Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-07-12
Men in 40 States Sign for Con-
vention in Chicago.
TO BE HELD ON AUGUST s
"Aim Is to Strike at the Roots OF Prl'
vIege in Industry No Less Than
in PoIitics"-"Thou Shalt Not
Steal" Principle.

third party convention will be held in
Chicago on Aug. 5, either in the Coli
scum or Orchestra Hall. The call for
it, signed by Roosevelt leaders OF 40
states and addressed ito the people OF
the United States, without regard TO
past political differences" was issued
through Senator Joseph M. Dixon,
campaign manager, in the new nation
al headquarters of the party at the
Hotel Manhattan.
The party will probably be called
the Progressive National Party.
Maine, North Carolina. Delaware,
South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Idaho and Nevada are not represented
on the provisional committee which
signed the call. Senator Dixon eX-
planned that in these states the Roose-
welt faction controls or has chance
to control the regular Republican or
ganiZation, hence the omission. The
call follows:
ITO the people OF the United States,
without regard to past political differ
ences, who through repeated betrayals
realize that today the power of the
crooked political bosses and of the
privileged classes behind them is so
strong in the two old party organiza-
tions that no helpful movement in the
real interests of our country can come
out of either;
"Who believe that the time has
come for national progressive move
non-sectional lines, so that the people
may be served in sincerity and truth
by an organization unfettered by OBJ
legation to conflicting interests;
"Who believe in the right and capa-
city of the people to rule themselves
and effectively control all the agencies
of their government, and who hold
that only through social and industrial
justice thus secured can honest pro-
perty find permanent protection;
who believe that government by
the few tends to become and has in
fact become government by the sordid
influence that control the few;
"Who believe that only through the
movement proposed can We obtain in
the nation and the several states the
legislation demanded by the modern
industrial evolution; legislation which
shall favor honest business and yet
control the great agencies of modern
business so as to insure their being
used in the interest of the whole peo-
pie; legislation which shall promote
prosperity and at the same time Sc
cure the better and more equitable
diffusion of prosperity; legislation
which shall promote the economic
well-being of the honest farmer wage
worker, professional man and bust
ness man alike, but which shall at the
same time strike in efficient fashion
and not merely pretend to strike-at
the roots of privilege in the world of
industry no less than in the world of
politics;
"Who believe that this type Of wise
Industrial evolution will avert indus
trial revolution;
who believe that wholesome party
government can come only if there is
wholesome party management in a
spirit of service to the whole country,
and who hold that the commandment
delivered at Sinai, Thou shalt not
steal applies to politics as well as to
business;
ITO all in accord with these views
a call is hereby issued by the provi-
sional committee under the resolution
of the mass meeting held in Chicago
on June % last to send from each
state number of delegates whose
votes in the convention shall count for
as many votes as the :tate shall have
senators and representatives in Con-
gress, to meet in mass convention at
Chicago on the fifth day of August,
1912, for the purpose of nominating
candidates to be supported for the po-
sitons of President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States"
Dwelling on the new legislation,
the signers of the call say:
"Only this type of wise industrial
evolution will avert industrial revoiu-
tion''
Senator Dixon was asked who Col
onel Roosevelt's running mate might
be. He said he could not answer.
Men prominent in the new party be-
lieve that Governor Johnson of Cali
fornia or Judge Ben LINDSEY, one of
the three Democrats who signed the
call, are likely candidates for second
place.
Governors Glasscock, Stubbs, Bass
and Hadley do not sign the call.
Forty states are represented in the
CALL but none of the territories. Sen
ator Dixon explained that the third
party did not believe in territorial rep
resentation at national conventions,