The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-07

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Washington; Miss Alice G. Carpenter
of Boston, said to be the first wom-
an to fill such an office in 4 national
convention, was named on the COM
mittee.
Row OH Platform
The committe on the platform had
lively row tonight and plain words
were spoken. 1t was apparent from
the first that the platform probably
could not be completed before late to-
morrow night or Wednesday morning
1t Is due to go to the convention
Wednesday afternoon.
After a full discussion in general
committee the plan of the leaders was
to appoint a subcommittee of seven
to confer with Roosevelt to work out
the platform with him. The idea
will be to condense into crisp short
planks the various advanced ideas to
be outlined tomorrow by the colonel
in his so-called confession of faith"
speech. 1t was said tonight that vir-
tually all 'progressivesness in Roose-
ve1t's speech will be incorporated in
the platform on which he will run
though he will not oppose the elimin-
alton of few.
High Brows Draft Platform
Soon after the committee met to-
night the draft of tentative platform
was presented by group of leaders
who had met several times to dis
cuss the matter. The draft was said
to express the combined ideas of Dean
Lewis of the law school of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, Dean Kirch-
way Of the law school of Columbia
University, Clifford Pinchot, Chester
Mccarthy of the legislative reference
bureau of the University of Wiscon-
sin, Medill Mccormick, James r. Gar
field and other close friends of Roose-
welt. 1t had been announced these
men had drafted a scholarly platform
which was programme of genuine
social and industrial justice and which
would mark a new era, in the United
States.
1t required an hour, and a half TO
read the tentative platform and i'm
mediately a dozen members of the
committee, attacked 1t with vigor
william Dudley Foulke headed the
was too long, others followed in q
similar vein and it was said it lacked
vitality, that it attacked, the Aldrich
currency plan without offering a
remedy and that the high cost Of
wing and an adequate method of
handling the trusts should be set
forth above all else.
Summary of Keynote Speech
CHICAGO. Aug. 5.--"The first
words of the constitution are: We
are the people and they declare that
the constitutions purpose is to form
. perfect union and promote the gem
eral welfare! To do just that is the
very heart Of the Progressive cause"
declared Albert j. Beveridge, tenn
porary chairman of the Progressive
convention, in calling that body to or
der today. Mr.. Beverage told in de-
tail the purpose and progress of the
: Progressive party. "Abuse." he said,
will only strer CITIZEN 1t, ridicule only
hasten Its growth, falsehood only
speed itsfuctory. &C. 5f5t sa
Knowing the price we must paw
sacrifice We must make. the burdens
We must carry. the assaults we must
Notwithstanding full well the cost
yet we enlist and we enlist, for war,
tor we know the justice of our cause,
and We know, too. its certain tr:-
Imp1ns.''
Mr.. Beverage spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Intelligent Cooperation
I'VE stand for a nobler America.
We stand for an undivided nation
We stand for broader liberty, a full
~ Justice. We stand for social broth
erhood as against savage individual
ISM. We stand for an intelligent CO.
operation instead of a reckless COM
petition We stand for mutual help
rufpess instead of mutual hatred. We
stand for equal rights and fact of Nfe
instead of catch-word of politics. We
stand for the rule of the people as
practical truth instead of a meaning
less pretense. We stand for a rep
resentatiye government that repre-.
SCENTS the people. We battle for the
actual rights of men,
TO carry out our principles, we
have plain program of constructive
reform. We mean to tear down only
that which Is wrong and out of date.
and where we tear down we mean to
build what Is right and fitted to the
times. We harken to the call of tho
present. We mean to make laws fl
conditions as they are and meet tho
needs of the people who are on earth
today. That We may do this, we found
a party through which all who be-
lieve with us can work with us; or.
rather we declare our allegiance to
the party which the people themselves
have founded"
For this party comes from tho
yrassroots 1t has grown from the
soil OF the peoples hard necessities.
1t has the vitality of the people a
strong conviction. The people have
work to be done and our party Is her.
10 do that work.
The speaker discussed the republi-
can and democratic parties, the boss
SYSTEM" and Special interests" say
ing among other things:
Bosses of the Old Parties
"At the present moment notorious
bosses are in the middle of both old
parties in various important states
which must be carried TO elect a pres
ident. Neither of the old parties NOM
inee for president can escape obliga-
ton to the old party bosses. nor shake