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Show M a - , if National Progressive Committee Declares Against $ The Crooked Political Bosses in the Old Parties m in An Appeal to the People. J WILL AVERT WDDSM REVOLOTION !wl Convention to Be Held in Chicago on August 5 For I j the Purpose of Nominating Candidates BrV fr President and Vice President. A New York, July S Reaffirming 7 I 'Thou shalt not steal," as one of the 1 ' cardinal principles of this campaign, g I tho national progressive committee M U last night Issued tho formal call for J tho convention at which It is planned to name Theodore Roosevelt once I again for president, Chicago is the I place and AugustG, the date. I Here Js what Manager Joseph M, if Dixon described as tho "declaration : of independence." Address to People. 1 To the people of the United States i without regard to past political dif- , ference who, through repeated be trayals, realize that today tho power J of the crooked political bosses and I of the privileged classes behind them Is bo strong in the two old party or-; or-; ; ganlzatlons that no helpful movement in the real Interests of our country can come out of either. Who believe that the time has come i1 for a national progressive movement a nation-wide movement on non- t sectional lines, so that the people may be served in sincerity and truth by an organization unfettered by obligation ob-ligation to conflicting interests. Who believe in the right and capac- ity of the people to rule themselves; ; and effectively to control all the agencies of their government and who hold that only through social i r and industrial justice thus secured can honest property find permanent W- protection. tWho believe that government by the few tends to become, and has, in fact, become, government by tho sordid sor-did influences that control the few. Says Remedy at Hand, Who believe that only through the movement proposed can wo obtain in ;fjv, t-ne nation and the several states j the legislation demanded by tho mod- ! ern industrial evolution legislation it which shall favor honest buslucss 1 and yet control tho great agencies of f modern business so as to lnsuro their l being used In the Interests of tho j whole people; legislation which shall w promote prosperity and at the same vk time secure the better and more If equitable diffusion of prosperity; If legislation which shall promote the ft economic well-being of the honest l farmer, wage worker, professional f man and business man alike, but WM which at tho same time strikes in IFc efficient fashion and not merely Km pretends to strike at the roots of m privilege in the world of industry no K less than n the world of politics. Avert Revolution. m Who believe that only this typo of m Industrial evolution will avert indus- j trial revolution. ' Who believe that wholesome party k government can como only If there i; is wholesome party management iu ; a Bplrlt of service to tho whole coun- 1 try and who .hold that the command - ment delivered at Sinai, "Thou shalt I not steal," applies to politics as well as to business. Chicago, August 5. To all who are m accord with these views, a call is hereby Issued by the provincial committee under tho reso- t lotion of the mass meeting held In Chicago, June 22 last, to send from each state a number of delegates iv whose votes in the convention shall si count for as many votes as the state Kv Bnall have senators and representa- Itlves In congress to meet in convention conven-tion at Chicago on tho fifth day of Auguat, 1912, for tho purpose of nominating candidates to be supported support-ed for the positions of president and vice president of the United States. Signers of Call. Tho following names are appended to tho call: Alabama Oscar R. Hundley. Arizona Dwight B. Heard. California Hiram Johnson, Chester Howell, Charles S. Wheeler. Colorado Ben B. Llndsev. Connecticut Joseph W." Alson Flavel S. Luther. ' ' Florida J. H. Gregory, Jr.. H. L Anderson. Georgia Julian S, Harris. Indiana Edwin D. Lee, Horace C. Stilwell. Illinois Medill McCormlck, Chaun-cey Chaun-cey Dewey, Laverne W. Nbyes. - ji Iowa. John L. Stevens. Kansas Henry J. Allen. W0, Kentucky Leslie L. Coombs. ft. Louisiana John M. Parker, Pearl Maryland Charles J. Bonaparte, B. C. Carrington, Jr. Massachusetts C. S. Bird, Mathew Hale. Michigan Theodore M. Joslyn. Minnesota Milton T. Purdy. Missouri W. R. Nelson. Montana Joseph M. Dixon. Nebraska Arthur G. Ray. New Hampshire W. J. Benttic. New Jersey Everett Colby, George L. Record, J. Franklin Fort. New Mexico George Curry, Miguel A, Otero. New York W. A. Prendergast, Oscar Os-car S. Straus, Woods Hutchinson, Timothy L. Woodruff, Chaunccy J. Hamlin, Henry U Stoddard. North Dakota A. Y. Moore Oregon Henry W. Coe, L. H. Mc-Mahon. Mc-Mahon. Ohlo-pJames R. Garfield. Oklahoma George L. Priestly. Pennsylvania E. A. Van .Valken-berg. .Valken-berg. Wljliam Flinn, Gifford Pinchct, William Draper Lewis. Rhodo Island Henrv