The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-05
PARTY LEADER ARRIVED
EARLY THIS FORENOON
His Speech Will Not Be Deliv-
cred Until TomonoW---Ex-
Senator Beverage Delivered
the Keynote Speech" on
Taking the Chair.

Chicago, Aug. 5.--Col. Theodore Roose'
eelt arrived this morning for the launch
ing of the national Progressive party al
its convention in the Coliseum. A crowd
cheered him as he left his train and
hurried to his headquarters in the Con-
gress hotel Col. Rocsevelt's address,
which was originally scheduled for to-
night. will not be delivered until some
time tomorrow.
Many delegates to the convention are
in favor of brief platform, containing
advanced declaration of principles in tab
lod form, but the Roosevelt confession
of fight" to be given tomorrow is re-
ported to contain over 10000 words, and
it may result in the adopting Of a long
platform.
There appeared no question among the
delegates that Roosevelt would get
whatever he wanted at their hands. but
there is no attempt as yet to crystalline
sentiment as TO the vice presidential can
didate. There were many women among
the delegates and it Is certain that the
suffrage plank in the platform will be
strong.
To-day's program included the calling
of the convention to order by Senator
Dixon of Montana, the national chair
man; prayer, the reading of the call, in
PRODUCTION of ex-senator Beyeridge of In
diana as temporary chairman, end his
keynote speech appointment of COM
mittees and an experience meeting"
with brief speeches by delegates from
every state.
Beveridge's Keynote Speech.
In calling the convention to order, ex
Senator Beveridge told in detail the pur-
poses and program of the Progressive
party He spoke in part as follows;
1--WE stand for a nobler America. We
stand for an undivided nation. We
stand for broader liberty, fuller JUS
tice. We stand for social brotherhood
as against savage individualism. We
stand for an intelligent cooperation, in
stead of reckless competition. We
stand for mutual helpfulness instead of
mutual hatred We stand for equal
rights as fact of life. instead of catch
word OF politics. We stand for the rule
of the people as practical truth, in
stead of meaningless pretense. We
stand for representative government
that represents the people We battle
for the actual rights Of man.
"To carry out our principles we have
plain program of constructive reform.
We mean to tear down only that which
\ is wrong and out of date, and where we
tear down we mean to build what is
right and fitted to the times. We bark
en- to the call of the present. We mean
to make laws fit conditions as they are
and meet the needs of the people who
are on earth to-day. That We may do
this, we found party through which all
who believe with us can work with us,
or rather wes declare our allegiance to
the party which the people themselves
have founded
"For this party comes from the grass
roots. 1t has grown from the soil of the
peoples hard necessities. 1t has the
vitality of the peoples strong conyic-
tions. The people have work to be done
and o,tf party is here to do that work.
The speaker discussed the Republican
and Democratic parties, the "boss sys-
tenn and special interests" saying
among other things;
cat the present moment notorious
bosses are in the saddle of both old par
ties in various important states. which
must be carried to elect president.
Neither of the old parties nominees for
president can escape obligation to these
old party bosses nor shake their prae-
tical hold on many and powerful mem |
bers of the national legislature
"Under this boss system, no matter
which party wins, the people seldom win,
but the bosses almost always win"
Continuing his discussion of parties, |
Mr. Beveridge said:
"The South has men and women as
genuinely progressive and others as gem
timely reactionary as those in other
parts of our country. Yet, for we'll !
known reasons, these sincere and honest !
southern progressives and reactionaries
vote together in a single party, which is !
neither progressive nor reactionary. |
They vote not for the Democratic party. |
but against the Republican party. They
want to be free from this cond ition; they |
can be free from it through the national
Progressive party"
THE root of the wrongs which hurt
the people is the fact that the peoples
government has been taken away from
them. Their government must be given
back to the people. And so the first
purpose OF the Progressive party is to