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Show 1 ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON CHOSEN DELEGATES SINQ HYMNS AS ifi ----v. EAuuH5 OF THE NEW PARTY. Two Candidates Depart From Tradition Tradi-tion by Appearlny Before Convention Conven-tion to be Notified and to Voice Their Acceptance. Chicago. Tho flrut national convention conven-tion of tho new Progressive party was adjourned at 7:27 p. m. on Wednesday, Wednes-day, after Colonel Theodore Rooso-volt Rooso-volt had been chosen ns tho party's candidate, for president and Governor Hiram W. Johnc ,n of California had been selected us his running mnto. Singing "Onwnrd Christian Soldlor" and tho "Dattlo Hymn of tho Ropub-lie," Ropub-lie," tho dologatm pledged their fealty to theJr pnrty leaders. Marking a now dopnrturo In tho pro-roedlugB pro-roedlugB of national conventions, tho two candidates immediately wero no-tlllud no-tlllud uf their nomination and In the midst of deafening chocrs they np-pent. np-pent. J beforo tho delegates to voice tlwlr acceptunco and to pledge tholr hot. efforts to tho coming campaign. For sovornl ljours during the afternoon after-noon nnd early evening the throng in tho Coliseum had listened to a flow of oratory in nominating and seconding speeches, in which the dominant note expressed wn tho belief that vlctor would came to tho now party in No-i No-i vcmbcr. lU-wnond Itobblns of Illinois pledged ' a 100,000 majority for the national i ticket In Illinois, nnd Clifford linchot predicted a 300,000 majority for Col- I oncl Rooiuvelt and Governor Johnuou lu ins homo btato of Pennsylvania. Thesu statements wero cheered to tho euho The party formally chrlstonod itself "the Progressive party," leaving out tho prefix "national" by which It has heretofore been known, but provlulon whh made for tho recognition or "real" progressives in nny of tho states by whatever namo thoy should bo locally designated becauso of state laws. During the three days It waB in sen-Blon. sen-Blon. there wms not a roll call nor a ballot. Tho delegates naked no Bitch formalities, either in placing , their candldatoj In nomination or In voting for them. Thero was not a voice of opposition, either to Colonel Roosevelt or Governor JohnBon. Tho delay In nominating them wan due to tho latgo number of seconding speeches allowed. al-lowed. As has iilwnyn been tho caso In national na-tional political conventions, tho bulk of tho work of tho Progresslvo gathering gather-ing was carried on in tho committees commit-tees Only n semblnnco of a conflict of opinion on tho floor wna a brief debate de-bate Wednesday ns to whothcr on hour's recess should be tn'xen. Tho point was Immaterial; hut as one del-ogato del-ogato expressed It, "Wo Just had to light about something to make It a tegular convention." Thero was sharp discussion, however, how-ever, In several committee mooting and no llttlo difficulty In agreeing upon tho platform as Anally adopted. Colonel Roosevelt worked with tho sub-commltteo In chargo of tho plat form until lato Wednesday atternoon, going over their work of tho two previous pre-vious days and nights nnd vigorously helping to mould tho draft which nt lust proved acceptable to him, Tho platform did not take up tho negro quetitloii. H. W. JOHNSON Miis Jano Adams of Hull Iiouhc, Chicago, was among thouo witio sec-ondod sec-ondod Colonel Roosevelt. Sho was greeted enthusiastically. Tho now party formally placed It-Bolf It-Bolf on record ns favoring equal suffrage suf-frage and further recognized tho suffragette suf-fragette movement by providing for four womon inemborB-at-largo on the national committee. |
