Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-12
Bull Moose Leader Issues
Statement to Progressive
Party CongratuIating It on
Show of Strength at Polls,
TAKES SECOND PLACE
IN UNITED STATES
Colonel Asserts He is Wiling
to Support Move by Either
of Old Parties Looking To-
ward Betterng Conditions.
IBy Morning Jouna, special Lensed wire.l

JBy Morning Journni special Teused Wire.
New York, NOV. ll.-Theodore
Roosevelt made a formal statement
/ tonight bearing upon the election ana
the future of the progressive party.
In line with previous expressions of
his own and of his colleagues reit-
Grated that the progressive party mas
come to stay" and so far from be-
ing over, the battle has just begun.
He regards the party's showing IN
polling mere than four million votes,
in the face Of numerous obstacles nat
urally in the path of Il new move
ment as literally unparalleled in the
| history of free government.
The statement follows:
Il congratulate the progressives of
the country. That is, / congratulate
those good men and women who. with
sincerity of purpose for the common
good, have had the vision to look into
| the coming years and see what the
! future demands from us who work
in this present
What the progressive party has
done since the theft of the republi-
can organization by the republican
bosses at Chicago last June is literally
unparalleled in the history of free
government, worked under represent
ative institutions. Three months have
gone by since some hundreds of ear
nest men and women gathered to
found the new progressive party
without much money without any
organization against the wealth of the
country, against the entire organized
ability of the country of the bitter
hostility of 90 per cent of the country,
against the furious opposition Of ev
cry upholder of special privilege,
whether in politics or in business and
with the channels of information to
the public largely choked--the pro-
gressive party has polled between
four and four and one half million
votes; has hopelessly 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
thirty-seven of the forty-eght states.
"No task in any way approaching
this has been before performed by
any party in our country. Such a feat
performed by volunteers hastily
brought together and without previ-
Gus cooperation with each other
against the trained veterans of the
political arena; these trained veter-
ans including the entire mercenary
forces of politics-should be a source
of pride, not only to those who per-
formed the task. but to all believers
in good citizenship and in the capac-
ity of Americans for self government.
During the campaign | said re-
peatedly that this was in no shape or
way one man movement, but a
movement for great principles
movement which has sprung, as all
healthy movements in our democratic
government must spring, from the
heart and conscience of the people |
themselves. This truth must be kept |
steadily before the minds of all of |
us. The 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 support in so doing: |
but we will not rest contentcd until |
the entire Platform is enacted into
law and become part OF our political |
system, national and state.
II am proud, indeed. thHi he great /
good fortune has been mine "a fight /
shoulder to shoulder with the men I
and women who. in the ranks aIl in
various positions Of leadership. ha SO
waged this great battle for social and
Industrial justice. So far from being
over the battle has just begun. We
VIII not rest content until every fea-
ture Of the progressive program has
been put into effect; and when this
has been done, unquestionably there
will have been opened to us new ave
nues along which it will still be duty
to work for the moral and economic
bettermcnt of our people,