Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-06 | Page 13 | Letter from Roosevelt Read at Conference of Third Party Members

Letter From Roosevelt Read at Conference of Third Party Members 1 April 5 Theodore Roosevelt's letter to the House Progressives Pro Pro- br was road read today at a a. conference confer confer- I ence In tn the tho room of of Representative l the tho the party's candidate for fOl speaker It follows To time the Progressives In Congress COng I greet you the men of or stout and firm faith alth who Mare laro to stand up tip to your colors and fight the peoples people's contest In Con Congress ress you ou will find th the odds odd against you very great reat but among among- tho the people at large lars I firmly believe that he the changes chan os are aro steadily In your our favor ravo We C cannot amalgamate with either cither ot orth t the old ridden boss con con controlled trolled par parties les We stand for tor tho the rights of ot the tho people Whore Where time the rights of f tho ho people can only be secured through h the ha exorcise of or the tIme the national lower j the then thel wo we are committed to the tho doctrine of ot using the tho national power to any cx extent ex cx- tent that t tIle tho o rights of the people de deman de- de man mand d This of Itself sunders us from the Democratic party part for tor the toe Democratic p party must either be false to Its pledges and and you can trust no party pat tho that hat t Is false raIse to It its its' pled pledges pledges pledges-or or else lse It ItIs Its itis Is s Irrevocably committed to the doctrine doc doc- oc- oc trIne of or sonic some fifty separate sovereignties sovereign sovereign- ties a doctrine which In practice means that the powers of privilege can nullify every ery effort of ot time the plain people people peo peo- pie to take possession of or their own go government As for tor time the Republicans their present present pres pros ent position Is the tho exact nc negation of the attitude of Abraham Lincoln and I Ithe the men mon of or Lincoln's days Lincoln declared that the tho people were masters I over both Congress and the courts not not as ho he phrased It to destroy time tho constitution but hut to overthrow those who perverted the constitution Wo We stand aland for the right o of the people to have havo their determined well wish Ish be become become be- be come como part of the fundamental law of the land without permitting either court legislature or executive to de debar debar debar de- de bar them from this right After Arter the conference the Progressive s sive alvo vo committee on committees Representatives cs Murdock and Stephens conferred with Majority Leader Underwood The They said that tha t the they were well ell satisfied l with the re- re suit stilt but bul would make no announce announce- ment mont Representative Underwood later announced that ho he had agreed that the tho Progressive c party was entitled to a proportionate share of committee assignments as as' Independent of the Republican lican minority This would Include he said probably one place of ot tho the ways and means menns committee and ono one place lace on the tho rules committee I