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Show ' MSEILI NOMINATED FOB PRESIDE! Bt HE HflTIOHftL PRHGRESSIVE PARTY Mass Meeting in Closing Hours of National Convention Names Colonel as Candidate and Convention Will be Held Later to Complete Ticket. CLIrago. Former Trpildont Itoom-lt Itoom-lt wag noralnatPd for prenid-nt on an indeendnt tlrkot Saturday nlnht In th dyinic hours of tho IUpubllian atlonal convention. The followpra of Colonel ltoowovnlt Kathfrpd In Orchestra hull, leoa than a mile from the Coliseum, and pledKcd their aupjiort to the former prealdent. In accepting the nomination Colonel ItooHevelt appealed to the people of Bll sections, rognrdleMs of party nffil. latlonH, to stand with the founders of the new party, one of nhone cardinal principals, he said, was to be "Tboa shall not steal." Tho Informal nomination of Colonel Hoopevelt was said to be chiefly for the purpoee of affecting a temporary organization. A call Is to be luaued for a stut convention In Illinois; the work of organization will 'be pushed forward rapidly, state by sta'e. At a later time, probably early In August, It Is Intended that a national gan. M.ithrw Hale of Massachusetts, A. R. Carford, Ohio; David lirownlng, Kentucky: ICverurd Itkrer, Jr.fi Utah; Walter Thompson, Vermont; Judgo Oscar R. Hundley, Alabama; Judge Hen II. Undsey. Colorado; Andrew Habn, Minnesota: Judp,e Stevens, Iowa; Judge 1-owder, North Dakota; William Allen White, Kansas; John C Greenway, Arizona; ex-Governor John Franklin Fort, New Jersey; Colonel E. ('. Carrlngton, Maryland; Pearl Wight, IxnilHlana; Lorenzo Dow, Washington; Walter Clyde Jones, Illinois; Il-linois; Frank Frants, Oklahoma. Although no public hnnouncement was made until late In tho day of the meeting uhlch was expected to result In the formation of a new party, word of the plan was flashed about the city, and before the doors were opened a crowd had collected, extending for nearly a block on Michigan avenue. Police reserves were summoned to handle the crowds. f ML, - J . ".V,T'lfc H-!f " " ! Z'V" ' . "m:! ' :v K ' "V- f ' yf ' - 4 . v .- ; . ' ' . . v. . , . - ' . t -J- k - . ' ? I w- i . ,1.: .', I . ; v - n y . , ' . m ' it . m V- .";' n , ' i.-'' - . i" m .''.:,' : '' . -i. .,). ', ;. , J ; ' . !. . 'I ; t l - V -;; .-r-..r-v-.--.x ' ,v, y - - 1 I -.; v n ' fe . ,r j & Uflic&vvooB f. y. .A- COU x V 2. I convention shall be held. Colonel Koottevelt, In accepting the nomination, nomina-tion, said he did so w-lth the understanding under-standing that ho would willingly step aside If It should be the desire of the new party, when organized. T select another standard-bearer. A speech nominating Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt was made by Comptroller W. A. Frendergast of New York, who was lo have presented the colonel's me to the convention. The Honorable William Draper Iwls of the I'nlver ally of Pennsylvania law school, wbo was to make one of the seconding speeches, delivered the address which he bad prepared for the Republican convention. Hepresenta'lves of twenty two states composed the notification committee com-mittee which informed Colonel ItrMiae-velt ItrMiae-velt of hU nomination, and In a sense stood as siionsors for the movement. The committee consisted of Comptrol-Itr Comptrol-Itr W. A !'rendrgast of New York. Meyer I.lsener of Calilornla, former Congressman Kicbmond Pearson of North Carolina. Krank Knot of Mlehl- j Mrs Theodore Itoosevclt. Mrs. Ni( h olas Iingworth. Miss Ft hoi, Kermlt and Archie Koosevelt arrived early and occupied a lox near the stave. Colonel KooHeteli mounted the platform plat-form and waved his hands, smiling with delight at the reception. When be said he would accept the nomination nomina-tion there was another frenzied dew ; onstratlon. "Governor Johnson," said Mr. Koosevelt, "you. and yon. the Iiimesfly elected delegates, und you my friends, contrast this with the Coliseum con ventlon this afternoon. Mark the A t j ference between a people's convention .and a convention operated with a steam roller. "It Is fitting that a convention born i In then should ro out in theft, Icaure I understand when half of th i Massachusetts delegation refused to vote, the tenijairary chairman, follow , ing In the hio'sMp of the national committer raw an opportunity to ge; , two dHentes that had not been vot j and seized them so that a s'olen con-I con-I ventlon should end apt ropria'ely " Chicago. Shortly after Senator i Root railed the convention 'o order. Baturdsy, (jveinor Johnson, one of tbe Roosevelt leaders, hh the eon-' vention ball. His reason for doing so was explained In th'- following statement which he gave out: j -I shall not sit fn this convention ; during the nomination for president.; cor shall I consider myself In any , manner bound by Its acrw. Not oniy ! wss a fraudulent roll forced upon ui j to defeat the wM of tbe tople. but j tbe law of the state of California sol- eranly passed by that s'ate and ac guleseed in by ,e president and every faction In California, h Wen nullified The basic righ! of the people peo-ple to rule and the fundamen'al principle prin-ciple of the direct primary have ln outraged and denied As the governor gover-nor of California, sworn to uphold its laws, I fee! that my d.ity is plain and that as well my e!f re, t demand that I sheJl no longer remain In tha convention. All of the California delegation are in thorous-h aeeord, with me. but I have reque .fed them ' to remain to carry ou? the reneral flan of the Coeseve:t de'e-a:s. |