New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-11

and In the several states In the nauOnhi
| legislature Progressive Senator'S and Con-
gressnen should AT once push the various
Progressive proposals, not only those al
fecting labor, hut that affecting the
trusts.
Industrial Supervision.
! Mr.. Roosevelt renewed his proposal
to create a commission like the inter-
state Commerce Commission to super
wise the big Industrial concerns doing
interstate business. He continued:
trust that the Progressive Senator's
and Congressman At washington VIII gel
together and push this and all other pro-
pOsals of the Progressive party. nope
moreover. that each group OF frogrcs.
siVe members elect OF the legislatures Oh
the several states will meet and plan
united aciion upon the organization or
their respective assemblies, upon the can
di3ates for the United States senate, ana
upon proposed legislation. The direct PR
mary plan should be universally applied.
We should support legislation that
will carry out our principles regardless
Of what party may introduce it in tho
several states.
Farm financing should now receive the
. consideration II deserves. The ercatest
field for farmers cooperation VIII oe IN
marketing their product. which process
now costs them and the consumer so
dearly. The promptest and largest meas
ura OF financial aid would come from
mortgage banks chartered. regulated ano
carefully supervised by tho government
operating on the method Of the Credit
foncier of France.
Our people. and especially our Progress
sve members. must ever keep ~ nina
that the Progressive party ia b. It's plat
form committed 10 the doctrine that these
measures we advocate are TO become part
Of the law Of the land. provided we can
get the people 20 stand for them
IF legislature, executive or court
sta nds in the way, then in lawful and
orderly fashion and along the lines
laid down in the National Progressive
| platform. we intend 10 see that the will
Of the people is carried out; and that
! iudge. legislator and executive officer
I ali ke DO their full part in thus carrying
out the will OF the people.
Only ProgressiVes Sincere.
| No party which denies to the people the
! rlght 10 secure justice. az We IrogrossiYts
/ propose. when the courts interpret the
Constitution 80 as 20 enihrone ln)hsuSe.
has The right - claim credit for sincerity
| in any effort 10 work for industrial ana
social Justice All other measures are use
! less n We permit body which IN not re.
sponsible 10 the people To have the maj
say as 70 whether the people shall or snail
| not In their laws do complete social and
| industrial Justice.
Tn. doctrine Of the divine right Of
! iudaes TO rule the people 10 every whit
as ignoble a the doctrine OF tho divine
riaht Of kings; and this doctrine is now
chiefly and powerfully upheld by tho
legal and financial representatives OF
privilege.
and we. and we ONLY. are the heirs OF
| LincOln's princples--that the people arc
| the masters Of tho Constitution. We be-
lievo In the Constitution, and for that
very reason We contcmptuonsly thrust
aside the efforts Of the reactionaries 10
| turn IL into a fetish for the obstruction OF
/ Justice. The Constitution was created 10
secure Justice ana We refuse 10 allow "
/ 10 be 40 perverted as to become bar
/ ritr between the people and justice. Every
/ proposal We have made for applying and
/ adapting the Constitution 20 our present
| needs is proposal to save the Constitu-
ton by making II more efficient instru-
rncnt for securing justice for all the
/ people.
The ao-called conservatives who object
20 our methods OF applying the Constltu-
| ton stand on an exact Level with their
predecessors the so-cal!ed "conserya-
| tiVes' Of nifty years ago, the men who
opposed the Thirteenth Amendment on
| the ground thai the old Constitution"
was good enough for them. Fifty years
ago the conservatives" championed a
| ated chattel slavery for black men. the
corresponding "conservatives' or to-day
champion an Interpretation Of the Consti-
tuition which perpetuates Industrial slay-
cry for white women and children.
| The men who fight such proposals MS
we have made 10 secure Justice when
! the courts do Injustice are as ernphaticol-
! ly the apostles Of reaction as were the
| men who fifty years ago defended the
| bred Scott decision by the Supreme Court
! and sought 10 prevent the prohibition Of
slavery BY the Constitution. / believe that
the Progressive party and ali good ctl-
Zens and all believers In genuine popular
rule should heartily support the proposed
/ constitutional amendment recently intro
duced by Senator Bristow 70 secure the
| people OF the United States proper con-
/ troll OF their own government.
Rule Of the People.
| These amendments embody the funda-
nentals OF the Progressive position on
popular rule. IL adopted in principle they
will secure the right to appeal TO the peo-
pie OF the country when important legisla-
! ton is blocked by adroit political manipu-