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Show . mattor at tne Poatofflce, Ogden. Utah, M JUSTICE FOR I THE PEOPLE I Roosevelt Contrasts Pro- H gressive Platform With H Democratic Party H Revere Ranch. Mass., Aug. 17 Hon- esty in nominations and elections and HH social and Industrial Justice was the iH text of a speech delivered here today bH by Theodore Roosevelt. The Progres- .kH sive candidate also contrasted his at- M tituTie toward the Progressive plat- M form with that of Governor Wilson to- fl ward the Democratic platform as ex- iH pressed in the latter's speech' of ac- H ceptance. Whereas Governor Wilson H he said, stated that "the platform Is H not a program," Cojonel Roosevelt H declared that th0 Progressives treat- fH ed the platform as a program, "and IH aB a contract which wo shall scrupu- -H lously till if the people give us the ilH power." 'iiiifl Colonel Roosevelt said in part: ;iH Men and women of Massachusetts H and on the platform on which I ;H stand I make the same appeal of sob- H er purpose to the women as to the H men I come to this Btate with its H background of lofty ideals and with jH the mass of people on the Bide of H those who stand for all that is hieh- 'isH est and best In our national life. " :H "I wish to emphasize the fact that JLsH we are absolutely clear from affllla- H tlon with either of the old parties; lH that we regard both the old party jH machines as hopelessly corrupt and JH Incompetent and that we appeal to the H rank and file of both the old parties H equally to stand with us for good H citizenship In the spirit of true Am- H ciicans. Ex-Democrats and ex-Re- 1 publicans alike we hope will share iH with us the task of building up the IH Progressive party and we invite Into iH our ranks men and women entirely H without regard to their former pollti- H cal affiliations, to their creed, the H birthplace or the color of their skins. H Stands for Honesty. "The first essential in securing the H right of the people to rue is to se- H cure tho unsparing condemnation of .H dishonesty in nominations and elec- H tions. To steal a nomination or to H steal an election Is even worse than H to steal a purse, for it is a theft of lH the people's rights, it is theft from j the people as a whole. M , "Two years ago the fight asalnst H Mr. Lorimer was started by a "great H Chicago newspaper and was continued H by certain private individuals, Gradu- JM a,lly, and especially in the recent con- lH test in the Republican primarir? k JsilS micians mat tne peopie1 "cvfBtust lH Lormier and Lorimerism and then IH the very men who had been seeking M to profit by Lorimer's support, bo JM long as they believed he would be H useful, and some, even of the men H who had hitherto defended him. turned H against him. But friends, remember H that our real concern was not In H smashing one bad man who by hn- IH proper methods had secured his own l election to the senate but in smash- H Ing the kind of politics he symbo- H llzed. M Defended Lorimer, H "Certain of our New England sena- jH tors, I resrot to say, took tho lead, H both In conducting the campaign for H the defonse of Mr Lorimer and in H putting thiough the steal of the Re- H publican nomination at Chicago. H Whatever else is to be said against H these senators, at least their action jH in these respects was consistent. H When Senator Crane, Senator Aid- H rich, Senator Penrose, Senator Gug- H genhoim, Senator Galllgher, Senator H Dillingham and their assistants, to- H gether with Senator Bailey, Senator H Johnson and their assistants on the H Democratic side, stood by Senator H Lorimer's right to sit In the senate H they wero doing precisely and ac- H curately what Messrs. Penrose, Crane, H Guggenheim, Galllgher and their rep- H resentatlves later did whon they se- H cured the triumph of Lorimerism In H the Republican convention at Chicago. H There was no essential difference be- H tween the iniquity which culminated H in the choice of the Chicago conven- H tlon I condemn those who stood for M both forms of iniquity. H "In his speech of acceptance the 1 dav before vestcrday( as reported In M the New York Times, Mr. Wilson is H quoted as saying of the Progressive M platform, that it would require a Sab- H bath day's journey to drive through H It, and that for that reason he had not H yet been able to find out -what it was H all about If Mr. Wilson has not been H able to find out what our platform H means, it is because he has not taken jH the trouble to try. You may remem- H ber that Mr. Wilson stated two days H after his nomination that he had not H yet looked at tho platform upon which H he was nominated. M Distaste for Platforms. H "I do not wonder that when ho did M at last look at that platform he be- H camo so thoroughly discontented with IH It. that he now feels a distaste for all H platforms. H ".Mr. Wilson speaks as if the Pro- H gressive platform wcro very long. Ab M a matter of fact It is almost the exact M longth of his own platform. The dir- M ference is that our platform states H definitely and clearly that