Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

MEN INCLUDED
IN I. R. SCALL
New Party Convention to Meet
in Chicago August 5 to Nom
mate for President.

Senator Dixon campaign manager ror
Colone Roosevelt Chicago is tile
place, The call is signed by members
! held in Chicago and also includes the
signatures of Roosevelt followers in 40
states
Among the signers are Julian Har-
iris, Democrat. for Georgia Judge Ben
! B. Lindsay. Democrat, for Colorado.
and John Nj. Parker Democrat, for
/ Louisiana other signefs are Medill
Mccormick. LaVerne W. Noyes. llli-
nois Henjy W. Allen. Kansas; Leslie
| Coombs. Kentucky; Charles J Bona
parte. Maryland; W. R. Nelson, Mis-
souri,; Joseph NJ. Dixon. Montana; ex-
! Governor j. Franklin Fort, New Jer-
sey; w A. Budergast, Oscar s. Straus
Woods HUTCHINSON, Timothy L. Wood
ruff C,hauncey L. Stoddard. New York;
j. r. Garfield. Ohio; z. A. VanValken-
burg. William Finn. Clifford Pinchot
William Draper Lewis, Pennsylvania;
Governor r. 7 Vessey, South Dakota;
Cecil A. Lyon Texas Governor Jo-
seph Carey Wyoming.
The first named of the signers is the
editor of Uncle Remus's Magazine of
Atlanta. and a lifelong Democrat. He
is the eldest son of the late Joel Chan
dler Harris.
Territories have no place in ma
tiona convention and will not be con-
sidered," declared Senator Dixon.
AS for the missing eight states, the
most of them probably viii 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
the sympathy running in favor of the
progressive movement. Della aware,
North Carolina, Arkansas and Nevada
probably will take part. Mississippi
and South Carolina may possibly be
unrepresented.
No Rules For Choosing Delegates.
The call lays down no rules as 10
the methods of choosing delegates,
since each state will be expected to Sc
lect it's delegates by its own parapher-
MALTA The representation will be cut
down to just one-half that of the pre-
vious conventions. This was consid-
cred advisable since this convention is
to be notably a deliberative body and
will certainly be composed of class Of
men altogether different from those
who usually attend conventions
In all probability the convention
will adopt the name National Pro-
gressive' for the new party, but l can
not say definitely what will be done.
Thus far no issues have been authori-
tatively stated, and, of course, the plat
form itself will have to be decided
upon by the delegates"
The call says:
ITO the people of the United States,
without regard to past political differ
ences, who, through repeated betrayals,
realize that today the power of the
crooked political bosses and of the
privileged classes behind them is so
strong in the two old party organiza-
tions that no helpful movement in the
real interests of our country can come
out of either:
Who believe that the time has come
for a national progressive movement
a nation wide movement-on non sec
tional lines, so that the people NAV be
served in sincerity and truth by an or
ganlzation unfettered by obligatio to
conflicting interests
who believe in the right and capac-
ity Of the people TO rule themselves
and effectively to control all the
agencies of their government and who
hold that only through social and in
dustrial justice thus secured can hon
est property find permanent protec-
ton:
. who believe that government by the
few tends to become and has, in fact
become government by the sordid in
fuences that control The few:
For All Kinds Of Men"
Who believe that only through the
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 vet
control the great agencies of modern
business so as to insure their being
used in the interest of the whole pco-
, pie legislation which shah promote
\ rosperty and at the same time secure
the better and more equitable diffusfcr
I OF prosperity. teSlSldllOn winch S1df
promote the economic welt being uf
the honest farmer. wage worker. pro-
fessonal man and business man alike
I but which shall a the same time strike
in efficient fashion-and not mereiy
: pretend to strike-at the roots of priv :
iege in the world Of industry no less
than In the world of politics.
e who believe that only this tyne Of
= wise industrial evolution will averl
industrial revolution
. who believe that wholesome party
government can come only If there is
wholesome party management in A
spirit Of service to rhe whole country
and who hold that the commandment
delivered a Sinai. thou shalt not tseal.
I applies to politics as well as to bust
ness.
ITO AL in accord with these Views a
call is hereby issued by the provisional
committee, under the resolution of The
mass meeting held In Chicago on June
30 last to send from each state num-
Der Of delegates whose votes in the
o. fAs =