Show ROOSEVELT CHOICE OF progressives PROGRESS IVES JOHN M PARKER OF LOUISIANA GIVEN SECOND PLACE ON THIRD PARTY TICKET r colonel roosevelt has Decline ed to is accept nomination at this thi T time Z and Progress progressives ives my may he have to choose another candidate chicago june 10 in the losing closing hours ot of a kourday four day session theodore roosevlt roosevelt was nominated tor for jent dent by the progress progressive v a national loon con fention vent ion the colonel being chosen 1 a without opposition john M parker of louisiana was the unanimous choice ot of the conven conen that lion tor far vice president but ant it Is ie by no means certain th thai at col colonel net roosevelt will make the tha r race c or the presidency on oil the progressive joke three minutes before the conven bi ion adjourned i until doubt another ther time chair chairman raymond robins read to them hem a brief message from oyster bay in which mr me roosevelt declined to accept the nomination at this time flew few of the thousands in the vast auditorium some ot of whom had he it ern the colonel named in an even wilder burst of enthusiasm tour four ye years age 91 realized when robins rapped hir him gavel at 4 58 and declared the con bention set I 1 on adjourned dim armed sine m tile die that 1 in a law few hours or a few weeks they might be a party without the oua one leader to whom tty had come to ahle chicago go to give the pledge of loyalty aith nd ad faith the significance of colonel belts message with its announcement that hat it if the progressive national corn coia cittee found the subsequent stats state ments meet of charles evans evana hughes the tha republican stan standard dato bearer to its lik ilk X theodore roosevelt vat ing his him non acceptance of the pro gressle nomination should stand as 1 LIB his last word was lost in n that tired throng worn out by its own eritha sisin by long delays over peace par leys alsy alb the republicans and by the discussion of a platform on which it must at g go into the field if at all against both the forces force of democracy and republics ism nunn none of th feeling that some me ot of them later betrayed when they had opportunity V f digest the colonels Oat statement ement had bad time to flat flare out when lie be gavel felt fell they trooped out into chicago fl vl beeta ts tor for home while the tha band ban played play faintly and the flags that had flaur flaunted I 1 sit so proudly through all we the stormy sessions long were folded and ad the ban banners ere p put ut away an ay bet before ore they left the hall ball the it dele gates galos remembered one of fit the ease flat of a cara campaign paig in re response to lo the spite of the Imi leaders alers they pr cromuel promis omuel eil mors more than aso 80 to carry on the light fight it was pledged in anth enthusiasm sid and the contributions tumbled 1 in al 1 wont moat as fast a aa thy chiy could be r re corded the only protect of the day r came to a is few w minutes mikules before the leaders rest th the 0 announcement ammu from colonel an 1 f C roosevelt when william ill flinn ol 01 1 PI t tilous proposed the adopt adoption io of at a ni rule 1 malch luch permits permit the be national nal earn corn ca t t to a lill I 1 a on the ticks ticket imes th there we was a choi us of noes fr from over re the hall ball but it was lost I 1 in th the explanations of those tha who at stood ad up upon the that this thia be has but a per tur fure cory fory thing done U all it louI elt olovene as to provide lor for deith death or other casualties it was aaa adopted then immediately I 1 the com communication munica ion from ostar crater buy bay k kuofen no n to all leaders tor far at least I 1 an hour before I 1 ii ai preen presented ted we wat read to the convention in a momma of tense dramatic silice the gavel at fell with a last b bing E most almost UA a it was finished |