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Show W ROOSEVELT HAS M STRENGTH IN THE SOUTH B Hj f Joseph L. Lcwisohn, delegato to the HS t' Progressive convention from Utah, H , and that convention, has just return- H od from the cast enthusiastic over the H prospects of a Roosevelt landslide H throughout the country'. Mr. Lewls- H ohn said: j "When I left Salt Lake City for H I tho convention, I folt that our H f chances of success in the present H I campaign were remote, but I am H ' I now decidedly of the opinion that H the Progressive party is morally H I certain of success at the polls in H November. This conclusion has H' I been reached only aftor careful V I observation in various parts of R I the country, and conferouce with H f well-informed persons from cv- Hlj I' ery state In the Union. Both Hj east and west itIs conceded by K i '- federal office-holders, that Presl- H dent Taft is virtually Ignomln- K ously defeated now and that the B ' f real contest is between Colonel K , I Roosevelt and Governor Wilson, 11 j with tho Colonel steadily gaining ! ground. "Tho strength of the now niove- ' ment in the south is scarcely realized by most people. All Hj 1 of tho southern delegates that I H .- i became acquainted with, were f thoroughly representative men, 1 and most of them were formerly H Democrats. A good example was 1 Colonel Colfax, the bearer of an H l ( lllusttous name, who was chalr- Hj ! man of the Virginia delegation, Hj I indeed, generally among the dcle- H gates, there were many lifelong H I Democrats. I believe that I am H , I well within the facts in saying H I that we are almost certain to H j carry North Carolina and Tennes- H I see and probably we shall carry H Virginia and Louisiana. H j "As one who attended the con- H vention and labored there at two H all-night sessions of tho platform H ''committee, I fall to comprehend H how our opponents can assert H that tho Progressive party is a H one-man affair. The personnel, H the enthusiasm and the high pur- H pose of the delegates Impressed H our bitterest enemies with tho H fact that the new movement is H the inevitable result of American H political and economic condition. H- In nil fields of human endeavor H in religion, In science, In llter- M ature, in art and In state craft H there arc, and always have been, H those who believe in standing H stili and others who believe In H a progress. H " "For years pnst In this couu- H try, there has been no real divls- 1 , ion along national lines. The Pro- Hj grossive party is gathering to- HL gether, under one standard, the Hi vast majority of the American H people who believe In progress H , in politics and economics, who B ' bcliove in having our laws keep M pace with the requirements of B American life. It comes direct 1 from the people and would have H been organized, with or without H j ' I Colonel Roosevelt. B.it It is for- a I lunate indeed, in possessing the H, leadership of such high minded t : patriots and indomitable gentie- H men as Colonel Roosevelt and 1-' Governor Johnson." 1 ; oo M"i Can't loo'.; well, eat well, or feel H well with impure blood. Keep the H. ; blood pure with Burdock Blood Bit- K ters. Eat simply, take exercise, keep t clean, and good health is prettv sure '. to follow. $1.00 a bottle. 1 ; - oo |