Posted on 11/07/2013 6:39:57 AM PST by Texas Eagle
The birth of the new party or, Progressive democracy. A complete official account of the formation and organization of the Progressive party, the candidates, the platform, the principles and the political, moral and industrial issues fully discussed. With special contributions by a dozen great Americans, including Theorore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, ex-Senator Beveridge, etc., etc., on conservation, woman suffrage, country life improvement, high cost of living, the tariff, the trusts, the initiative, the referendum, the recall, direct primaries, etc., etc. Introd. by Joseph M. Dixon.
Published 1912 in [New York?] .
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The Birth of The New Party: Progressive Democracy - George Henry Payne (1912)
Turn to page 26 for an interesting graphic.
TR= Chris Christie a hundred years earlier.
—from his first day in public office , did everything he could to increase the size and power of “government”—
And about 3 pounds lighter.
When I was young my mom showed me some literature from her Pro Life group that contained a long, chilling speech on eugenics. The pamphlet asked the reader to guess whether it was the work of Teddy Roosevelt or Hitler.
I guessed wrong, Ja?
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