The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
National Convention Of Progressfves
viii Not Adopt Platform But
Have Brand New
Idea.
COLONEL SENT MESSAGE
Garfield Returns From Kansas and
Says the Whole State Is Just
Thick With Bull
Mooses.


CHICAGO, July 26.-There Will be
no platform adopted at the national
convention Of progressives, 1t was
learned today. Instead the leaders OF
the progressive movement will pre-
sent to the convention for adoption,
a contract with the people" and q
promise to live up to the contract.
This contract will pledge the sup
port OF the party to restore repre-
sentative government" 1t will con-
tain the party's Views on the initia-
tive, recall. referendum direct pri-
maries, direct election of senators and
general social reforms to improve
| living conditions.
A remedy for the high cost Of liv-
ing likely will not be offered in the
contract The convention is expect
ed also to take no action upon the
question Of the unemployed.
At progressive headquarters today
Medill Mccormick gave out the fol-
\ lowing telegram which he received
from Colonel Roosevelt:
II am exceedingly pleased with the
admirable progressive spirit in I'LL
nois and I congratulate the men OF
Illinois on the courage they have
shown in this movement. On the
eve Of the meeting of your great
: state and county conventions, wisi
.Hthrough you most heartily to wisf
thenn well. Their steadfastness ant
energy have been of prime import
: ance as examples to the entire coun
! try.
They have met the issues eXactl.
:. right. They are working in Illinois
! to nominate candidates for the gov
! ernorship and for the other state OF
! fices who. elected by the people, will
stand upon progressive national ant
state platforms for the Fundamental
principles Of popular government
"Those candidates nominated a
the republican primaries in Illinoi
who cast their lot with the fraudr
, Iently nominated candidate of an ille
:, = gally constituted republican CONVEX
: ton have lost support in the perpe
tration of great fraud on the natior
"Mr. Taft was not the nominee c
the rank and file of the republica
party. His nomination represent
! nothing but the successful fraud PEI
petrated by the Penrose-Barnes-Gut
genheim machine.
"He was beaten in the primaries b
: vote of two to one He is In n
. sense the real nominee of the rei
! republican party. He was utterly r
pudiated by the republicans of III
:, nois In their primaries and no repu
: lican nominated in those primarie
: has any business to support him.
1--WE are making this fight upon
straight out moral issue-an issue
honesty. we stand for the ccmman
ment promulgated on Sinai, Tho
shalt not steal We hold that it
as dishonest to steal nomination
to steal purse. We hold that evel
man who supports the fraudulel
nominee Of the socalled republics
). national convention. thereby forfei
- ~ his right to expect the support OF al
!, honest citizen"
u James e. Garfield, of Ohio, stopp'
- in Chicago today and paid visit
- progressive Headquarters.
~ =, "I have just come from Kansas
- he said. "and j found conditions the
exceedingly satisfactory.
"The state is progressive from t
- to bottom, and the sentiment for t
49, third party is increasing with eve
a. - effort OF the Taft managers to bio
-. it In the courts. The organization
.. 80 with US; the people are with US a
= Kansas will cast its electoral vote
,ar November for Theodore Roosevelt