St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-10
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Roosevelt Makes His Con-
fession Of Faith to Pre-.
gressive Convention.
Is Nominated to Head the
Ticket and Elected by
Acclamation.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Theo. Roose-
yelt made his confession OF faith
TO- dav to the Natiorai Progressive
Convention. He struck out into ne"
ground, sovocating measures "h1e'1
he said frankly would be denounce'
as either socialism or anarchy. lac
delegates listened to his speech Win
the understanding that they nlus'
either adopt a platform substantially
in consequence with his views OF
look elsewhere for nominee for the
Presidency.
Mr.. Roosevelt's speech strikes q
key-note for his followers and sup
porters in the new party. 1t lays
down the plan of battle to be waged
by the national Progressive party.
He discusses those principles I'M
der twelve subdivisions, namely
1.-THE Helplessness of the Old Far
ties" 1.-The Right OF the People TO
Rule" ''The Courts and the People,
Constructive Control of the Trusts,
"Rights of the Wage Worker" The
Farmer" "The Tariff" 'The High
Cost of Living" Currency, Con
servation," alaska and Information,
al Affairs" "The two old parties, y
he said, "are husks, with no real soul
within either, divided on artificial
lines, boss-ridden and privilege-con
trolled, each a tumble Of incongru-
Gus elements, and neither daring te
speak out wisely and fearlessly what
.should be said on the vital issues OF
the day." AS opposed to this in.
congruity and insincerity of action
he asserted that the national Pro
gressive platform will be "a contract
with the people," with definite and
concrete provisions to be carried out
IL the people ratify the contract on
election day as exactly and honestly
as if it were actually enforceable
under the law"
Right of the People to Rule.
'"The actions of the Chicago con
vention, and to an only less degree
shown in striking fashion how little
the people do rule under our present
conditions" In order to assure this
popular rule Mr.. Roosevelt urged thu
adoption of presidential primaries,
popular election of Senators, the
short ballot..an efficient corrupt prac-
tees act, qualified use of the initia-
tive, referendum and recall The
recall should be applied to admins
trative officers. Mr.. Roosevelt as
serts that the adoption of these new
methods of political administration
10 not antagOnistic to representative
government.
: H. Courts and the People.
tUnden this head Mr.. Roosevelt re.
Rerate his well-known views regard
ing the courts. "The American PEG.
.sple, and not the courts. are to de-
: termine their own fundamental poll
cies." This does not mean that the
people ara ~ interfere in cases which
involve meGo4y questions of justice
between individuals except that
means should he devised for max
ing 1t easier than at present to get
rid, OF an incompetent judge" But
: when judicial decision involves an
Interpretation of what the people
meAn blythe constitutions which they
have framed and laws passed by the
people. are nullified because the
courts say those laws are contrary
to the. peoples will as expressed in
their Constitution. there must be :
reference to the people of the pub
lie effect of such decisions sunder
forms securing full deliberation," te
the end that the people may rectify
this alleged defect III their Consti.
ution by popular vote having all
the force of constitutional amend.
ment
Constructive Trust Control.
In addition for punishment for
wrong-doihg by the trusts, the i'm.
perative demand is effective and COM
plete> regulation. The views of Pres
ident Van Hise of the University o.
Wisconsin, in his scientific work or
trust regulation are in harmony WITH
the program of the national Progress
sives. THE present conditions OF
business canpot be accepted as sat
isfactory." The. reason for this il:
explained, in Mr. Roosevelt's. opin
ion, byt the fact that those dealing
with the subject have. attempted te
divide into two. camps, each as un-
wise as the other" One camp has
fixed its attention only on the need
of prosperity-''prosperity to the biz
men on top, trusting to their mercy
to let. something leak through to
the mass Of their countrymen below.
which, in effect, means that there
should be no attempt to regulate the
ferocious scramble in which greed
and cunning reap the largest re-
wards" The other camp has so
fixed it's attention upon the injus-
tees of the distribution of prospect
ty, emitting all consideration of
having something to distribute, advo-
Gates action, which, it is true, would
abolish most of the Inequalities of
the distribution of prosperity, by
only the unfortunately simple pro-
cess OF abolishing the property
ITSELF"
Justice to Nage-Workers.
Referring to the opening sentence
OF his address. namely, that we are
now in the midst of great econimic
revolution Mr.. Roosevelt presents
an advanced and comprehensive plan
to insure. the rights and better con
dftions for labor. He gives it the
paramount place in his speech. 1.-THE
first hcarge upon the industrial