The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-21
THE NEW PARTY.

{ HE NEW PAKl1 1 Mr. Roosevelt, having announced 8 }nsw party, will probably be found ct ithie ,hsad of 1t as it's candidate for sPresideut. Whatever, the ex-presi- edsnk's faults may be. lack of regard t1or Ais own prestige is, not one of JAstx k , He. fs in .. position where he must ;~au,G seld' utterly .dsfeated and hu- ansasd. or he must go forward to a 'asak. 1sadins n >opposition to the re- An11uaassss wAo control the remnants V ns Rspubnssn perty. The latter l1sUss w2 kssp him ono of the most eowu1u1 Rspphl3oanss his party has jww 1nswn h win lead the way to rsseneillalaen and 2 now Republi- eaA party. er permanently install the 1sw party.
 % Rs Roosevelt ahould bolt, what suc- as0 would attend his sefort? How .n0S vstss osuaa he poll?
 1Asas questions vii bs answered 7ccordang ao tAs dsgrssrok sthe.sexperi1 xnss q the witness and Accordins to Hls Delitfca1 temperamsnt. One who . . ssaetienary' by habit and inclina- poa VIII sse ns future for the new parev.
 BuE ~s1s who h . progressiye by in- ellsaAlc1. especially if he has closely obssrvsd :. political developments in the vet and portion of the East muet conclude that Roosevelt. will re, eslvs | large vote. - S1ns Rspdbliean west has long been fsstisss under the halter sof leaders of :;: :;: : |il|| r; E: r; me M1st. in many states, has be- come 50 dissatisfied that it has com- piete1x changed the forms of State 6overnmsnt from the historic models. suovernmsnt by checks and balances has been replaced-or nearly replaced -aby government that is substantially pure democracy.
 { California is the StAte in which: the Revolutionary movement has been most recently completed. .s-
 I1ere was a state dominated by a S Do 6hth a Connecticut is dominatsd by tho New Haven. .sss. lin one great progressive impulse the people of California gained control of their legislature at the polls. The re- stilt was a new system-a revolution.
 The railroad and monopoly leaders vho had fastened themselves to- the Body of the State were dislodged. Governor Johnson was chosen to the many of them amendments to the constitution were adopted. Those which were statutes became effective upon the date set by the legislature, the others have since been submittd to the voters and approved as part of the constitution.
 sAmeng these constitutional amend. ments were: :. S.. ;. <
 One conferring the powers of initia- tive and referendum upon the people.
 One comforting the power to recall unsatisfactory public servants. includ- ing judges.
 One conferring the suffrage upon women
 One; improving, perfecting and mak- ing impregnable the direct primary system of voting.
 One granting tremendous powers to such commissions as might be charg- ed with the control of public service corporations.
 Now what has taken place in Cali fornia has substantially taken place in Arizona. Oregon. South Dakota Oklahoma. Ohio. Missouri, Maine, North Dakota. New Jersey and other States.
 In yet other States the same or similar. radical changes are so far advanced as to be almost accomplish ed
 In some of theses States this revolu- tion in accustomed American forms has been in progrsss for tea lykars.
 Even Pennsylvania, regarded for years as the most hopeless seat of privilege, has been partially regener- ated
 . This new system has produced most of the leaders how surrounding Roose- welt, such as Borah, Hadley, Johnson, Finn, Record and many more.
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