Show progressives L F go A V 1 SENATOR BEVERIDGE PRESIDES AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN AND DELIVERS KEYNOTE governor Bo Ro vernor johnon johnson of Call california frnia virtu ally agreed upon as a the vice president nominee to make the race with colonel loosevelt too evelt sevelt 0 chicago the drat first session of the arst national nat lonal convention ot of the new progressive party of which colonel theodore roosevelt I 1 la a sponsor pon so r was held in the coliseum on monday Ato uday and while the settles was attended hy by all the usual ceremony c and paraphernalia of a national political gathering the actual proceedings were vere suggestive of 0 a love feast not a dissenting voice waa was raised during the sess loil the question of negro representation from the salath bad had caused friction earlier in the day la a the national committee hut but thoro there wa a no echo ot of this fight on the floor of the convention the delegates wore were at tt times m e a explosive in their enthusiasm many elate state delegations came into the hall singing and shouting in their delight at the birth of tapi th new now party and thre three hours later left the building in the earno same happy frame of mind although green handa were supposed to be at the ham the machinery of the convention worked smoothly and efficiently there was no roll ALBERT J BEVERIDGE united state states senator from indiana call of delegates but the delegate section of the floor arranged in the samo manner as at the republican national convention a few weeks ago and accommodating nearly 1100 people was entirely filled tho the alter nate section also had its full quota work of the national committee on contested delegate cases caused a delay of nearly abree quarters of an hour in the assembling of the the convention during the alt the delegates amused themselves with songs and yells composed for the occasion while a band near the flag draped steel rafters and a grand army amy life and drum corpa on the stage vied each other in playing patriotic airs there yaa ivas a great cheer as senator dixon national chairman of the party par eye rapped tor for order thi thil was repeated later when the cell toll for the convention was read and thor thore was wag even greater enthusiasm when former senator deveridge beveridge of indiana waa was presented as the choice of tho the national com committee mitt for temporary chairman the formality of electing senator Beverl dge waa was not necessary and amid renewed t ak A 40 9 1 tl f 0 JUDGE BET BE B LINDSEY ho be wa was escorted to a place on the stage decorated bilth ith A gold badge and banded handed the co convention mention avel senator beveridge Beverl dge then deil delivered vered his keynote lie spoke tor for inoru ban than an hour and a halt expressing some of the advanced ideis of govern ment adopted by the now party and the ay for the een eden more p ro g ress i e i r 0 1 0 aal i to be made later t to 0 t the h c convention 0 n v e n t i 0 n b by r colonel roose felt velt the temporary chairman waa was given ven the closet attention throughout once he ment mention loit Preal dent taft la ilk connection with hie his approval of the payne larin tariff law and instantly there camo came a storm of jeers and groans from the crowd the standing committees were ao pointed in tho the usual way and then b br tr tore fore the first days daya proceedings were brought to a close jamea james II 11 I 1 H W JOHNSON governor of f california of ohio moved the appointment of ft A committee of fifteen to iorito colonel roosevelt to appear before the conven tion tuesday at noon the motion was carried with a whoop and with due ceremony the colonel coloni pl formats accepted governor hiram NV johnson ot of california seemed agreed upon monr iloilo day night as a the presidential vice nom aneo of the national progressive party to make the first fight light of the ge new po I 1 lotical organization with colcol Col nl theo dore roosevelt A colonel roosevelt eald said before he left oyster bay day that bo he favored the tho tv lection of a southern democrat as candidate th field vaa vas canvas canvassed sod carefully and it ie Is in u n der stood that the colonels suggestion wae was abandoned only alen it became evident that it wae was impossible 11 to de cde cide upon an available roan man |