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Show OLD PARTIESlSE IN THE SAME RUT New York, July 1. Tho first step toward the organization In New York stato of the new party launched In Chicago by supporters of Theodore Roosevelt was taken by City Comptroller Comp-troller Prondergast. Mr. Prendorgast laid the cause before the people yes terday in an address to voters. Jfro-vislonul Jfro-vislonul organization, he says, will bp effected without delay and permanent organization will follow as quickly as possible. Mr Preudergast said: "I submit this appeal to men of all parties and men who have had jio previous political affllialtons. In the name of great numbers who have expressed ex-pressed their approval of n new political polit-ical party J ask Republicans and Democrats Dem-ocrats to enroll themselves in defense of honesty in political work and the advocacy of genuine principles of political, po-litical, social and industrial reform. Says Party Necessary. "This new pnrty will not be tho result re-sult of any suddea judgment pussed upon the high-handed acts of the Republican Re-publican national committee and tho discreditable work of tho Republican ! r national convention The acts of that convention have rendered it necessary that a new party shall he formed, but the purpose the new movement will serve is one towards which the hearts of millions of men have been directe 1 in the last few years. "A new party is a necessity because so many have come to realize the hopelessness of truly efficient and upright government through the agency of either of the old paries unless un-less they could be effectually divorced from the sinister control of those who believe that 'the power to take Is a fitting rule of life.' Gravity of Issue. "There must be no mistaking the gravity or immensity of this task, but it will appeal to those who believe in the moral glory of American democ-rac democ-rac Let the men who have this faith undertake the labor. That labor involves in-volves the contest of every place to be voted for by the people at tho coming com-ing election, from president, congressmen, congress-men, senatois and assemblymen to tho lowest office upon the list. Thc principles prin-ciples we represent are as necessary to the effective bettermen of stato and local affairs as they are essential essen-tial to the perpetuation of the national na-tional government-Will government-Will Begin at Once. "A provisional organization for the state of New York will bo effected without delay, to be followed as quickly quick-ly as possible by a permanent organization. or-ganization. "Let every man who has in him the spirit of the minutemen of Concord and Lexington follow the example of a distinguished citizen who has already al-ready slgnifiod his intention off fighting fight-ing for this cause, and n doing so sad '1 want to enlist not for the campaign, but for thc war.' " |