Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-08-16
NATIONAL PRoeREsslvEs ASSEM-
Ole IN CHICAGO TO START
CAMPAIGN.
ssveRlDGE SOUNDS KEYNOTE
Cheers at Chicago as Former Pres'
dent Arrives-Revision OF Anti
Trust Law, an American Business
Tariff in Platform.


asm. saw a political party come lhlo
being here amid the roar OF Whoie'
spuled cheering and the triumphaht
blare of bands.
The floor of the vast Coliseum was
swaving mass OF color as the thfons
of delegates again and again sprahs
to it's feet under the stimulus OF sohe
now inspiring song or the mention oil
a name that has stood hlBh III the
ranks of the National progressive
party.
The triumphant entry of Col. Iheo'
dore Roosevelt into Chicago wheh W.
Gao persons cheered him from the La
sale street station to the Congress
Hotel. had kindled a great flame Oh en-
thusiasm. 1t grew every moment UP
to the opening of the convention
The convention was called to order
at 124S by Senator Dixon. lhe Coli'
scum floor was crowded ana the sa''
leries were well filed. Many OF the
delegations came in singing. ne
peunsylvanians had parody On
"John Browns Body in whlch .hes
announced they would take cohsiueT'
able delight in suspendlnS SehaVol
Boies Penrose to sour apple uee'
The Jersey men sang a duty 10 the
time OF the Battle Hymn OF the ne
ruhlic" announcing that the Buli
Moose is Coming" and that the u. w.
p. elephant and Democratic uohke!
were scared out of their boots. Inc
bandanna kerchief was in evidence
everywhere.
Senator Dixon declared that the
convention was a new milestone IN
American politics and that a new
party. knowing no North and no South
and founded on the live issues OF TO-
day. will take its place with those
narties which live on the dead issues
of the past. AS Dixon tnlsheo the
call of delegate for, Three cheers
for Teddy" brought the convention 10
its feet. cheering for full minute
Then ex-senator Albert j. Beverage
of Indiana, took the gavel as tempo
rary chairman of the convention. he
launched into a declaration OF the new
party's principles, the faith OF the FRO
gressives, and their hopes for the lu'
ture that was punctuated with great
bursts Of applause from the audience.
In his address Chairman Beverage
said in reference to the new party;
ITO carry out our principles we
have a program OF constructive re-
form. We mean present. we mean
to make laws fit conditions out OF
date and where we tear down we
mean to build what is right ana htteu
to the times. We hearken to the call
of the present. We mean to make laws
fit conditions as they are and meet the
needs OF the people who are on earth
today. That we may do this we touno
a party through which all who believe
with lis can work with us, or, rather,
we declare our allegiance to the party
which the people themselves have
founded. For this party comes from
the grass roots. 1t has grown from
the soil of the peoples hard recessi-
ties. 1t has tho vitality or the peo-
pies strong convictions. The people
have work to be done and our party is
here to do that wcrk.
The speaker discussed the Republi-
can and Democratic parties, the boss
svstem." and special interests He
declared the Progressive party will
accomplish reforms vital to American
business. He said:
1--WE mean to put new business laws
on our statute books which will tell
u-ha n "a N
do and what they cannot do. The next
great business reform we must nave
to steadily increase American prosper
ity is to change the method OF build
ing our tariffs. The tariff must be
taken out of politics and treated as
business question instead OF political
question. The greatest need of bust
ness is certainty, but the only thing
certain about our tariff is uncertainty
Next to our need to make the Sher
man law modern, understandable, and
lust, our greatest fiscal need is genu
inc, permanent, non-partisan tariff
commission. There has not been and
will not be any sincere md honest eff
fort by the old parties to get tariff
commission nor to take the tariff out
of politics
"a tariff high enough tc give Amer
ican producers the American market
when they make honest goods and sci
them at honest prices, but low enough
that when they sell dishonest good!
at dishonest prices foreign competi
ton car correct both evils; tariff
high enough to enable American pro
ducers to pay our workingmen Amer
lean wages and so arranged that thu
workingmen will get such wage. 4;
business tariff where changes will b.
SO made as to reassure business in
stead of disturbing it-this is the tar
iff and the method of its making il
which the Progressive party believes.
Abolition of child labor in factories