IHHHHHiHHHMHHHnnnHnHH ,JPIII.,lll.lll-ff'..P'l i ,, impgJIJiili ljJii liril:yiiiHPiWjJt WWpi1 , ii ' M women or for children should be "prevented by law. He said that if women could vote, they would do much to put , an end to, the greatest national scandal pf all the white' slave traffic But Roosevelt, in his "confes sion of faith," did not confine himself to the problems confront ing the.women of the nation. He came out flatly for a law to enforce the eight-hour day, and said that such a law should first be passed to control the work of laborers engaged in the molten metal industry. He said that the premature em ploymentof children was abnor mal, and that he favored a law prohibiting it. "He said that the first business of America was' to prevent human waste. He said that wage scales in all industries should be filed as pub lic documents and minimum wage commissions should be establish ed both by the various states, and by the nation. . He said that the courts must be controlled by the people in regard to constitutional questions. "The people," he said, "must keep in their pwn hands the right of interpreting their own consti tution when their publicservants differ regarding the interpreta tions." r ' He accused both the old narties of being under the domination of the bosses, and said that the nnlv , ' -j i difference between Taf t, and Wivi son was a personal preference. Hejsajd. the goversnmen.iust control business, but .must be careful at the same time not to stranglebusiness. He saioTthe Sherman anti-trust law, should be kept and strength ened, and suggested a national in dustrial commission to control and regulate all the great indus trial concerns. "He said he would be accused of socialism and anarchy for ad vocating these things, but the truth was that these .things were the antidotes for socialism and anarchy. The greatest trouble of the Pro gressives today was trying to ex plain Geo. W. Perkins and Fxank Munsey. Harcjly a delegate but was ask ed today how it came that Per kins and Munsey were putting up money to. help out the new party. In answer most of tfiem point ed to the platform, or "contract with 'the-people." "If Perkins and Munsey were insincere," they asked, "would they back a party declaring for the eight-hour day and a mini mum wage scale?" Perkins was elected r, national committeeman from .New York today. Amos Pinchot nominated Oscar Straus against' him, but Straus refused to run,, -and Perkins-was nominated unanitnously. Perkins has had nattting to say since the convention begun except that the new party could have all the money it wanted. " Chauncey Depew was elected national committeeman from Illi nois at a caucus of the Illinois delegates held this morning. 13 M4a4sa'?t f'iyfty, , HHHHHBBIBMMHHIHIaBBHH