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Show ROOSEVELT'S I SUGGESTIONS I Progressives in Con- 'H gress Receive Letter From Leader Will Not Join Forces With Boss-Ridden Parties Washington, April Theodore Roosevelt's letter to the house Pro- gresslves was read today at a con- B fetenco In the room of Represent IH live Murdoch:, the party's candidate saaiK for speaker It follows. "To the Progressives In Congress iisH I greet you th- men of stout and HB firm faith, who dare to stand up to I vour colors and fight the people's H contest In congres- you will find the odds against you very great, but amcnK the people at large I firmly believe tha' ihe changes are steadily isHj in favor. "We ennnor amalgamate with elth- Hh er of the old boss-ridden, privilege- controlled parlies We stand for the SBi rights of the pe-ople Where the rights of the people can only bo se- iHBll i itred through the exercise of the na- sHR tional power, then we are committed 'HK the doctrine of using the national Hfl& poi er to any extent that the rights the people demand. IHQfr i hi of itself sunders us from the HBS Democratic party, for the Democratie Hk patty must either be false to its pledges and you can trust no party lH tbat is false to its oledges or else it j I is Irrevocably committed to the doc- IH tunc of some fifty separate sov ereignites, a doctrine which in prac- Hef tlct means that the powers of priv- iloge can nullify every effort of the p.ain people to take possession of their own government. "As for the Republicans, their pres- enf position is the exact negation of H&F the attitude of Abraham Lincoln and the men of Lincoln - las Lincoln declared that the people were mas- 'il ten over both congress and the courts, not, as he phrased it. to de- J stroy the constitution but to c t- ' throw those who perverted the con- PJBq. Btltution. We stand for the risht of BlC the people to have their well-deter- BP" mined wish become part of the fund- , I amtntal law of the Inad without per- U mitting either court, legislature or executive to debar them from this Bp The conference tool; up reform y' rules of the house and the tentative draft of amendments to be proposed w.is prepared After the conference the Progrcs- ll si e committee on committees. Rep-resentatlves Rep-resentatlves Murdock, Hfnebaugb and fjH Stephens conferred with Majority Loader Underwood. They said later r that they were well satisfied with tho iH n all but would make no announce- H It was definitely understood, how-ever, how-ever, that Mr. Underwood had agreed that tbo Progressives should be roc-ognised roc-ognised as a minority party in the aU lotment of committee assignments oo , |