J. Doughty. South Dakota R. T. Vesey. Tennessee George L. Tavlor. Texas Cecil A. Lvon Utah C E. Loose. Vermont Charles H. Thompson, E. W. Gibson. Virginia Thomas Lee Moore. Washington Milcp Polndexter. West Virginia W. M. 0. Dawson. Wisconsin II. F Cochems. Wyoming Joseph Carey. Forty States Represented. "You will see." said Senator Dixon who promulgated the call, "that forty of the forty-eight states are represented repre-sented by the call There can be no doubt that ultimately North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, Nevada, Idaho and Mississippi will be represented at Chicago at a convention which will be the first perhaps in the history of our government govern-ment that is not either dominated, or at least Influenced by the office-holding clique." "What is to be the method-of selecting se-lecting delegates by primaries?" 'That will depend' upon what kind of a law governing the choice of delegates prevails In the various states. In Now York, for Instance. I assumo that a state convention will be held. In California which has already declared for Roosevelt by 60,000, either the delegates to the recent re-cent Republican convention at Chicago Chica-go or delegates designated by them will probably serve. Michigan has already al-ready hold its state convention and chosen a full set of delegates to our convention. Men and Character. "I believe that the convention will bo more truly representative of tho people than any ever held. lit will contain among Its delegates more brilliant and patriotic minds than have ever gathered at a political meeting The character of the men who have Issued the call and the character of tho delogates who will respond will, I bolieve, more than ever convince the people that this Is a contest between Rooseclt and Wilson Wil-son and that Taft is not to be seriously seri-ously considered in the race. I would almost be willing to wager that Taft will not carry a single congressional district in the country. "Wo shall put state and congressional congres-sional tickets up In every state. In New York state we expect to run first and certainly second. We expect ex-pect to carry every state that Roosevelt Roose-velt carried at tho recent primaries and enough more to secure his election elec-tion as president." Put Date Ahead. "How did it happen that you changed tho date from August 6 to August 5?" "It -was thought better to get right to work Monday instead of Tuesday morning, especially after tho experience experi-ence at Chicago and Baltimore, and finish before tho week ends. "The convention, though it will contain only about half tho number of delegates accredited to the Republican Repub-lican national convention, will be an ornost, thoughtful body, whose members mem-bers will go with an eye single to tho very best Interests of tho country. coun-try. Thero will bo no Barneses, no Penroscs nor Cranes; no Murphys, Taggarts. Sullivans, Ryans or Bol-mont3 Bol-mont3 at our convention. We have no room for them or their kind. The bom and sinew of tho people will be represented there and the candidates and the platform adopted will be the most progressive that can possibly be conceived, Tho platform will be unique when it is -held beside tho hackneyed, meaningless documents framed and adopted at Chicago and Baltimore." For Vice President. "Will Governor Johnson or Judge Llndsey be Roosevelt's running mate?" "I have not the slightest idea. At least a dozen candidates for vice president have been suggested. The convention will choose a progressive, you may bo sure of that, for the vice presidency." "Is Colonel Roosevelt to participate in tho convention?" "Wo do not know, but we hope he will. I assume that tho people from his home district will not object to his being a delegate. His presence would help much toward clarifying the issues is-sues and give an impetus to the progressive pro-gressive cause which will help much toward victory at tb0 polls in No-vomber. No-vomber. i "We have options on the Coliseum and Orchestra hall in Chicago. A lease will be closed very soon. Roosevelt and Wilson. "I repeat that this fight is be- tween, Roosevelt and Governor Wilson. Wil-son. It is Wilson that Roosevelt has to defeat. Taft is not In tho run-ning, run-ning, and Roosevelt will beat Wilson, j who four days ago possessed greater strength by far than he does now or cer will again." Senator Dixon left for Washington tonight. He will return here after tho vote has been taken on Lorimer case and resume perfecting arrangements arrange-ments for the Chicago progressive national convention. Among the well-known newspaper owners and editors who signed the call are W. R. Nelson, owner of the Kansas City Star, Chester H. Rovell, owner of th Fresno Republican; Henry J. Allen of the Wichita Journal; Jour-nal; J. L. McMahan, editor of a newspaper news-paper In Salem, Ore.; E. A. Van Valkenberg of the Philadelphia North American; Henry L Stoddard, editor of the New York Mall. |