The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-13

I that in good faith he accepts the prhi-
! ciples of the Progressive platform anc
| the principles of party management
for which we stand; for we hold that
within the party management ltseiI,
exactly as within the management 81
the government, the header must be
given full power, but on the other
hand that the people in their turn
leader, including power of recall, 50
that they shall know that he leads
them in accordance with their deep
and earnest convictions.
We Progressives and we alone
among the parties of today repre-
sent the principles of Abraham LIN
coin. The present Republicans, I'M
der their present leadership and with
their present organization have no
more right to claim kinship with
Abraham Lincoln and the men who
supported Abraham Lincoln than the
Cotton Wings had who SO bitterly
opposed Lincoln in the old days.
It was in Kansas that the old lie
publican party, when it was the fight
ing ProgresSiN party, had its re II
hirt:.; for the men of the other states
only ratified by their actions what The
peOlle of Kansas had already done or
" ere already uoing.
We ask that The people of Kansas
no " prove heir fealty to what the
men and women OF Kansas did IN the
'50's and SOS, by standing with US
wald in the great fight for social and
industrial fr >edom and Justice in our
own day. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
DR.. Anna Shaw of New York.
'AThe only hope Of the Progressive
party is that the spirit that gave it
birth shall continue as an active fac
tor. The value of the party, the sue
cess of the party, Is assured only as
long as that moral spirit remains and
grows"
That is one of the statements made
at the Progressive banquet last night
spoke upon "Woman's Obligations as
a Citizen" DR.. Shaw is veteran
worker for the right of suffrage for
women. She is not necessarily Pro-
gressive except SO long as the Pro-
gressive party continues to stand for
the things she has stood for for many
years.
THE big question, now that the
women of Kansas have the right of
suffrage" she continued, sis, how can
the woman best be utilized for the
good of the state? Some of you men
have had a hard time dragging your
selves away from some party. But it
has not been half as hard as for the
women to decide after all these years
which party they will choose.
If the Progressive party fails to wiz
include in its platforms the things the
women stand for. IF the Progressive
party fails to attract them 1t will be i
great mistake for the women to organize
a woman's party. The wisest thing would
be for them to examine the things for
which the different parties stand and cast
their lot with the one that comes nearest
to standing for what they want.
The difficulty will be that the women
will not know the value of the vote. They
must be taught the relation of the vote
and the things they want. There are two
classes in every community responsible
for all its evils. One is made up of the
people who have the power to prevent the
evil and do not use it, and the other Is
made up of those who have no power and
make no effort to secure it
Has New Influence.
THE Progressive party has a new
spiritual and moral influence No man
who attended the Chicago convention
failed to realize the influence for good OF
the great women who were there and
who took part
'In the coming ganization the woIn-
must not be treated as children and
coddled. They must be recognized as an
integral part of the body polite. She
must be talked to by you men, on the
level. The women do not need guardian.
1t is the duty OF men to treat them as
equals.
1.-THE only hope of the Progressive party
is that the great moral spirit that gave it
birth shall remain within it and grow.
Then you will have permanence of life,
tionary it ceases to expand and the spirit
will break its bounds and another more
progressive party will be the result.
THE old parties were too fixed to al
low the spirit to expand and the result
was the new party. If 1, as an old lady,
can give you young boys any advice L
would say to keep alive in your party the
spirit that gave 1t birth. keep 1t growing
and you will find the women, the new
voters, rallying to your cause"