The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-12
NEW PARTY ISSUES
 CONVENTION GALL
Progressive" Party Will Or. ganize aud Nominate in
 Chicago August 3.
TERRITORIES HAVE NO PART
Several States Not Represented in Document but are Expected
 to Affiliate.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 New York.-A call to the poole of the United States who are in sympathy with the national progressive move ment'' to send delegates to a conven- tion to open in Chicago August 5, was given out by United States Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, Theo- dore Roosevelt's campaign manager. The call is signed by members of the committee chosen at meeting held in Chicago and also includes sigma lures of Roosevelt followers in 40 states.
 ''The territories have no place in a national convention and will not be considered" declared Senator Dixon in commenting upon the signatures. 'As for the missing eight states, the most of them probably will send dele gates, although they have not taken part in the call.
 Maine, for instance, postponed any definite action because there is now a strong fight on in the primaries with some sympathy running for the progressive movement. Delaware, North Carolina, Arkansas and Nevada probably will take part in the con- vention. Mississippi and South Caro- lima possibly may be unrepresented.
 "The call lays down no rules as to the methods of choosing delegates, since each state will be expected to select it's delegates by its own para phernalia. The representation will be cut down to just one half that of the previous conventions. This was con- sidered advisable since this -conven- ton is to be notably deliberative body, and will certainly be composed of a class of men altogether different from those who usually attend conven- tions.
 "In all probability the convention will adopt the name national progres- sive' for ths,new party, but I canno, .saX-definitely -ional Sill be done. Thus Ear no issues have seen authoritative NH,stated, and, of course, the platform itseK will have to be decided upon by the delegates"
 The text of the call is:
 "To the People ot the United States, without regard to past political diff ferences, who, through repeated be- trayals, realize that the power of the crooked political bosses of the privi- leged classes behind them is so strong in the two old party organizations that no helpful movement in the real interests of the country can come out of either;
 "Who believe that the time has ment-a nationwide movement-on non-sectional lines, so that the peo- pie may be served in sincerity and truth by an organization unfettered by obligation to conflicting interests;
 "Who believe in the right and ca pacity of the people to rule themselves and effectively to control all the agen- that only through social and industrial justice thus secured can honesty find permanent protection;
 "Who believe that government by the few tends to become, and has, in fact, become government by the sordid influences that control the few;
 'Who believe that only this type of movement proposed can we obtain in the nation and the several states the legislation demanded by the modern industrial evolution; legislation which shall favor honest business and yet control the great agencies of modern business so as to insure their being used in the interest of the whole peo- pie; legislation which shall promote prosperity, and at the same time se- cure the better and more equitable diffusion of prosperity; legislation which shall promote the economic well being of the honest farmer, wage work CT, professional man and business man alike, but which shall at the same time strike in efficient fashion-and not merely pretend to strike-at the