BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT SELECTIONS FROM ADDRESSES ADE DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1912 EDITED BY ELMER H. YOUNGMAN (INCLUDING THE PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL PLATFORM) PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL SERVICE 30 EAST FORTY-SECOND STREET LONDON: EFFINGHAM WILSON IN PREFACE N this volume Mr. Youngman's aim has been to put into concise form the salient points in the speeches I delivered during both he primary and election campaigns of last wear. For this purpose he has selected parts of different speeches upon similar subjects, and has put them under separate headings in order to bring together in a volume of convenient size the more important features of he Progressive Movement as set forth in hose speeches. In order to avoid any misunderstanding in the future, I would of ourse have preferred to have all the speeches ncluded in their entirety, giving the date nd place of delivery in each case, but this Mr. Youngman found it impossible to do. He as, however, done this in the case of half a ozen of the more important speeches. A study of this volume I hope will serve to ar up many popular misconceptions, often to deliberate misquotation and mispresentation on the part of certain newspers, as to the movement which led to the rmation of the Progressive Party. It will |