Show T he odore leodore R roosevelt at ae th e choice 1 of progressives Progress ives ex res ident will b be e standard bearer beake t t t 1 of third party john M mayker for vice president chicago june 10 in the closing hours of a four day session theodore roosevelt was nominated for president by the progressive national convention ven tion the colonel being chosen without opposition john M parker of louisiana was the unanimous choice of the convention for vice president but it Is by byno no means certain that C colonel roosevelt will make the race tor for the presidency anthe on the progressive selvo ticket three minutes before the convention adjourned until another time r J AM Z Z 4 L 4 k k T 19 m f MEN M OC aw 1 sa AL X V chairman raymo raymond i nd robins read to hem a brief message from oyster bay in which mr roosevelt declined 0 accept the nomination at this time few of the thousands in the vast auditorium some of whom had see seen he the t colonel named in an even wilder burst of enthusiasm tour four years ago realized when robins rapped his gavel at and declared the convention adjourned sine die that in 0 a few hours or a few weeks they might be a party without the one leader to whom they had come to chicago chica go to give the pledge of loyalty loya ity and faith the significance of colonel roose belts message with its announcement that it if the progressive national committee found the subsequent statements of charles evans hughes Hu glies the republican standard bearer to its liking his acceptance non of tho the progressive gres sive nomination should stand as his last word was lost in that tired throng worn woin out but by its own enthusiasm easm by long delays over peace parleys with the republicans and by the discussion of a platform on which it go into the field it at all against both the forces of Demoe democracy racy and republicanism none of thet 69 feeling that some 0 of them later betrayed when they hid had opportunity to digest the colonels statement iad bad time to flare out when the gavel fell they trooped out into Chi cagos streets for home while the band played faintly and the flags that had flaunted so proudly idly through all the stormy sessions were folded and the banners put away before they left the hall the delegates ga tes remembered one of the essentials of a campaign in response to the spur of the leaders they promised more than to carry arry on the fight it was ivas pledged in and the contributions tuni tumbled bled in at almost as fast as they coula could be recorded the only protest of the day came a few minutes before the leaders read the announcement from colonel roosevelt when william flinn 0 of pittsburg adoption of a rule which permits the national nation aa I 1 com to fill vacancies on the ticket there was a chorus of noes from over the ball but it was lost in the ahe explanations ot of those who stood u upon pon the platform that this was chua perfunctory thing done at ill all national conventions to provide for death or other casualties it w was adopted then immediately the communication from oyster bay known to all leaders tor for at least an hour before it was presented ys was reail read to the convention in a moment of tense dramatic silence the gavel tell fell with a last bang almost aa a it was waa finish fl nihed pd |