we expect M to do certain things on the vital ques- H tlons of the day and is entirely sin- H cere and entirely practical, whereas H Mr. Wilson's platform avoids tho H most Important issues bofore our peo. H pie and ns regards tho other issues H makes such impossible and conflict- H Ing promises as to render It out of M tho question to believe there was a H sincere purpose to have these prom- H iF.es taken seriously. H "In Ws speech of acceptance, Mr M Wilson asks himself, 'What is the 'H meaning?" of tho Baltimore platform. B His answer to tho question was so H unmeaning that it was obvious that B he does not ask tho people of the M dCoatinied on Page FJfteenJ H JUSTICE "FOR THEJEOPLE (Continued From Page One.) United States to adopt that platform plat-form nnd that 'the platform la not a program.' Wo Progresshcs are much moro fortunate in our platform. plat-form. "We do not have o apologize for It or to speak of it in language so carefully guarded as to convey tho Impression that we are endeavoring neither to repudiate it or support It, We stand on our platform We do ask (hat our platform bo adopted by the nation Our platform Is our contract con-tract with the nation, wo treat it as such and will abide by it if the people glvo us the power. Principles Are Clear. "Our principles are clear and clean and it is our intention to make them a part of tho policy of the nation na-tion At this moment I ask your attention at-tention only to the proposals that we make to secure social and industrial Justice. In the first place we set forth definitely what wo mean to try to secure at the present time in the way of social and Industrial Justice for inotanco to secure by law, one day's rest in seven fo 'rail wage ! workers, an eight-hour day in continuous con-tinuous twenty-four hour industries, the prohibition of child labor, the es-l es-l tablishment of an eight-hour day for women and young persons, the eroc-I eroc-I tion of minimum wage standards for working women, workmen's compensation compen-sation acts, the securing of proper conditions of life and labor for working work-ing mon and women and the preon-tion preon-tion 'of occupational diseases and the fixing of occupational health standards. stand-ards. "Wo Intend to procure the establishment estab-lishment of social and Industrial justice jus-tice by action both by the nation and In the severaj states. Tliorerore, we 1 purpose to see that our representatives representa-tives give the people the law wherever in the nation or state the Progressives come into powor. In these matters we do not Intend to lot our puollc servants, ser-vants, our representatives, decide for us -whether or not we can have the laws necessary to give Justice to thodc who need it; we propose to settle the matter ourselves, and we intend that our public servants shall give us the laws necessary to achieve the end we have In view. Rule of Judges. "We do not Intend to let either executive ex-ecutive of legislative officers forbid us to have suoh laws; and, my friends, neither do wo Intend to let the Judges forbid us to have suoh lawB. Therefore, There-fore, in pur platform we have stated that we intend to provide moro eanj and expeditious mothods of amending the federal constitution, and when in , any state a stato court declares that a law passed for social and industrial Justice is unconstitutional, then after an ample interval of deliberation Hie people shall have tho opportunity themselves to decide by vote whether the act is to become law, notwithstanding notwith-standing Huch decision; for bb tho ' platform says, tho Progressive party demands such construction of the power of the courts as shall leave the people thoniBehes the ultimate authority au-thority to determine fundamental questions of social welfare and public pub-lic policy. "Those wealthy capitalists whoso eyes are blinded by ther own fatted pride so that thoy can no louger see justico;tho groat corporation hywyerb who serve the capitalists; the big politicians who in close and orooked alliance serve them, and aro served by them, and the qditors of those nowanjipcrB whom they control anl who do their, bidding, will ull qlnraor ugalnBl- what l say, (or those men aro the benofiolarles apd aioIiglnt8 of prlvlJose, and of lat-Q yoara they havo striven ovon more and moro to entrench en-trench privileges In ho courts. The men who Inainc-ercly ukboII us as attacking at-tacking the courts are themselves the worst asenllauts of the courts, for nothing will so harm the courts as to persuade the average American citizen citi-zen that thoy are the bulwarks of, privilege. Our proposal is to leave tht H courts absolutely unaffected in the ax H orciso of their judicial (functions. Bu where they exercite judicial function! H and where tLey thwart tho will of the IH people, as expressed through the ex H ecutlve brunch of the government, wi IH propose to give to tho people them- H selves, after due deliberation, thi H right finally to docido whether In nn; IH given case they regard tho lcglulatun H or the courts as representing then JH |