New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
Mr. Strauss Speech.


Mr. Strauss Speech.
! Mr. Stratus said.
! appear before you as tho Embossed
candidate OF the unOOssed people. NJ
/ candiuacy rs In the hands OF the peopie
and not OF the bosses. stand on a pa
y form OF perIoi mdnces and not OF pi1'l-
ises. My puDuc record duI!no thc lhht
, twenty five years is an open book. ana Dy
| that .cCoId ] ask you 40 Judge me.
| am hot q politician. ana DO nor pro
pose to devoloy into one. Should pe
/ elected. you can rely on one thihs, max
| ! shall give you an out and out, straight.
/ forward business administration, ana /
! will SEQ o. IL shat every dollar that u
I taken from the people In taxes Sha4i Le
/ CNp, tied tor the people. ! shall 30 NY
! utmost oud with your help J shall suc-
coed ir driving the bosse- ana me sThit-
/ ers cut Of business. n was zone N'
! Hiram Johnson lon california. 70 was do"'
| 0y LaFoli,ttc in Wisconsin, ana we 'a"
do 10 I New York
, SO one ni,d harder to give the Empire
| state AN effective, al, On ana HitPI'rt i''
administration than Governor I9s,,'
/ Lat the bosses of both parties luteu me.
/ forces against him ana ucI ms u"uu''
! Governor Hughes devoted his c"m!na"..-
/ Ing ability and magr incent en.Tklrs u
/ giving to the people an honest pfti''e"'
tial primary iaW. ,.,...,
I The bosses on both sides Lnlleh akai.i !
/ him. detected "a m asurcs, ana az the
/ urXt election pat into he cub rnatorldl
] ,bpir the amfthI. Gog'rno' Dix. and now
We have ilsf the Nrd ~ election Ia
4 that the b sscs nave been WothlhR, lni
sirc. .he dq.s % the Tweed ring lnN0
/ ,,ni,b v.er. ,.nnl-rlv sldif lly. yea aoiy
devised 20 keep tic BOSSES N rover ""'
/ th. people ont ~ lowor 49,. -. .,,,,o,
! -. .rthsr ~ the old parties 20 give -
I ,+,,,,f,, rrforu. and I tell YOU. ny
/ frrrds. 10 matter how rtspectabi, Il
, lardId9te they pvt up for G'vernor. o.
thing ia sure. the bosses or nc ol, F'l'-
WIN see g y 'h', nj he Eao%n Inc me-
! ',rb,y NOV break. they inaF s"'''o'
tloir slate as they VII. IL, p,
. TN, rrlp NJ the bosses VII ''l"A '' -
gull"
NJ s,rous took q shot al Governor VII
Nv esteemed friend Governor Wilson.
! rronounces cur platform "A me Hl'raIs
/ ,sssv' Well that Is more man ! I'm
( ,,v for tho platform on which he stanus,
,rS,ch * more Ike "a moving picture SHOW
now YOU see and now YOU don pui
| riatforTn is a covenant with tho peppI.,
/ made not only 10 get In on, OUT 10 s''""
| on. ..,
An account of his activities in politics
was supplied by Mr. Straus. ana III ne
Ginning he gave an explanation oil why
d. had been member Of both tile regu-
lar political parties before he became
ii Progressive. Abiding to this, Nc salu'
Nv DISTINGUISHED friend Senator OGor-
man my esteem for whom ShalI not DC
lossrned because ne ~ not 80 fortunate
AS IN staud on a Progressive platform
. In "A report printed i'm the newspapers ~
credited with critiDising me Tor having
been I'm my early political HE Demo
crat and subsequently, Repubnchn' 40
I stated lcforc. / appeal To my teiIo"
HTOmispk.
candidate can make and az reaqiiS
break, but upon my record as puDhc
Grst took public office I'm 1857 under
that devoted public servant ana patflouc
president. Grover Cleveland. ] am not
ashamed OF that. am proud OF IL. SUB
seduently, when the Democratic parry
was uisled Ia tho advocacy OF "A none,
tary system that was contrary To al
sound economic principles. system that
all enlightened nations had ulsCW ueu anu
only decadent nations were cllhshs 10,
l became supporter OF lhe SCUM .nonei
Republican party. led by Mckinley ana
Roosevelt. | am not ashamed of that
am proud OF IL.
Now / am precisely what 7 have al
WAYS been, and what ! always hope TO
remain-a Progressive; hut never before,
until now, was / able 10 ally myself with
n great party free from the domination
OF the bosses. whose leaders and whose
followers are determined TO make the
people sovereign and to brlns back 10 the
people those fundamental democratic
powers which they possessed In the con-
structivc period under the fathers.
The platform Of the Progressive party
took up more than half Of the speech. and
Mr.. Straus explained II thoroughly, COM
pairing some of it, planks to reforms he
had previously advocated. a direct pri-
mary law. social and industrial justice.
protection OF life and health woman and
child labor. corporation cOntrol-all these
things. he said he had advised years ago
II could quote more In respect TO the
cause, but | think | have enumerated