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OPEIIIIIG OF BULL
MOOSE GONVEflTIOIl
THE.oijHERINQ IS LARGE AND
DELEGATES ARE FILLED WITH
ENTHUSIASM.
BEVERIDGE IS CHAIRMAN
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Governor Johnson, of California, Is
Slated to Be Roosevelt'e Running
Mato-4enator Dixon Open Con-
ventlon-Many Women Preeent
Chicago. The first session of the
first convention of the new National
Progressive party, of which CoL Theo
dora Roosevelt la sponsor, was held
In the Coliseum Monday and while
the setting was attended by all of the
usual ceremony and paraphenalla .of
a national political gathering, the
dual proceedings were suggeatlve of
a love-feast
-'Not a dissenting voice was raised
during' the session. ' The question of
negro representation from the South
had caused friction earlier In the day
In the national committee, but there
waa na echo of this fight on the floor
of the convention. The delegates
came into the hall singing and shout-
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Ing in their delight at the birth of the
new party, and three hours later left
the building in the same happy frame
of mind.
Although green hands were suppos
ed to De at the helm, the machinery
of the convention worked smoothly
and efficiently. There was no roll
call of delegates, but the delegate sec
tion of the floor, arranged In the same
manner as at the Republican national
convention a few' weeks ago, and ac
commodating nearly 1,100 people, was
entirely filled. . The alternate section,
also, had its full quota of spectators
as at the Republican gathering, but
when the proceedings began the, gal
leries bad few empty seats. The con
vention leaders were enthusiastic oyer
the showing made in the Coliseum and
made the claim that no better look
ing, more substantial set of delegates
was ever seen on the floor of a nation
al political convention. ,
Work of the national committee on
contested delegates cases, caused a
delay of nearly three-quarters of an
hour In the assembling of the conven
tion. During the watt the delegates
amused themselves with songs "and
yells composed for the occasion, while
a band up near the flag-draped steel
rafters, and a Grand Army fife and
drum corps on the stage, vied with
each other in playing patriotic airs.
. There was a great cheer as Sena
tor Joseph M. Dixon, national chair
man of the party, rapped for order.
This ' was, repeated, later when the
call for the convention was read, and
there was even greater enthusiasm
' The Hall Gaily Decorated.
Chicago. The hall waa gaily 'dee-
orated with flags and bunting, Large
canvass portraits were a feature of
the decorations. Back of the stage
were those of Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln. At the left of the sUige
was a portrait of Hamilton and at
the right one of Andrew Jackson. Sus
pended from the band gallery at the
far end of the hall where all could
see, was an oil painting of Colonel
Roosevelt , Over the main entrance
was a stuffed head of a splendid speci
nen of a bull moose. , r
, Given Enthusiastic WelcomsV
Chicago. Colonel Roosevelt arrived
r.t 8:30 a. m. Monday. He was fciven
an enthusiastic welcome and hurried
to headquarters in the Congress hotel.
The crowd cheered aa the colonel
stepped from the train. Standing in
his automobile In front of the hotel,
Colonel Roosevelt said: "I am con
vinced that the people will not stand
for the convention of seven weeks ago,
especially as it was sralnst the inter
ests of the people. I y November the
men nominated at that convention will
not be a factor in the race."
i
J08EPH M. DIXON.
when Former Senator Albert J. Bev
eridge of. Indiana was presented as
the choice of the national committee
for temporary chairman. The formal
Ity of electing Senator Beveridge waa
not necessary, and amid renewed ex
citement he was escorted to a place
on the stage, decorated with a gold
badge and handed the convention
gavel.
Senator Beveridge then delivered his
keynote speech. The temporary .chair
man waa given the closest attention
throughout
A decided feature of the conven
tion was the large number of women
delegates. This called forth great
cheering when the temporary chair
man reached that part of his speech
advocating suffrage. A bit; yellow
banner inscribed "Votes for Women,'
was hung from one of the balcony
rails. Massachusetts gave one of Ue'r
women delegates a place on the reso
lutions committee which wiii draft
the party paltform.
The committee on resolutions which
will submit the platform to the Nrv
tlonal Progressive convention was
named by the various State dclna
tions. William S. Pearson, North Carolina.
was named as a member of the com'
mittee. :
Miss Alice O. Carpenter of Ronton
named by the Massachusetts delega
tion aa a member of the committee on
platform, la said to be the flrat women
to fill such a place at a national po
litical convention. Miss Carpenter has
been active as ' sociological worker
and also as a writer.
