Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-07
'MOO' AT ARMACEDDON
To Battle for the Lord

L1r. kOOSeNeit speech SAlhcs o keynote for his followers and sup porters in the new party. It lays down the plan of battle to be waged by the National Progressive party. He discusses those principles under twelve subdivisions, namely. The Helplessness of the old Parties: 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 Tar iff: The High Cost of Living; Curren- cy; Conservation: Alaska and Intel national Affairs. ~The two old par ties" he said. are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on ar tificial lines, bossridden and privilege controlled, each a tumble in incon- gruous elements, and neither daring to sreak out wisely and fearlessly what should be said on the vital is sues of the day" As opposed to this incongruity 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 if the people ratify the contract on election day as exactly and honestly as if it were actually enforceable under the law
 No Help from Old Party
 Neither the republican nor the dem ocratic platforms or managers show rany adequate recognition of the mighty fact that we are now in the midst of a great economic evolu- ton" This irresistible movement for
 economic changes and improvement must be guided by both common sense and the highest ethical stand ards" in order to prevent reasonable evolution from becoming dangerous revolution. The democratic party. as is indicated by its present record in congress, lacks the common sense, and the republican party, by it's rec ord of stolen delegates at the Chicago convention. lacks the ethical stand ards. The men who presided over the Chicago and Baltimore conyen- tions. and the great bosses who con trolled the two eonventions-Mr Root and MT. Parker. Mir. Barnes and MT. Murphy, Mir. Penrose and MT. Tag gart, MT. Guggenheim and Mir, Sulii- van-differ from one another, Of course. on certain points, but these are the differences which one corpor- ation lawyer has with another cor poration lawyer when acting for diff erent corporations. They come togeth- CT at once as against a common enc my when the dominion of both is the people of the United States :. If this country is really to go for ward along 3 path of social and eco homie justice. there must be a new party of Nationwide and non-section- al principles, a party where the titular national chiefs and the real state leaders shall be in genuine accord, a party in whose counsels the people shall be supreme, a party that shall represent in the nation and the sey- ! eral states alike the same cause, the cause of human rights and of govern, mental efficiency" The reassertion of the states rights doctrine Of the democratic party crippies and fore closes any real or genuine relief Co [ the people. II reduces their promises to hopeless and empty phrases. The mission and spirit of this progressive movement will thrill the republic from end to end.
 Right of People to Rule
 The actions Of the Chicago con vention, and to an only less degree ot the Baltimore convention. have show- | in striking fashion how little tht ! people do rule under our present con i ditions." In order to assure this pop ular rule Mir. Roosevelt urged thC 1 adoption of presidential primaries popular election of senators, the shori { ballot, an efficient corrupt practice; act. qualified use of the initiative i referendum, and recall The recal sLculd be applied to administrative officers. Mir. Roosevelt asserts tha the adoption Of these new metho1i lCf political administration is n.t an
 tagonistic to representative govern
 mcnt. "All l desire to do by secur ling more direct Controi of the gov lernmentaI agents and repIcsentatiyei lof the people is to give the Ecorl, the chance to make theiI representa- ties really represent them whcneve the government becomes misre1re
 sentative instead Of repTesentatiye ( IT have not come to thi
 way of thinking from closest stud,
 or a matter Of theory; hav'
 teen forced to it by a long eyoe ienc,
 with the actual conditions of ou ipcitical fife"
 Courts ard the People
 Under this head Mir Roosevelt strongly emphasizes the necessity O
 the sovereign people preserving i;
 check on every branch of public seI
 vice Under this head MT. RoOseyei
 reiteratcs his now well-known view regarding the courts. The Americal
 people, and not the courts. are to dc
 termine their own fundamental poi
 cies" This does not mean that th
 people are to interfere in case
 which involve merely questions O
 Justice Fbetween <ndfyddnass excep
 that means should be devised 10
 making 1t easier than at present [
 get rid of an incompetent judge" Bu
 when a judicial decision involves a
 interpretation Of what the peopl
 mean by the constitutions which the
 have framed and laws passed by th
 people are nullified because the court
 say those laws are contrary to th
 peoples win as expressed in thei
 consultation, there must be a Ire
 erence to the people of the public C feet of such decisiOus under norm