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Show ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON CHOSEN DELEGATES SING HYMNS AS in-i . , . ..iAULKS OF THE NEW PARTY. Two Candidates Depart From Tradition Tradi-tion by Appearing)" Before Convention Conven-tion to be Notified and to Voice Their Acceptance. Chicago. The first national convention conven-tion of the new Progressive party was adjourned at 7:27 p. m. on Wednesday, Wednes-day, after Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt had been chosen as the party's candidate for president and Governor 'nominating them was due to the large number of seconding speeches allowed. al-lowed. As has always been the case in national na-tional political conventions, the bulk of the work of the Progressive gathering gather-ing was carried on in the committees. commit-tees. Only a semblance of a conflict of opinion on the floor was a brief debate de-bate Wednesday as to whether an hour's recess should bo taken. The point was immaterial; but as one delegate del-egate expressed it, "We just had to fight about something to make it a regular convention." There was sharp discussion, however, how-ever, in several committee meetings and no little difficulty in agreeing (( . . 0 , 4 4 j ( 1 x , ' I V r v , t I 'Js ' . - - I . yf i. . v V"- f y .r d . -! ' ;t . vh I. , '. ? ' ..ft --. . " Hiram W. Johnr ,n of California had been selected as his running mate. Singing "Onward Christian Soldier" and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," Repub-lic," the delegate pledged their fealty to their party leaders. Marking a new departure in the proceedings pro-ceedings of national conventions, the two candidates Immediately were notified no-tified of their nomination and in the upon the platform as finally adopted. Colonel Roosevelt worked with tho sub-committee in charge of the plat form until late Wednesday afternoon, going over their work of the two previous pre-vious d.ays and nights and vigorously helping to mould the draft which at last proved acceptable to him. The platform did not take up the negro question. midst of deafening cheers they ap- peaTd before the delegates to voice ttwir acceptance and to pledge their be. efforts to the coming campaign. For several hours during th afternoon after-noon and early evening the throng in the Coliseum had listened to a flow of oratory in nominating and seconding speeches, in which the dominant note expressed was the belief that victory would come to the new party In November. No-vember. Reymond Robbins of Illinois pledged a 100,000 majority for the national ticket in Ililnois, and Gifford PLnchot predicted a 300,000 majority for Colonel Col-onel Roosevelt and Governor Johnson in his 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 or "real" progressives in any of the states by whatever name they should be locally -designated because of .state laws. During the three days it was in session, ses-sion, there was not a roll call nor a ballot. The delegates asked no such formalities, either rn placing their candidates in nomination or in voting j for them. There was not a voice of opposition, either to Colonel Roosevelt I or Governor Johnson. The delay in j ill H. W. JOHNSON Miss Jane Adams of Hull house, Chicago, was among those who seconded sec-onded Colonel Roosevelt. She was greeted enthusiastically. The new party formally placed itself it-self on record as favoring equal s"f- f rage and further recognized the sui-fragette sui-fragette movement by providing for four women meiiibers-at-large on ihe i national committee. i |