Evening journal., 1912-12-10
PR!llCRE!E,SSS'llV!E!,Ss, RI 5 ! ! E.,
HIRE TO STAY,
COLONEL SAYS
Eliminates Himself by Infer
eEe as Party Leader, Say.
hG People Should Lead
WANTS LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM CARRIED OUT
q The United Press.


CHICAGO. Ill.,. Dec. 1O-Only by
ference did Colonel Theodore Roose-
PIT eliminate himself as the real
sader Of the Progressive party in
is speech here today, the chief event
b todays conference OF the party
leaders. The former President cover
ed much of the ground touched in
his final speeches of the recent cam
paign. Roosevelt insisted that the
Progressive Party has come to stay
and he pleaded with its representa-
tives i'm both Congress and the State
T legislatures to try to carry into eff
'ect the Progressive legislative pro-
gram, especially that which would
provide for Federal supervision of the
trusts Industrial justice for women
nd children, and for all wage work
rs was also one Of the great problems
bat must be Immediately met, accord
hg to the Colonel There was little
b what the Colonel said that could be
onstrued as settling his views on
usion in far localities, and he insisted
hat the party is here to stay and that
very member stands fully by all OF
is platform declarationg
"We have fought a great fight" said
the Colonel, "and accomplished more
In ninety days than ever any party in
our history accomplished in such a
length of time. We have forced all
parties and candidates.to give at least
lip service to Progressive principles
In this brief campaign we have over
thrown the powerful and corrupt
machine that betrayed and strangled
the Republican parry
Roosevelt then rNiewed again the
theft" of the delegates to the Re
publican conventol at Chicago and
repeated former dnunciations of the
party bosses. Hd reiterated the de-
claration that the Progressive Party
stands by every lem i'm its platform,
and insisted that only in its ranks
can those who blievc in progressive
principles hope to secure such re-
forms
Roosevelt declred for popular con-
tributions to canpaign funds but ap-
parently referrpg 70 some Of the big
contributions rhde to his own cam
paign fund, sal:
Il am willinl that the party should
take the lage contributions, If
reservation, o. exactly the same terms
and in exactl the same spirit as the
small contribution The real test of
such gifts tca political party is the
motive not ae size
The immdiate work of the party.
he said is % establish the party
principles 3 outlined I'm the platform
by approprte legislation. He reler-
red TO his ant-egg scrambling de-
clarations md insisted that this was
what the Cd parties wanted to do He
then repded his speech of Novem-
her . in hich he discussed the trust
question nd claimed that his remedy
as SUCCEED, was the only one wIich
would all all classes in this country
Directprimaries everywhere were
urged b the colonel and he made a
special lea for an educational cam
paign tgbegin everywhere to post the
people n the merits OF the Progress
sive soal and economical program
"EveS law proposed in the social
and inustrial plank of our platform"
Rooseelt continued should be press
ed an other cognate laws. such as
the edowment of widowed mothers
Our people should expound our
8 polies in the schoolhouses, and
gres industrial centers."
2 Te various problems Of rural life
wei enumerated by Roosevelt as the
grt problem requiring immediate
sotion. Farm financing" he said.
"sbuld now receive the consideration
itleserves Il will he interesting to
n ME with what success our farmers
vi take up or adopt the European
cooperative financing system of the
N Pifeisen type. The greatest field
r farmers cooperation will be in
iarketing their product which pro-
ess now costs them and the con-
umer dearly The proml tes' snj
argest measure of financial aid would
come from mortgage banks chartered,
regulated and carefully supervised by
the government operated on the
methods Of the credit fnancier Of
France. This plan gives the farmer
lcng time loans Of 30 to 80 years. with
the arrangement that a small annual
payment amounting 10 or per cent
would automatically amortize or wipe
out the entire debt az the end of the
term The borrowed money would be
used largely for creative purposes and
the easy payments would permit part
of the farm income to be used for
conservation anu lut general duNdnI-
age of the farm and the family, re-
moving the pressure of the large and
burdensome payments of short time
mortgages and the fear Of foreclosure.
Our whole financial system needs a
thorough arrangement
In conclussion the colonel said:
"In the matter of leadership, both
local and national. we may trust the
events Of the next year or two 10
develop OR ablest and most resource
ful man and for every position the
Seader must be chosen, not in the
least with reference to his own de-
&res, bit solely with regard to the
needs Of the people, for the Progress
ave party is the servant of the people.
No man should come into this party
with tie idea that he can establish
a claim on it, he must be content with
the opportunity it offers for service
and fd sacrifice"
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