The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-19

gTessiVe leaders OF the country IN
chicago and report OF the work done
M 10 the time the last issue went 20
nrass The following Chicago dis
match gives additional and interesting
Information:
colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Geo.
". Perkins and Miss Jane Adams
headed list of speakers at the Ma
fiOnal Conference of the Progressive
marty here to-day. Colonel Roosevelt,
DEPRESSING from a prepared speech,
attacked the Idaho State Supreme
court for it's decision during the re-
cent campaign regarding Presiden-
tiaI electors. Mr.. Perkins was the
center of attraction when it became
known that certain of his fellow Pro-
gTessives had started a movement to
GUST him from the party, and Miss
Adams presented most comprehen.
siye educational campaign plan.
When, at the afternoon session, Pro-
gressive leaders from various parts
of the country told of their expert
ences in the recent campaign the
conference developed into a love
feast
colonel Roosevelt championed
Mr.. Perkins heartily. The Colonel
declared Mr.. Perkins was one of the
men he was proud to have as fellow
worker in the new party. Mr.. Per-
kins, in an address, resented the in
situation that he was a recent con-
vert to the movement. He had
fought for social and Industrial re-
form through his connection with va
r:ous companies for years, he said.
The reason why l am with you,' he
concluded, is that this is the first
national party to take up the practi-
cal questions which confront this
country. These are the principles
which must be adopted if this coun-
try would endure
The educational plan by Miss
Adams provides for six subdivisions
of the general organization, as fol-
lows:
Education and publicity, legisla-
tive reference, social and industrial
justice, conservation, cost of living,
corporation control and popular gov
eminent. A national committee and
executive staff and six bureaus to
spread the propaganda are provided
for
The sessions Wee extremely dem
Onstrative. Colonel Roosevelt's crit
icisms of the Idaho Court and Mr..
Perkins speech were applauded for
several minutes each by the dele
gates.
Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott, daugh-
ter of the late Julia Ward Howe, au-
thor of The Battle Hymn of the Re-
public, told of a vision her mother
had a short time before her death,
in which she saw men and women en-
jOying equal rights. She was heart
lily cheered when she said: I firmly
believe that mother saw the coming
of the new Progressive party When
Mrs. Elliott ceased speaking the au-
dience rose.
New York as Permanent Head
quarters.
New York was selected as the
permanent headquarters of the Elk
ecutiye Committee of the new Pro
gressive party after a fight in which
delegates to the Progressive National
Conference from several States
sought to have the headquarters To-
Gated elsewhere.
by a number Of the delegates to
the conference the selection Of New
York was received as a victory for
George w. Perkins and his friends,
against whom some opposition had
developed in the conference. In ad-
ditiOn to the selection of New YORK
for National Committee headquar-
ters it was decided to establish a
permanent publicity bureau and a
permanent executive bureau at Wash
ington. Also the Executive Commit
tee voted to send a commission to En-
rope to study the situation in Eng
land, Germany, and older countries
TO get material and ideas for the
Washington Legislative Bureau. Uni
ted States Senator Dixon, Chairman
of the Executive Committee, was en-
powered to name this committee OF
seven members. He announced that
he would appoint Medill Mccormick
and Dr. Walter E. Weyl as two OF
the members.
The Executive Committee adopted
the principles contained in the Jane
Adams plan for the organization
and financing of the Progressive cam
paign. The Adams plan was not
adopted in its entirety because it was
believed to be too large an under
taking at this time.
For the immediate financing OF
headquarters and bureau, it was de-
clded to ask for one hundred sub
scriptions of $500 each per annum
six of these were subscribed. They
came from the State organizations