The new national committee which
takes the place of the provisional
committee, was named.
The committee includes anong oth
ers J. N. Williamson, North Carolina,
and Thomas Lee More, Virginia. .
Besides naming national committee
men and members of the resolutions
committee, the business dl&patct.d by
state delegations Monday Included the
following:
Virginia named R. B. Murphy chair
man, Walter Graham on credentials;
Col. J. S, Browning on permanent or-
H. W. JOHNSON
ganizatlon and W. H. Moorman on
rules.
For Vice President Gov. Utnm W.
Johnson of California. ' V-
For permanent chairman, Judge
Ben B. Lineay of Denver.
This slate was virtually agreed to
by National Progressive lea-lers, and
met with the approval of Colonel
Roosevelt ,;":V. 'V'., .""',.'''.
Afternoon Before Delegates Arrive.
Chicago. It was afternoon before
the delegates began to reach the hall
in , Increasing number; They came
In shouting in their enthusiasm.
Three cheers were ready for almost
any - proposition suggested. ' Califor
nia's delegation, carrying the same
banner which they ' used at the re
publican convention- and : each mem
ber with a red bandana about hts
neck, was greeted with prolonged
cheers. The band regaled the assem
blage with some popular and patroltlc
airs.:
. Colonel West; Hiram East
.'Chicago -Irf the event of Governor
Johnson's nomination It Is planned to
have him take the stump In the East
while Colonel Roosevelt is campaign
ing through the West The Gover
nor's qualifications as a campaigner
were said to be a strong factor In his
favor." When Colonel Roosevelt reach
ed Chicago Monday morning he pu(
in a stormy two hours before he suc
ceeded in straightening out the tangle
over the contesting negro delegates
from the1 South.
BEVERIDGE SOUNDS
KEY MOTE OF PARTY
FORMER SENATOR FROM INDIANA
4
BLAZES THE BUL MOOSE
TRAIL. I "
HE ENLISTS FOR THE WAR
The Senator Promises That If Entrust
, ed With the Power, Tkere WIII Be
Reforms That Are Reforms. Euthu
slastlo Audience Hears Speech. I
Chicago. Former Senator i Bever
idge of Indiana, temporary chairman
of the convention. In sounding 'he
keynote of the new party, made this
characteristic speech In j. which he
said in part: '
"The first words of the constitution
are, 'We are the people,' and they
declare that the constltut'on'i pur
pose Is to 'form a perfect union and
to promote the general welfare,' To
do Just what Is the very heart of the
Progressive cause."
, Mr. Beveridge told In detail the
purpose and program of the Progres
sive party. "Abuse," he said, "will
only strengthen it ridicule only has
ten its growth, falsehood only &peed
its victory.
"Knowing the price we murt pay,
ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE.
the sacrifice we must make, the bur
dens we must carry, the assaults we
must endure knowing full well the
cost yet we enlist and we enlist for
the war. For w.e know the Justice of
our cause, and we know, too, IU cer
tain triumph." -
' "We stand for a nobler America.
We stand for an undivided nation.
We stand for a broader liberty, a ful
ler Justice. We stand for social
brotherhood as against savage lrdi
vlduallsm. We stand for an intelli
gent co-operation instead of a reck
less competition. We stand for mu
tual helpfulness Instead of mutual
hatred. We stand for equal rights as
a fact of life instead of a catchword
of politics.
"We stand for the rule of the peo
ple as a practical truth' Instead of a
meaningless pretense. We stand for
a representative government that rep
resents the people.
"We mean to make laws fit condi
tions as they are and meet the needs
of the people .who are on earth to
day. That we may do this we found
a party through which all who be
lieve with us can work with us, or
rather, we declare our allegiance to
the party which the people them
selves founded. . -
"For this party has grown from
the soil of .the people's hard neces
sity. It has the vitality of the peo
ple's strong convictions. The people
have work to be done and our party
is here to do that work." j r
Mr. Beveridge said that notorious
bosses are in the saddle of both .old
parties, and that under this boss sys
tem; no matter which party wins, the
people seldom win, but the bosses al
most always win.
"The South has men and women as
genuinely progressive and others as
Southern Negroes Were Barred.
