The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-07
THE PLATFORM
As ADOPTED
Principles of New Party Out
lined and Opposition to
Old Order Declared.

adopted by the progressive party
state convention follows:
Whereas. during the last four years
1t has become "orarent to the Amer
lean people that the democratic and
republican parties are equally dom
mated by big business and its corrupt
servants, such as Penrose, Barnes.
that relief from such domination Of
our government cannot be obtained
IN control at Washington either o.
the old parties. and.
Whereas the republican party. in
convention assembled at Chicago.
through its stand-pat national central
committee. refused to recognize and
seat the delegates duly elected to
ries. and delegated to itself the right
to override the choice Of the people
In various, states in seating delegates
in the republican convention. and de-
MED the rights Of the people Of the
various states to elect their own rep
resentatives to such convention. dele
gated to itself the right Of naming
its successors. thus making its ma
tional committee a self-perpetuating
body, and as a final affront to the
whole people. 1t nominated. by stolen
and fraudulently seated delegates, a
candidate for president contrary to
the wishes expressed at the polls Of a
large majority Of the republican party
in the United States.
It has therefore become necessary
to organize new party. built upon
whose whole object and aim shall be
to maintain government Of right
with special favors to none. ana q
square deal to the powerful and wear
great and small. rich and poor alike
We therefore organize for the STATE
Of North Dakota. the progressive
party. and pledge 1t and all its ad.
herents to the true service Of the peo.
pie. and We. as the progressive party
| nize the right to equal suffrage. as sci
forth In the national progressive plat.
form. and hereby in this convention
welcome the women to equal standing
and voice in the proceedings of this
convention.
Commend Chicago Boltera.
We commend the action Of those
delegates and representatives who
at the Chicago convention. stood firm
for the principles which are the foun-
dation Of our government and the
mend the spirit Of independence as
shown by the people of our country
in allying themselves with the pro.
gressive party, showing to all the
world that the spirit Of independence
as handed down to us from our fore.
fathers. is perpetuated and lives in
the hearts Of men today as deeply as
when the independence Of our coun-
try was hanging in the balance. We
commend the bold and independent
action Of such men prominent in ~ub-
l!c life as Cummins. Bourne. Bristow
Clapp. Ben Lindsay, John l. Parke,
Luke Wright and General Horatic
King and hold them up as leaders
for both republicans and democrats
alike in this state to follow.
We heartily indorse the platform
gressive convention in Chicago: we
commend the people Of North Dakota
as pledge Of sincerity and a prom
ise to perform to the utmost the
Pledges Of the party, the confession
OF faith of our candidate for presi-
dent. Theodore Roosevelt North
Dakota stands in the front rank OF
progressive states: we pledge the
for the progressive principles uoon
which the liberties Of the American
people depend.
Believe in Tariff Revision.
We affirm our allegiance to the
protective principle Of tariff taxation,
but we urge an immediate reduction
OF the schedules of the Infamous
Payne-Aldrich bill. We indorse the
program Of the progressive party for
the control Of large business combina-
tions. and stand for the repeal of any
unrepealed section Of the so-called
reciprocity pact. and we are uncom-
promisingly against the re-enactment
OF that pact or any Of it's sections.
We commend all legislation which