Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
CALL FOR The CONVENTION
OF The PROGRESSIVE PARTY

Whereas, There has been issued by the
Provisional Committee under a resolution
passed at Chicago on June 22nd, last,
call for a NATIONAL Convention to form a
political party, the name of which will
be determined by the convention so
called, in which the delegates chosen un-
der this call will participate as follows
To the people of the United States,
without regard to past political differ
ences, who through repeated betrayals
realize that to-day the power of the
crooked political bosses and of the privi
ledged classes behind them is so strong
in the two old party organizations that
no helpful movement in the real inter
ests of our country can come out of
either.
Who believe that the time has come
for a National Progressive movement-a
nation wide movement-on non-sectional
lines, so that the people may be served
i'll sincerity and truth by an organization
unfettered by obligation to conflicting
interests
Who believe in the right and capacity
of the people to rule themselves, and ef-
fectually. to control all the agencies of
their government, and who hold that
only through social and industrial JUS
tice, thus secured can honest property
find permanent protection
Who believe that government by the
few tends to become, and has in fact -
come, government by the sordid inhu-
ences that control the few;
Who believe that only through the
movement proposed can we obtain in the
nation and the several states the legisla-
ton demanded by the modern industrial
evolution legislation which. shall favor
honest business and yet control the great
agencies of modern business so as to in |
sure their being used in the interest of
the whole people; legislation which
shall promote prosperity and at the same
time secure the better and more equita-
bic diffusion of prosperity; legislation
which shall promote the economic we'll
being of the honest farmer, wage worker, !
professional man, and business man
alike, but which shall at the same time
strikein efficient fashion and not merely
pretend to strike-at the roots of privi- |
lege in the world of industry no less
than in the world of politics
Who believe that only this type of wise
industrial evolution will avert industrial
revolutions;
Who believe that wholesome party |
government can come only if there is
wholesome party management ina spirit |
of service to the whole country, and who |
hold that the commandment delivered at
Sinai, Thou shalt not steal, - applies to |
politics as well as to business;
To all in accord with these views call |
is hereby issued by the Provisional Com |
mittee under tile resolution of the mass
meeting held in Chicago on June p last. |
to send from each State number of dele /
gates whose votes in the Convention shall |
count for as many votes as the State shall |
have Senators and Representatives in |
Congress, to meet in Convention at Chica- |
90 on the fifth day of August, 1912, for |
the purpose of nominating candidates to |
be supported for the positions of Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United |
States.
AND WHEREAS, it is believed that pro-
gressive views i'll accordance with the
above declarations are entertained by
large number of the citizens of this State,
AND WHEREAS, it is not deemed prac-
ticable at this time to hold primary cleo
tions for the purpose of this call owing