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Show FULL WEIGHT IN POLITICS H Awakening of People H Has Caused Progres- H sive Party H If people had not -begun to think j seriously about politics; if the) had Hj not begun to form a determination to H do their share toward making politics H bettor; if they had not begun to have H views of their own on all current mat- H terB; there would be no Progresajvo H party today. H The ProreE6iT party Is an evolu- tlon. It did not come from the bosses. boss-es. It did not begin with tho leaders. It was born of the people, and that is why tho people are flocking to its standard. Our program wo mean to write write on tho statute books cf this nation. It is a program that camo from tho people. It embodies tholr views. It offerB thorn a chance to express those views at tho polls. If tho readers of tho newspapers will take the trouble to talk to the mon they meet in all walks of life they will find that tho time has passed when specious promises and high-sounding high-sounding speeches can take the place of honest work. Men and women now are Insisting on full weight packages at the grocery gro-cery store and the butcher shop and they want full weight performance in the state legislatures and the clty halls and the nntlonal congress 'or tho country. They are tired, of say- 1 ' ' " i Ing: "Well, I don't know who to vote for this year; I guess I'll have to vote the Socialist ticket." The thinking men and women don't want to vote tho Socialist ticket. Thoy want to vote for a ticket that is more American, more practical, less revolutionary. revolu-tionary. And the Progressive party Is going to give them that Wnd of n ticket. Time has been when a political meeting of Republicans was attonded by Republicans, and the Democrats all stuyed away, so that the crowd might not be regarded as a mark of coming success. There was great enthusiasm, for everybody present agreed wlth the Republican Bpeakera. At the Democratic meetings there was nobody but Democrats. Again there was much enthusiasm, for no Republican would deign to attend. That time has gone. People who go to ' political meetings now ;go for Information. Politically to use ; "- - a current phrase everybody in this country comes from Missouri. Arguments Argu-ments are weighed and tested. Furnish Fur-nish them with a sane, tangible program pro-gram and they will give you their attention. at-tention. Offer them a scientific plan of action and they will bear close scrutiny and you will get their support. sup-port. Wo know that our program Is based on common sense; "we know that It is workable. It has been given even-test even-test Wo know further that it is in accord with the ideas of the majority of the people, because it Is composed of the ideas of the majority of the People as they have from time to time been formulated and as thoy have here and there been fiut into successful operation. Direct nominations, for example, have been carefully tested, and, as results this year prove, they have been a success. In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, , California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey and other states the people peo-ple voted this year for theh choice for president, and they made it extremely ex-tremely clear what that choice was.' Had they not had that opportunity there would have been no fight at Chicago. In Oregon senators are nominated directly by the people and elected directly di-rectly by the people, and no one has expressed dissatisfaction with the system. In Colorado and California, whero women vote as we permit them to vote in all our party deliberations a far higher standard of politics has been set up. Those fow ideas have been taken from the people and (hey work admirably. admir-ably. Other Progressive Ideas, also taken from the people, will work equally well. We are hopeful of success suc-cess because this is not a party of leaders or of office-seekers, or or men controlled by their own ambitions. It is a party of the people and as such It is bound to succeed |