The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-05
COLONEL ROOSEVELT OUTLINES CAMP PA|GN Will Be Made Along Uncon-
 ventiOnal Liues STUDIES PLATFORMS
Says Neither of the Old Parties Has Responded to the Call of the People-Will Appeal to the
 Farmer and Wage Farmer

Oyster Bay. N. T., July IA campaign along novel lines was sketched in bare outline tonight by Colonel Roosevelt As
 the candidate of the new progressive par ty for the presidency. Colonel Roosevelt
 intends to make an appeal largely to the 1 farmer and the wage worker on the ground that neither the democratic nor
 the republican party is attempting seri- ously in this campaign to deal with the fundamental economic and social condi- tions which confront the country. l Colonel Roosevelt said Senator Joseph l M. Dixon, of Montana, who managed his campaign for the republican presidential | nomtnation, in all probability will be his | campaign manager in his fight at the l head of the new party. The senators s l headquarters probably will be in New York, whare he has spent most of the | time since the Chicago convention. This l programme has been agreed upon as defi- nitely as possible in advance of the na- tional convention in Chicago next month.
 Dixon to Manage Campaign q expect that Senator Dixon will be in charge of the campaign said Colonel
 Roosevelt tonight He wants to stay in the fight just as he mas been, and so far as I am concerned he certainly may The former President intends to break far away from conventional lines of con ducting a campaign. He hopes to lead
 what he termed peopte's government. This thing has got to be done by the people, or 1t won't be done at all," he said. "Of course we need leaders, but it does not make so much difference about the leaders aftT all"
 For that reason, he continued, he was not perturhed at the fact that some of the leaders in his recent campaign had declined to follow him in his present fight.
 The colonel talked more freely tonight of his Intentions than he has done here tofore. Throughout his campaign he will contend that neither of the great old par ties has shown the adaptability or the inclination to take ths point of view of the average man who has to work for his living This statement he intends to couple with the argument which he pre- viously outlined that the republican and democratic parties are largely under the influence of bosses. and that the time has come for new national party. In this contention, the high cost of living is to come in Tor special atten- tion The former President said he in- tends to deal with 1t constantly, on the ground that while to some extent 1t IS due to natural economic causes, there
 are some causes which may be reached and remedied
 Studies Platforms Colonel Roosevelt has been engaged in a study of the platform adopted in Balti- more this week and of the republican platform, and believes he has found in them valuable campaign material. He
 said neither of these platforms showed the slightest understanding of the social and industrial movement which Is under way in this country. They have taken up, he said, the old policies and the bat tie cries of other yeQrs. At the Balti-
 more and Chicago conventions, he con- tiniled, there apparently was no refiec- ton of the movement, which, as he put it. all serious minded men are dwelling ipon-the effort to obtain better condi- tions of life for the ordinary wage work CT.
 It Is his intention, he said. to attempt to set forth the conditions which in his opinion are responsible for the high cost of living and the measures which he be- lieves should be undertaken. Some stu dents of economic conditions he contin- ued. believed that the trusts were pri- narily responsible and others the tariff.
 He asserted that this issue must be met squareiy and that he would not confine
 himself exclusively to either trusts or
 tariff but would deal WI the situation in its broader aspects. Ut Is going to be straight, strong hard fought campaign" he said. He ex- hibited stacks of letters and telegrams which he said had come in since the nomination of Woodrow Wilson. T have been perfectly amazed at the
 response from all parts of the country since Governor Wilson's nomination. he said.
 After the call for the national com mitteemen comes out" he went on you will know exactly how 1t shapes up and you will find that we have a strong or ganization"