The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-12

| lied and gave hope for the future. Hell
did not refer to the outcome of the
campaign, but dweit briefly on the &C
ton of the Chicago convention. Hell
said in part:
| In this brief campaign we have
overthrow the powerful and corruu,
machine that betrayed and straneied
the Republican party. Some day theI
honest men and women who make
q, up the rank and file of the Republic
party will realize the full iniouity of
which the men were guilty who In the
! Republican convention OF June last
/; by deliberate political theft wrenched
the control of the party from the
people, made IL the party of reaction
and gave 1t into the absolute control
of the bosses.
The men who took part in, profit
ed by, or condoned and endorsed the
theft OF the Chicago convention
should never again be trusted by men
Who believe in honesty.
| We stand for every principle set
forth In our platform. We stand for
the purging of the roll of American
public life by driving out OF politics
the big bosses who thwart the popu-l
lar will, who rely on corruption as al
political instrument, and who serve
the cause of privilege. But the func-
D., ton of the new party Is not limited
TO securing the enactment of the
measures advocated in the new par
tvs platform and the retirement of a
few bosses. Our purpose Is to keep
up continuous campaign for social
and industrial justice and for genu-
J inc government by the people and for
, the people. Such a campaign cannot
J be expected from any party which is
= partly reactionary; and at their best,
both of the old parties are partly,
and they are usually dominantly. re-
? dictionary.
: "Our function is to bring about
needed realignment of the Republican
political parties along national and
3 rational lines. Substantially the old
1 parties are but wings of the same
L party of reaction and privilege. There
is now no natural definite difference
between them. ultimately all the
= progressives who still cling to the two
/, old parties will have to come with us
q in order to effect the needed improve
0 ments in the political conditions, in
= the efficiency Of government, and in
:. financial and industrial standards.
Should Push Progressive Legislation.
: THE immediate work of our party
: is to establish the principles of our
l. platform by appropriate legisla ton
i in the Nation and in the several
y States. In the National Legislature
y Progressive Senators and Congress-
men should at once push the various
e Progressive proposals, not only those
:, affecting labor, but that affecting the
l. trusts
|, Mr.. Roosevelt renewed his pro-
$ posal to create a commission like the
; Interstate Commerce Commission to
= supervise the big industrial concerns
l. doing interstate business. He con-
# tinued:
Il trust that the Progressive Sen
y ators and Congressman at Washing
s ton will get together and push this
IS and other proposals of the Progress
a sive party. hope, moreover, that each
i group of the Progressive members
elect of the Legislatures of the SEX
Il eral States will meet and plan united
e action upon the organization of their
o respective assemblies, upon the can
d didates for the United States Senate
n and upon proposed legislation. The
~, ~
h universally applied.
l. I'VE should support legislation that
l. will carry out our principles regard
E. less of what party may introduce it in
n the several States.
l. Farm financing should now re
D. ceive the consideration it deserves
The greatest field for farmers CO.
, operation will be in marketing their
s. product, which process now costs
1t them tAnd the consumer SO dearly
t. The prompest and largest measure
It of financial aid would come from
n mortgage banks chartered, regulated
l. and carefully supervised by the Gov
'r eminent, operating on the method oil
e the Credit Foncier of France.
D Our people, and especially ou1
n Progressive members, must ever keep
y in mind that the Progressive party is
by it's platform committed to the doc,
trine that these measures we advo,
cate are to become part of the law
of the land, provided we can get the
people to stand for them. If legisla-
ture, executive and court stands in
the way, then in lawful and orderly
fashion and along the lines laid down
in the National Progressive platform
we intend to see that the will OF the
e people is carried out; and that Judge
It legislature and executive officer alike
- do their full part in thus carving