Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-07-09
Bro PARTY CONClAvE AUG. $
CALL TO THOSE IN SYMPATHY
WITH MOVEMENT.
Senator Expects More Than 20 States
Will Be Repre-.
scented.

NcW 1OThS July Ga Cdll " LILO
people of the United States who are
in sympathy with the national Pro-
gressive movement" to send delegates
to a national convention to open In
Chicago Aug. s, was given cut by
United States Senator Joseph M.
Dixon, of Montana, Theodore Roose.
velt's campaign manager. The call
is signed by members of tho commit
tee chosen at meeting held in Chi
cago and also bore signatures Of
Roosevelt followers in 40 states.
ITO the people Of the United States.
without regard to past differences,
who through repeated betrayals, real
lie that, today. the power Of the crook
ed political bosses and Of the pflvii
eyed classes behind them is 80 strong
In the two party organizations that
no helpful movement in the real in.
terests of our country can come out
Of either.
who believe that the time has
come for a national Progressive move
ment-a nation wide movement-on
non-sectional lines, SO that the people
may be served in sincerity and truth
by an organization unfettered by OBJ
legation to conflicting interests?
''Who believe in the right and ca
pacity Of the people to rule themselves
and effectively to control all the agen.
cies of their government and who hold
that only through social and industrial
Justice, thus secured, can honest prop.
erty and permanent protection.
' "Who believe that government by
the few intends to become, and In fact
has become government by the sordid
Influences that control the few.
who believe that only through the
movement proposed can we obtain in
the nation and the several states tho
legislation demanded by the modern
industrial evolution; legislation which
shall favor honest business and yet
control the great agencies Of modern
business 80 as to insure their being
used in the interest Of the whole PEG.
pie; legislation which shall promote
prosperity and 1t the same time Sc
cure the better and more equitable diff
fusion of prosperity; legislation which
shall promote the economic welsbefng
Of the honest farmer, wage worker.
professional man and business man
alike, but which shall, at the same
time, strike in efficient fashion-and
not pretend to strike-at the roots OF
privilege in the world Of industry no
less than in the world of politics.
who believe that only this type
Of wise Industrial evolution will avert
Industrial revolution.
"Who believe that only this type OF
government can come only II there Is
wholesome party management in q
spirit of service to the whole country
and who hold that the commandment
delivered at Sinai, thou shalt not
steal applies to politics as well as
to business.
ITO all, in accord with these views.
call is hereby issued by the provis-
ional committee. under the resolution
Of the mass meeting held in Chicago.
on June % last, to send from each
state a number of delegates whose
votes in the convention shall count
for as many votes as the state shall
have senators and representatives In
congress, to meet in convention at
Chicago on the 9Th day of August,
1912, for the purpose of nominating
candidates to be supported for the
positions of president and vice-presi'
dent of the United States"
Included in the list Of signers are
three Democrats-Judge Ben B. Lind
sey of Denver, Julian Harris of At
lanta, son of Joel Chandler Harris.
and John M. Harker of New Orleans.