Chicago. Every Southern, negro
who raised a contest for a seat In the
national, convention of the new pro
gressiva party was barred by the con
cluding action of the national com
mittee. While the permanent roll call
of the convention had not been com
pleted, yet it , appeared that there
would be only one negro on the con
vention floor. He was in the Pennsyl
vania delegation. Negroes from Flori
da, Mississippi and Alabama declared
they would carry their contests to the
committee on credentials. '
Steel Tariff Bill Goes to President
Washington. The Iron and steel
tariff bill received the signatures of
Speaker Clark and Acting President of
the Senate Bacon, and went to Pres
ident Taft for Its lnspectipn. This is
the first of the tariff revision bills
passed by the Democratic-Progressive
alliance in the Senate, to reach the
Chief Executive and close friends of
the President express the conviction
that he will veto It because no inves
tigation of the industry has been made
by the tariff board. ,
genuinely reactionary as those In oth
er parts of the country. 4, .
"Yet for all known reasons, these
sincere and honest Southern progres
sives and reactionaries vote together
In a single party which Is neither pro
gressive nor reactionary. They vote a
dead tradition and a local fear, not
a Viving conviction and a national
faith. They vote not for the Demo
cratic party, but against the Repub
lican party. They want to be free
from the condtlion; they can be free
from It through the National Progres
sive party",
Mr. Beveridge said American busi
ness Is uncertain and unsteady com
pared with the business of other na
tions, "What then," he asked, "must
we do to make American business
better? We must do what poorer na
tions have done. We must end the
abuses of business by striking down
buuslness Itself. We must try to make
little business big, and all business
honest instead of striving to make big
business little and vet letting it re
main dishonest As the Sherman law
now stands no two business men can
arrange their mutual affairs and be
sure that they are not lawbreakers.
This Is the main hlndranoe to the im
mediate and permanent revival of
American business. Under the de
crees of the court, the oil and the to
bacco trusts still can raise prices un
justly and already have Hone so.
"Such business chains and legal
paradoxes as the American suffers
from can be found nowhere else in
the world." .
The speaker declared the Progres
sive) party will accomplish reforms vi
tal to American business.
"We mean to put new business laws
on our statute books which will tell
American business men what they
can do and what they cannot do. The
next great business reform we must
have to steadily increase American
prosperity is to change the methods of
building our tariffs. The tariff must
be taken out of politics and treated
as a business question Instead of a po
litical question. The greatest need
of business is certainty. But the only
thing certain about our tariff is un
certainty. Next to our need to make
the Sherman law modern, understand
able and Just, our greatest fiscal need
Is a genuine, permanent, non-partlsad
tariff commission," the speaker said.
There has not been and win not be
any sincere and honest effort by the
old parties to get a tariff commission
nor to take the tariff out of politics.
"A tariff high enough to give Am
erican producers the American mar
ket when they make honest goods and
sell them at honest prices, but low
enough that when they sell dishonest
goods at dishonest prices, foreign
competition can correct both evils, a
tariff high enough to enable American
producers to pay worklngmen Ameri
can wages and so arrange that the
worklngmen will get such wages; a
business tariff whose changes wi'.l be
so made as to reassure business In
stead of disturbing it this is the tar
iff and the methods of its making in
which the Progressive party belUves,
for which it does battle and which It
proposes to write into the laws of the
land."
Abolition of child labor in factories,
mills, mines and sweatshpps and a
plan for old-age pensions vera in
cluded In the Progressive platform by
the speaker who incidentally favor
ed woman suffrage.
Llndsey For Permanent Chairman.
Chicago. Judge Llndsey's name
will be presented to the committee on
permanent organization by a number
of its most. Influential members and
it was said that his selection by the
oommittee was virtually assured. The
Judge is a former Democrat and is of
Southern parentage, and It was felt
that his selection would appeal to
the South.- Colonel Roosevelt said be
fore he left Oyster Bay that he favor
ed the selection of a Southern Demo
crat as vice presidential candidate.
The field was canvassed carefully by
leaders of the new party and It Is un
derstood that the Colonel's suggestion
was abandoned, only when it became
evident that it was impossible to de
cide upon the available man. It was
said that sentiment among the dele
gates In favor of Governor Johnston
was so strong that his choice as Col
onel Roosevelt's running mate was
virtually assured, and that the leaders
who predicted his nomination were
merely voicing the opinion of the con
vention. ;V';-''.":"
Raid Office, Haul Out Jewelry.
Atlanta, Ga. In a raid on the law
offices of Judge George F. Gober, city
and private detectives seised diamonds
and other Jewelry valued at $1,000,
alleged to be part of the loot taken
in the "diamond trunk robbery" lest
April, when more than $30,000 in
gems was stolen from a salesman's
trunk in transit from a hotel to the
railway station. The robbery was al
leged to have been committed by
George Wrenn and two others, all of
whom have been arrested.
