The evening world., 1912-07-08
RAP At BOSSES"
BY 7. R. FOLLOWS
CONVENTION CALL
Speaks of party of Barnes,
Penrose, Guggenheim
& Co."

A call to tho people OF the United
States" issued by Senator Joseph NJ.
Dixon of Montana. chairman Of the
Provisional National Committee. an
nounces that the FIRST convention Of
the new third party. which probably
sive. 10 to be held In Chicago on
August s. The gathering will assem-
bic either in the Coliseum or orchss-
ira Hall.
The call IL signed by representa-
tives of forty states. including three
of the Seven Little Governors"-
johnson Of California. Massey Of
South Dakota and Carey OF Wyoming.
Eight stntes not represented among
the sisners are Maine. North Carolina
Delaware. South Carolina. Arkansas.
Mississippi. Nevada and Idaho. but
will be represented In tho convention.
On the heels OF the call comes this
telegram. sent by Col. Roosevelt to
william Allen White. st Emporia'
Kas.:
sAvs pooRPLArE OF RePusLl.
CAN PARTY HAS BEEN STOLEN.
You can make this telegram pubic
Our appeal nationally 10. OF course W
all men Of progressive principles regard
less of past party differences. The &C.
ton locally must be guided by the needs
of the local situation. In any stAte
where there 10 no real Republican party
I am entirely content that the local Or
ANIMATION should call itself by the title
Of progressive democratic II that 10 the
local desire and II they support the Ma
uonal progressive electors. Where. az
In New York. New Mexico and Colorado.
the local organisations OF both the ne
publican and the Democratic parties are
hopeiessly bossridden and reactiohary'
| then we must have a straight progfes-
| sive ticket from top TO bottom. mae
pendent of both the old parties. Where.
as I understand to be the case In Kan
sas. south Dakota, California and other
States, the local Republican organiza-
ton 10 progressive and represents the
principles for which we stand. l hope
that they will be able to make tho night
locally for good government In what
| ever effective Organizations they have
l feel that this year In the progressive
Republican States We should have the
support OF the organisation itself. More
over feel that everywhere ! have
right to expect tho support OF the en-
tire rank and nle OF the Republican
party. I made a straight out primary
night. and IN the States whore the Re-
publican voters themselves had the
chance to express their wishes I won by
1000, 600 plurality. The nomination a.
the Chicago convention represented
nothing whatever but the successful
cheating and stealing OF the bosses al
the expense OF the honest and over
whelmlng majority OF the Republican
rank and f,le. These bosses then pro
ceeded TO perpetuate their control b,
the fraudulent and boss-picked organiza
ton OF the National Committee, which
will control the convention four year.
hence. The titular National Republican
party to-day II not the party OF the Re
publican voters and Is not tho party o
Abraham Ancoln. but purely the part!
OF Messrs. Barnes, Penrose. GuREenhein
| g. Co. who have stolen the doorplat
with the name, but have no moral RICH
, to tho name or to anything else. There
fore,I hold that every honest Republica
who is true 10 Ihncolns memory an
) principles must vote for US. Under sue
: conditions tho entire local Republics
: organize ton In a State like Kansas ca
3 rightly continue as such and yet IL 4
r duty bound Loyalty to support the ma
; tional progressive electors OF cours
e | feel that In every such progressiy
+. Republican state the progressive Repu,
/. lean candidates for any office shoul
b. openly support the national progressiy
electors and 40 In the same column o
Q the ticket with them"