Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-12
NO. PARTY COMBINES
FOR PROGREssIVEs
ROOSEVELT TELLS THEM TO
WAGE FIGHT ALoNT WITH
OUT AID.
MAKE GOOD, SAYS TEDDY.
leader Arrives In Chicago for Meet.
ing Of His Adherents criti-
cises Court Of
Appeals.

Appeals.
Chicago, Dec. without traffick.
ing or dickering with the old parties,
tight to have our platform principles
embodied in the laws Of Illinois," was
the appeal Colonel Roosevelt made to
the newly elected members Of the Him
fois Legislature to whom he delivered
his first speech at the Progressive
conference.
Besides pleading with the Progress.
ssives to stand alone in their fight, the
former president took occasion to criti-
else the New York court Of appeals,
designating it's position on the bake.
shop cases." as "preposterous, 2 and to
term the Republican organization .of,
such a character that no honest man
can be in IT,
A large nnmber Of Pro9essiyes,
both men and women, already are
here Leaden ~ that e least one
man from every state is present. The
largest single delegation came from
New York in special train with Col
fonel Roosevelt. The colonel was
greeted at the railroad station with
cheers and shouts of ''he can come
back"
In FIGHT to End. ' &
Il am very glad to have the chaacs
to come out here and say again that
We are nthe tight to the end and that
we are in ETAOI SHRDL HRDLLLL
It Is Idle folly for the Republicans to
waste time in thinking Of any attempt
to lure US back into an organization
that they have made d such q charac..
ter that no honest man can be IN =
Colonel Roosevelt said. S.
Progressive members Of the lesis.
latures and Of congress hsve task OF
peculiar importance. They should
make good, as far as possible our plat,
form pledges. We owe it to ourselves
to see that our platform pledges are
kept. We haven't control Of any leg
| islature committees appointed to have
ready. to introduce on the first day Of
Ethe sessions bills advocated in our
platform.
"Our opponents noW are making pro
LESSONS of lip-loyalty to Progressive
principles, so make them show up
or back up. They say that most of
our measures are unconstitutional.
Nothing would please the old reaction
aries better than to fall back on the
dear old constitution We are the
heirs of the Republicanism of A5ra-
ham Lincoln and the Republicans who
fought in the Civil war and whose
| opponents also said he was trying ia
! pull down the constitution
| Knights Of Golden Circle.
They were all golden circle mem
fbers' some one sheutAd.
Yes" tho colonel responded, ~the
knights of the golden circle were, pro
found admirers Of the constitutions
The Constitution should Be. Al instru.
ment for securing Justice aaA not q
I barrier between the people and jus
| tice." II
s He then discussed the wos krnsn,,
compensation and eight hour laws. Il
was In this connection that he criti
cised action of the New York eeart a
appeals in overriding in effect the
United States supreme court.
'sThe court held the New York con
stitution supreme and put the people
of that state in the position of making
1t necessary for them to have the Unit
ed States constitution amended by ,
vote of three-fourths of the states 1
they wanted it to be in conformit,
with the New York laws. Such posi-
tion was preposterous. .
II hope" he continued, that 20,
will put into the laws Of Illinois, as
shall try to put into the laws of New
York, a provision that if the peopl,
want certain laws no ofhcial, governor
legislature or court shall have til,
power to prevent them from obtaining
those laws