The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-19
From the Stage of the Col
liseum in Chicago He Will
Read Message
A CONFESSION OF
FAITH HE CALLS 1T
Manifesto Will Deal With
Political Economic Crisis
Showing Democrats
and Republicans

OYSTER BAY. July 1S.--Prom The
stage of the Coliseum in Chicago, the
scene a month ago of his defeat for
the Republican presidential nominal
tiou, Colonel Roosevelt, the night OF
august 5th, viii tell the country Wup
he Is leading the third party fight 10
get back into the White House.
The ex-president calls his proposed
address his confession of faith. In
it he intends ex1austively TO lay down
the principles for which the pro-
gressives contend. In II he also Wall
tthy President Taft n his packers
for Selling a nomination by ~trickery.
Two days before the third party
convention meets the Colonel expects
TO be in Chicago to confer with his
leaders, Before the convention rs
assembled on August 5th, Roosevelt
believe. the rHffIe on the surface VIII
be smoothed down so that every State
will know how TO proceed in tho
scramble TO get the Roosevelt cleo
tors before the voters.
Deals With Everything.
The Colonel is working now on the
proclamation OF principles TO be enun-
ciated before the convention. He
spoke of It today as an embraclsg
recital of the spirit OF progressive
ssu. dealing with the riff. regul1-
ton Of corporations, the high cost
Of living, judicial decision recall,
everything for which the party Will
fght in the fail campaign.
f~ioosevelt's manifesto promises to be
more comprehensive even than the
platform of the third party, mas
much as 1t will deal with the whole
politfca economic crisis as he sees It.
- ~ 1raA ~ thu nIatfAFfla n ma
Republican and Democratic parties
will be a feature OF IL. Roosevelt
contends that both nlafforrns are
sadly lacking and he intends to pick
them apart.
VIII Fight Typewriter War.
The Colonel Intends to send to the
various States where primary scraps
ato to occur. before the convention.
letters putting forth his View OF the
State situation.
This he viii do In the hope OF ia
votabiy influencing the dominating OF
electors. The letters will take place
~ speeches he intended TO deliver
en- the now abandoned Western trip,
The ex-president voiced his idea OF
what the third party night means to
the country he talked today
with Ralph G. Otis. Of Illinois, chair
man OF the committee of arrange
nents for the third party convention.
and Day McBuray, another of the
Roosevelt Illinois workers Otis went
TO Sycamore Hill to break the news
to the Colonel that Illinois is waking
VII to the strength OF the third party
movement
You have a tremendous following
In Illinois and IL is increasing every
day" quofh Otis. Among the
farmers and the vac earners / and
that there Is hostility to Woodrow
wilson because of the impression
that he Is too high brow. that ha
doesn't understand the needs of the
man who has TO work for a living.
Farmers Don't Like Taft.
The farmer has no use for Presi-
dent Taft. neither has the wage Garner
Now what the progressive party mus
do, if it is to get support of thu
fellow who has to make his way
through the world by his. own toll. h
TO convince him thas IT rueans TO wori
in his interest.
Every man wants To see the cor
porations controlled. The trust prob
lem must be handled i~ntelligentiy. TIT
tariff must be regulated the SAM
way. II the progressive party car
promise to dc that and make the peo
pie believe IL, nothing can stop Its way
TO victory"
Explains IL.
Colonel Roosevelt explained TO nj
visitors tina the progressive part.
seeks 10 accomplish exactly what OH
rad outlined. The colonel felt tina
the progressives ought to enter int
relatively the same lind of contract IL
dealing with the people that q bushes,
does in ordinary affairs. The tnirt
party's contract, he went on. wouio DC
to give the people a straight. business
like administration. based upon tht
needs of the country. With reason
able expectations of carrying 1t out
the third party, he said. could promise
to readjust the tariff 50 that the work
. inr man would feel the advantage Of
it. In precisely the same way the party
could tackle the trusts.
Roosevelt expressed the opinion tina
the entire country will be u to
the importance OF the third party
once the convention finishes Its work
He spoke to his Illinois callers or the
feeling in this New York; State, re-
marking that he was assured tne pro
gressivcs would win 1t in Novem'
Der.
I'm Brooklyn they say the sentiment
for our party Is three to one" observ-
ed the ex-president.
The colonel manifested an eager
ness to know what Governor Dineen
Of Illinois. intended to do.
II can't "a about that" replied
Otis, 'but l Judge. from the wave OF
sentiment for you In our state thai
the governor will decide it's better
to get In with us. IL he doesn't M
Is going to be beaten"
Roosevelt laughed over that. H1c
= murmured something about guessing
Dineen il Weakening up."
A Washington despatch saying thai
Senator Dixon contemplates quitting
the colonel after the third party con.
vention. his ardor for the movemen
having chilled, caused Roosevelt to re-
Asark that Dixo1 il heartily witt
him"
Roosevelt reverted TO the, work
Dixon Ii doing and said nj third party
isadsr r MoFs devoted - ths Gauss