New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

| riuht 10 work injustice. We stand FOR
the Constitution. We recognize that
| one of it's most useful functions is the
protection Of property. But we will not
consent to make Of the Constitution a
{ fetch for the protection OF fossIlized
wronu. We call the attention of those
who thus interpret it to the fact that in
/ that great instrument OF Justice life and
/ berty are put on full leVe with prop
/ erty, indeed, are enumerated ahead OF Il
! in the order Of their Importance. We
stand for an upright judiciary. But
I where the judges claim the right to
make our laws by finally interpreting
them, by finally deciding whether or not
/ we have the power to make them, then
we claim the right ourselves to eSer-
/ else that power.
! We forbid any men, no matter what
/ their official position may be, TO usurp
/ the right which Is ours. the right whlch
| IS the peoples. We recognize IN neither
| court nor Congress. nor President. any
diyrne right to override the viii OF the
: people expressed with due elaboration IN
orderly fashion and through inc forms
J OF law We PrOgresslvcs hCld that the
| words OF the Declaration Of Independence.
/ as given effect TO by Washington and as
/ construed and applied by Abraham LIN.
| coin are 10 be accepted as real, ana not
as empty phrases. We believe that III
very truth this is government Dy the
| people themselves. that the Constitution
! Is theirs that the courts are theirs, that
all the government agents and agencies
are theirs. We believe that all true leSd-
| ers Of the people must fearlessly stand Tor
righteousness and honesty, must fearless
! ~ tell the people what justice and honor
demand But We no less strongly insist
! that IL Is for the people themselves hnaliy
to decide all questions OF public poilcy
| and 10 have their decision made effective.
U 81. "A, for lot lAtH n
gressive party We have set forth clearly
and specifically our faith on every vital
point at issue before this people.
We have declared our position on the
| trusts and on the tariff, on the machinery
for securing genuine popular govern
ment, on the method Of meeting the
needs OF the farmer, OF the business man
and Of the man who tolis with MS hanIs'
in the mine or on the railroad, In the
factory or I'm the shop. There Is not a
promise we have made which cannot De
! kept. There is not a promise We nave
made that Will not be kept. our platform
is a covenant with the people, Of me
! United States, and II we are given the
power we will live up to that covenant
In letter and i'm spirit
To Strike Down Privilege.
We know that there are in lite IN
justices which we are powerless 10
remedy, but we know also that there
is much injustice which can be RENE
died, and this Injustice we intend 70
remedy. We know that the long path
leading upward toward the light canno'
be traversed at once, or in day, or IN
a year. But there are certain steps
that can be taken at once. These we
intend 10 take. Then, having taken
these first steps, we shall see more
clearly how to walk still further with
a holder stride. We do not intend 70
attempt the impossible. But there IS
much, very much, that is possIo'e IN
the way Of righting wrong and reme-
dying injustice, and all that IS posslp'e
we intend TO do. We intend 10 s.r,Ne
down privilege, to equalize opportunity,
10 wrest Justice from the hands that
do Injustice, to hearten and strengthen
men and women for the. hard battle OF
life. We stand shoulder to shoulder IN
a spirit Of real brotherhood. We reGoe-
nize no differences Of class, creed or
birthplace, We recognize no sectional
ism. Our appeal is made to the East
erner no less than to the Nesterner'
! Our appeal is made to the Southerner
no less than TO the NortherneT. we APP
peal to the men who wore the gray
/ lust as we appeal to the men VINO wore
the blue.
We appeal to the sons of the men wnp
followed Lee 10 less llldll w Wv
the men who followed Grant iot 'ue
memory OF the great deeds OF Doth -
now part Of the common heritage VI
honor which belongs TO all our peoPie
wherever they Gwell.
We Iirmly believe that the American
psople feel hostility to no man VINO naS
honestly won success. We firmly believe
that the American people ask only JUS
tice, Justice each for himself and justice
each for all others. They are against
wickedness I'm rich man and poor man
alike. They are against lawless ana muir
derous violence exactly as they are
against the sord,d materiallsm Wnlch
seeks wealth by trickery ard cheating,
whether on 4 large Or a small scale Ihey
wish to deal honestly and In good lalth
With all men. They recognize that the
prime national need is 10Y honesty, non
csty I'm public life and in private life. hon
esty I'm business and In politics, honesty
I'm the broadest and deepest sisnlncance
OF the word We ProgressiyeS are trylnG
To represent what we know 10 De the
highest ideals and the deepest and most
Intimate convictions of the plain men
and women, OF the good men and women.
who work for the home and Wlthln the
! home. ,.t.,t,
They do not wish to shirk their work.
They must feel pride In the work for
the works sake But there must De
broad for the work There must be n
time for play when the men and women