Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-13
PROGRESS|vES WILL
MAINTAIN THEIR
ORGANIZATION
AS A PARTY
Colonel Roosevelt Declares
That So Eau as He is Con-
cemed There WiIl beno Com
promise or AmaIga0alio0
CONDEMNS DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE
He Says That as a Political
System Both Are Controlled
by Bosses and Privilege
Ridden,

Oy BOSSES ana fllNlltee-
Ridden,
In, Morning journal special leased Wirrl
New York. Teh. ~ Former Prose
idcnt Roosevelt nude hls hrsi public
appearance in the councils Of the pr0-
gressI,e party for many weeks to-
uieht To say that $50 far as he Nns
concerned there would hc mo- com-
promise. mo- amulenmnuon no Nipld-
lng in the neht for the parts
tIhe progressive party has come 90
snN" he declared The tx president
again attacked the supreme court OF
Idaho for is decision denying the
progressive narty place ON The tick-
ct at the fall election Many of the
conspicuous figures In the progressive
campaign last fan gathered for the
Lincoln daK dinner OF the national
progressive etiub. MnnN women We're
present and hundreds of spectators
illed the balcony overlooking the
ballroom IN which the dinner was
held. Albert j. noyeridee. progress
sive candidate for governor of In
diana at the Bst election oscar S.
Siraus who ran for governor OF Ncw
York, William n. liOtchkiss. former
progressive state chairman and OK
CONGRESSMAN W. Bourke Cochran,
also made speeches.
The progressive party. said
Colonel Roosevelt will amalgamaic
with neither OF the two old parties
Both uf them are hoss-controiled and
nrivilege-ridden
We believe that n each II these
parties however. there are hundreds
of thousands of good honest mon
ANA women who are proaressiNcs.
The nnlN nlaee for them Is IN our
prty We will welcome them in and
wc Will treat them ON am exaet rauai-
IT'S with ourselves. paving not the
slightest heed % whether they form
erN were republicans or democrats.
We nl are prugrcssiyos together and
nothing elise. We of the progressive
party. ana ours s the onl3 purity cum-
petcnt tn mold arght the future OF
this mighty republic
Colonel Roosevelt declared that the
decision of the supreme court of Ida
ho WAS an even greater blot on the
American judiciary than the Drod
Scott decision itself and added that
mo anarchist ever has at ever will
hurt the courts as they are hurt hy
such action as this of the highest
court OF the state of Idaho.
such "a decision ho afserted. shows
The need Of power of popular roe
cnll OF the Judiciary
Colonel aooaevcli spoke to pro-
grcssives at their Lincoln birthday
banquet The first political utter
ance he has made n months. his ud-
dress was permcaled with passages
from Lincolns writings and speeches.
In Linculns words, ho replied 10 lhe
critics Of the progressive party
lllkenod republican leaders 10 the
old exclusive sflk-st0ckna Whisper"
which opposed Lincoln before the
civil war. and declared that the
time had come for the people to act
as the court of last resort lie said,
in part
,'At this moment there has occurred
i'm Idaho decision hy the highest
state court which, within rs own lim
It's, Is an even graypr nllense against
Justice and deecncy and an even
greater hos on The American lu-
dietary. than the bred Scott decision /
itself The reaetlonurN supreme court /
of Idaho has played into The hands /
OF tho republican machine ef "hleu /
y WIS itaei 2 Fhii' prt' 'iseiY g JUS
llce IaneF ana ~, majority q 'ne
supreme court of thc nation iu lh1i
played into tho hnnds of preaidcnia
l'lercc ana l3uthNhNh ana lue ifl'
tlonary ORGANIZATION "i Mhieh me- "h"
'hrN were iHfls
ln ldaho the resuli WIS 3z HtHN'
q miscarriaEe ef Justice at the ele'-
O..
iion rs had aiiendy occurred AZ lhc
nominating convention, ana the court
became the most potent ihslfuhnhl
In this denial oi Justice fhls de-
'ision mold 20 nave been an out
rage upon the pubic of Idaho, ana
not merely uton thcn hut upon inc
people of all the bnlied statesI Tor
lny interference with ihc risht ot an
IN amy state 70 east his
'ote and to have i counted for the
PRESIDENT Of his choice is an offense
'Ralnst the Americans of all the
tatcs.
~ think The result of the vote
moved thal II wg nau ~ nesn FiNe'