but solely with regard to the needs O.
 the people.
 He said in part:
 This brief campaign is what has
 overthroWn the powerful and corrupt machine of that betrayed and stran- | eled the republican party. Some day
 the honest men and women who
 nnake up the rank and file of the
 republican party will realize the full
 iniquity of which the men are guilty who in the republican conVention
 last July, by deliberate political theft
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