' Will Not Stand For Tariff Board.'
Washington. Notice was served on
the Senate that under - no circum
stances would the house agree to a
continuation of the tariff board. Pro
vision for the board had been placed
by the senate in a number of tariff
measures, but to each the house has
presented an unyielding front. Sen
ate leaders were notified that their
inslstance would delay adjournment
House conferees oa all the bills con
taining the senate amendment provid
ing tor the tariff board have been in
structed not to yield. . .
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
TO BULL MOOSE
COLONEL'S 8PEECH BEFORE DEL
EGATE8 CONSUMED ABOUT
2.1-4 HOURS.
THE "CONFESSION OF FAITH"
Strikes Out Into New Ground, Advo
cating Some Measures Which He
Thinks WIII Be Denounced As Either
Socialistic or Anarchistic.
Chicago Colonel Roosevelt's speech
before the delegates Tuesday after
noon consumed the better part of
$ 1-4 hours. Ha was listened to dur
ing its delivery with great attention.
He said In part:
'The actions of the Chicago con
vention, and to an only less degree
of the Baltimore convention, have
shown In striking faahion how little
the people do rule under our present
conditions." In order to assure this
popular election of Senators, the short
adoption of presidential primaries,
poular election of Senators, the short
ballot an efficient corrupt practices
act qualified use of the initiative, ref
erendum and recall. The recall should
be applied to admtnstratlve officers.
Mr. Roosevelt asserts that the adop
tion of these new methods of political
administration is not antagonistic to
representative government
Under the head of the courts and
the people, Mr. Roosevelt strongly
emphasized the necessity of the sov
ereign people preserving a check on
every branch of public service. Under
this head Mr. Roosevelt rehearses his
now well-known views regarding the
courts. "The American people, and
not the courts, are to determine their
own fundamental policies." This
does not mean that the people are to
interfere In cases which involve mere
ly, questions of Justice between indi
viduals except that "means should be
devised for making it easier than at
present to get rid of an Incompetent
Judge."
In addition to punishment for wrong
doing by the trusts, the imperative
demand is effective and complete reg
ulatlon. The views of President Van
Hise of the University of Wisconsin,
in his scientific work on trust regula
tion, are in harmony with the program
of the National Progressives. "The
present conditions of business cannot
be accepted as satisfactory." The
reason for this Is explained, in Mr.
Roosevelt's opinion, by the fact that
"those dealing with the subject have
attempted to divide Into two camps,
each as unwise as the other." ,
Referring to the opening sentence
of his address, namely, "that we are
now in the midst of a great economic
revolution," Mr. Roosevelt presents
an advanced and comprehensive plan
to insure the rights and better condi
tions for labor. He gives It the para
mount place in his speech. "The first
charge upon the industrial statesman
ship of the day," he said, "Is to pre
vent human waste. The dead weight
of orphanage and deplted craftsman
ship, of crippled workers and workers
suffering from trade diseases, of cas
ual labor, of insecure old age, and of
household depletion due to industrial
conditions are, like our depleted soils,
our gashed mountain-sides and flood
ed river bottoms, so many strains up
on the national structure, draining the
reserve strength of all industries, and
showing beyond all preadventure the
public element and puublic concern
In industrial health." He proposed
several specific methods for preserv
ing and improving "our human re
sources, and therefore our labor
power." -.
"The coat of living" says Mr. Roose
velt "has risen during the last few
years out of all proportion to the in
crease of most salaries and wages."
What is first necessary is "fearless,
intelligent, and searching inquiry into
the whole subject made absolutely
by a non-partisan body . of - experts
with no prejudice to warp their minds,
no private object to serve, who shall
recommend any necessary remedy
heedless of what Interest may be hurt
thereby, and caring only for the Inter
ests of the people as a whole."
Mr. Roosevelt declares ; that our
present bank currency based on gov
ernment bonds Is unscientific and
urges the adoption of a system which
shall provide "elesticlty in the credit
and currency necessary for the con
duct of business, free from recur
ring panics." The 'control of such a
system should be in the hands of the
government and must be free from
"manipulation by Wall Street or the
large Interests." '
In summing up the specific policies
expounded In his address Mr. Roose
velt spoke as follows: . .'
