The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1912-06-28

dlIke, IN Lne name OF our common
citizenship.
If you wish me to make the figth
will make it even if only one STATE
should support me. The only condi.
ton l impose is that you shall fee
entirely free when you come together
to substitute any other man in my
place if you deem it better for the
movement, and in such case l will
give him my heartiest support.
THE bosses who stole enough dele
gates to enable them to dominate the
convention, and then did their will in
1T, have no kinship of soul or spirit
with the men who started the Repub-
| tcan party on its career as an agent
of liberty.
Imagine to yourselves how Messrs.
Barnes and Penrose and Guggenheim
would have looked standing under the
historic oaks in that Michigan city
where the Republican party was born
fifty-six years ago. You, my friends,
who are here before me, you are the
heirs in the spirit of Abraham Lin
coin when he refused to longer be
bound by the shackles of the past and
faced the new issues in the new spirit
that the times demanded.
But we are more fortunate in one
respect than our predecessors. We
who now stand for the progressive
movement, have done forever with
all sectionalism, and we make our
appeal equally to the sons of the men
who fought under Grant and to the
sons Of the men who fought under
Lee, for the cause we champion is as
emphatically the cause of the south as
it is the cause of the north.
Il am in this fight for certain
principles, and the first and most i'm
portant of these goes back to Sinai
and is embodied in the commandment
Thou shalt not steal. No truly honest
man should be satisfied with an Office
to which title Is not as valid as that
of the homestead which shelters his
family"
The Progressive" party, born Sat
urday night, was dedicated Sunday.
In the presence Of perhaps 500 men,
some Of them recognized leaders of
the movement, others merely onlook-
ers, the first formal step was taken.
Governor Hiram johnson of California
was empowered to appoint a commit
tee of seven members to confer with
Colonel Roosevelt and formulate a
plan of action.
Theodore Roosevelt and his manag-
ers will designate today where and |
when the newly born party will con-
vene and formally nominate its stand
ard bearer. The convention probably |
will be in Chicago early in August.
Colonel Roosevelt already has told |
the Pennsylvania delegates that John
labor leader, would be a
strong man to run on the new ticket
with him for vice president.
The bandanna handkerchief was
adopted as the Roosevelt battle flag"
Most of the delegates wore bandan-
mas tied around their arms and others
we're distributed by the hundreds to
he crowd. The bandanna, it was
explained, stands for the plain people
who ordinarily use them.
Colonel Roosevelt gave his sanction
70 the battle flag" by appearing with
)ne in his hand, which he waved to
he crowd on the street. His daugh-
er, Mrs. Longworth, wore a bandan-
Ia on her hat.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, a
Democrat, arose.
Surely there can be no more
solemn occasion than this one" he
said. I'VE are beginning, on Sun
lay, a great new movement. l be-
ieve that we should begin it by ask
ng the guidance of Him for whom we
ire here"
DR.. w. H Nixon of Selma, Ala.
/ negro clergyman and a Roosevelt
delegate who was excluded from the
convention, began to re-
lite the Psalm which begins: The
ord is my Shepherd" The delegates
lrose and repeated it with him. A
prayer by DR.. Nixon followed.
Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor any
# his leaders attempted to give any
Precise idea of the lines along which
he organization would be nodded.
some of his advisers were opposed to
he plan of placing the movement def
litely on the basis of a third party,
N the ground that they would ALLEVIATE
he Republican organizations of states
n which the supporters of Colonel
Roosevelt are in control. They sug-
ested that these organizations con-
inue their present existence with the
Import of the Roosevelt Republicans
nd that the usual Republican tickets
e named, with the understanding
hat the Republicans elected to the
lectoral college from these states
rere to vote for Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt, while willing to
make no definite statement on this
ONT said that the committee Of seven
-ould be composed in part Of Demo-
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