El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-30

to DR.. Herbert Stevenson. He said that
/ the doctor was anxious to attend the
meeting, but when he found that the
I old parties were dead he concluded that
his services were no longer needed
Mr.. Engelking stated that he had
! been addressing jury in the federal
court for two hours Saturday afternoon
! and there was not much strength left
! in him. However, he said that with all
! the strength that was in him, he would
espouse the cause OF the Progressive
party.
VIII of People Defeated.
He declared that the Progressive par
ty was not a new thing, but announced
the principles of those who stood for
advancement and prOgressiveness-t
/ betterment and improvement of man
kind. Theodore Roosevelt, he declared,
was not the party, but only the head
| Of the party
Late events, the speaker said, plainly
| showed that the will of the people was
defeated by allowing the legislature to
| elect United States senators. Like
| Roosevelt. the speaker said, he stood
/ for the election of those senators by
I direct vote Of the people Also like
| the colonel Mr.. Engelking advocated
/ amending or even abolishing the con-
| stitution where the constitution mill
tated to defeat the will Of the people.
The constitution. he declared, had been
formulated years and years ago, and
conditions now and then were widely
different Along these lines he favored
the recall. stating that there was not
a judge who was big enough to say
that the people should not review his
decisions Wherever the will Of the
people was threatened with defeat, Mr..
Engelking advocated a change.
Constitution Is wrong
England, he said, was without con-
StitutiOn, and England, he declared, was
better off than the people OF the United
States. In support of this he cited an
instance where in the selection of a
president it might be left to the house
of congress. In that case he declared
that the selection of the president
would not be an expression of the viii
of the people. Thus he thought the
constitution ought to be modified,
amended or abolished in that connec-
ton.
The only consideration that guided
the Progressive party, the speaker de-
clared. was the welfare of the masses.
and the only question that confronted
the new party when it was organized
was who could it elect that would exc
cute those measures. That Teddy"
would. he said, was demonstrated by
his past acts.
The greatest thing Roosevelt ever
did, Mr.. Engelking declared, occurred
when he went to Africa and shut him
self in from the world living next to
nature. His writings OF the hunting
expedition, the speaker declared, would
live forever, and serve to instl spirit
of courage and love in the breasts of
generations yet unborn.
Not a Third Term.
Mr.. Engelking denied that Roosevelt
was running for third term in office.
He said that he had only filled one
term He considered that 1t was the
hand of Providence that placed him in
the presidential chair when he was
vice president. The beauty about the
Progressive party, he declared, was the
fact that it was not bound down by
the ghost of a custom superinduced by
long usage. He declared that if the
welfare of the people demanded the
election of a man to office for third
term. that met with the unanimous ap-
proval of the Progressive party. That
was the spirit of the party
I remember circumstance connect
ed with my visit to the circus" said
Mr.. EnSelking. I took my boy. We
came to a cage in which there was a
turned to me and said: Is that the lion
Teddy" killed papa% While my boy
cannot read line, he knows every pic
ture. and that is why I say that when
Roosevelt went to Africa he did the
greatest thing he ever did for US. His
writings will live for generations and
beget in generations to come that spirit
of love for a conflict which is essential
to meet political. industrial or social
problems. They Will instfll a love in
one for nature which never bellies its
maker, and never violates the law ac-
cording to which it acts"
HAT in the Ring
In concluding the program, Mr.. GOen |
said AT the request OF Mr. Rinehart.
want to state what the principles of |
the Progressive party are Tt appears |
that the local papers are knocking any |
thing that has the progressive in the !
party. This club is here to stay. Our