"Now, friends, this Is my confes
sion of faith. I have made it rather
long because I wish you to know Just
what my deepest convictions are on
the great questions of today, so that
It you choose to make me your standard-bearer
in the fight you shall
make your choice understanding ex
actly how I feel and If, after hear
ing me, you think you ought to
choose some one else, I shall loyally
abide by your choice. I ear In clos
ing: We stand at Armageddon, and
we battle for the Lord."
ROOSEVELT
CHOSE!
DOMINANT NOTE OF SPEECH WAS
VICTORY AWAITS TICKET IN
NOVEMBER.
CHANGE THE PARTY NAME
With the Delegates Singing "Doxology"
the First National Convention Pas
Into HistoryNegroes Stay By the
Colonel. Notification Speeches,
Chicago. Singing "Onward Chris
tian 8oldIers"and the "Battle" Hymn
of the Republic" the delegates to the
first national convention of the new
Progressive party Wednesday night
acclaimed Col. Theodore Roosevelt of
New York as their candidate for Pres
ident and Gov. Hiram W. Johnson of
California as their choice for Vice
President '
Marking -a new departure In the
proceedings of national conventions,
the two candidates Immediately were
Informally notified of their nomina
tion and In the midst of deafening )
cheers appeared before the delegates
to voice their acceptance and to
pledge their best efforts to the com
ing campaign.
For several long hours during the
afternoon and early evening, the big
throng In the Coliseum had listened
to a flow of oratory In nominating
and seconding speeches In which the
dominant note expressed was the be
lief that -victory would come to the
new party in the November elections. '
Raymond Robbins of Illinois, and
Glfford Plnchot predicted a 300,000 -majority
for Colonel Roosevelt and
Governor Johnson la hfs home state
of Pennsylvania. These statements
were cheered to the echo.
The party formally christened itself
"The Progressive Party" leaving out
the prefix "National" by which it has
heretofore been known, but provision
was made for the recognition of "real"
Progressives in any of the states by
whatever name they should be locally
designated because of state laws. '
-Aa has always been the case in nat-
I C-1 .1I.. - - th. lu.IV
of work of the Progressive gathering
Was carried on in the committees. The
only semblance of a conflict of opinion
on the floor waa a brief debate as to
whether or not an hour's recess should
be taken. The point was not material,
but as one delegate expressed It, "we
Just had to fight about something to
make it a regular convention."
There was sharp discussion, how
ever, in several of the committee
meetings and no little difficulty In
agreeing upon the platform as finally .
adopted.
In this connection, one of the Inter
esting speeches of the day, was, that
of F. R. Gleed of New York, a negro.
Gleed said the negroes had faith In
the new party; faith that it would do
all in its power to right the wrongs
of the race.
"We stand by the platform," he
said. "We stand tyk Colonel Roose
velt's letter; we etUld by his speech.
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House,
Chicago, was among those .who sec
onded Colonel Roosevelt and she waa
enthusiastically greeted. The new
party formally placed Itself on rec
ord as favoring equal suffrage, and
further recognised the suffragette
movement by providing for four wo
men at large in the national com- .
mittee. " I ' . " :;- " .
Colonel Roosevelt In his speech of
acceptance said In part: '
"Mr. Chairman and men and women
who in this convention represent the
high and honest purpose of the people
of all of our country, I come forward
to thank you from my heart for the
honor you have conferred upon me,
and to say that of course I accept. .1
have been President and I measure
my words when I say, I have seen
and know much of life, I hold It by
far the greatest honor and the great
est opportunity that has ever come to
me to be called by you to the leader- .
ship for the time being of this great
movement In the Interests of the
American people.
There was a prolonged demonstra
tion as Colonel Roosevelt conclud
ed. It waa renewed when Governor
Johnson waa introduced. He said la ,
part: '...:
"It Is with the utmost solemnity,
the deepst obligation that I coma
to tell yon that I have enlisted for
the war. I enlisted long ago and I
enlisted In that fight that is your
fight now, the fight of all the na -
tlon, thank God. at last Humanity's
fight politically all over the land.
"Entering aa I have In that contest
tor humanity that desired government -
tally to make men better rather than
to make men richer, there ts no ques
tion of course, but that of necessity
I must accept any place where I may
be drafted, and that I accept such a
place as you have accorded mo In ths
nation's history today (because again
you are making history In this land) r x
that I accept it with grateful heart
and with the utmost singleness of
purpose, to carry out aa well as I r- -y
the little that lnay be my part to f .
, When Governor Jobrsoa f t
Chairman Beveridge anno 1 :
adjournment of the con v '
cut fiolay." - ' ,