The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-21
Convention Representing All the States May be Held Early
 in August Many Roosevelt Leaders, Includ- ing Governor Hadley, Re- fuse to Join in Bolt But Record Asserts That Magni- tude of Popular Vote Will Not be Measured by
 Delegates Who
 Quit

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 Chicago, June 21.-As. illustrating the completeness of the break between the new progressive party and the regular Republican organization, plans are being worked out by the Roose- welt managers looking to big non- partisan progressive convention to be held early in August, at which a nationwide organization can be per. fected, a platform adopted and a ticket named. Unless some action or the regular. Republican convention now in session looking for the earlier action by the progressives, this plan will be carried out.
 Woodrow Wilson is the man d. ready talked of as running mate for evelt-assuning that Roosevelt will be the candidate of the new party, in the event that. Wilson is not to be named at Baltimore. William J. Bryan is also prominently men- toned.
 It is contended by George Record. of New Jersey, who is strong for this program, that Roosevelt and Wilson are really radicals of equal de- gree and belong in the same party and that Taft and Harmon are in fact representatives of the same in terests.
 The time for the new alignment, the Roosevelt men said, has come and the mass convention will be the next big step after the present bolt from the old line organization has worked out.
 .It is time to shake Penrese, Crane and Root,'' said Record. They should herd by themselves in sa>party which stands openly for special priNi- Iexe and the porvereions of the courts. we who stand for human rights and for social justice have nothing in com mon with them and we ought to go with clean Democrats like Ben Lind sey. Bryan and others of their kind We have faith that the country is ready to respond to this call"
 The Roosevelt people are encour- aged by the notice of Alton B. Parker as temporary chairman at Baltimore, and are hoping that the convention there will choose some reactionary candidate like Harmon or Under wood. This would result in two con- seryative party candidates, with Roosevelt as one progressive.
 Chicago, June 21.-That they are witnessing the birth of a new party and that this is the intention of and will be the effect of Colonel Roose- velt's announcement that he will go on with his fight regardless of the action of the Republican convention, is the big fact just beginning, today, to penetrate the minds of the thOus- ands of Republican politicians gath cred here.
 Though the launching of a new party is always a very serious thing, especially to those who live by poll tics, it has been accompanied by scenes which are without precedent episodes, the participants in which say will be handed down by history.
 Those who are, today, fixing the time of the new party's birth, name Thursday at 1:40 a. m., when a score of the. closer friends of Colonel Roose- velt-those who changed at the time to be gathered at his rooms for a conference-saw him suddenly emerge from the inner room clutching a bunch of manuscript.
 "Gentlemen, listen, I have some thing to read to you,' came in snappy tones of the former president. The manuscript proved to be his address to his friends-delegates and others that he would lead a fight for his principles in support of any action of the regular Republican as then constituted.
 There was just one 'if'' in the document. All present knew there was no possibility that the convention would unseat the national commit tees list of delegates. seat the Rooxe- welt delegates and nominate Roose- welt. .'If'' they did the Colonel would regard the convention as legal, other wise he would refuse to regard it as legal. regular or binding. The open~ ing of the address to his assem- mbled friends was an expression of grati- tude to those who had come thus far in his fight but who might not care to continue with him further. These, he said, he released and would pant with on terms of friendship and un- diminished gratitude
 During the reading of this part of the address there was silence almost funereal.. Men were standing packed closely about the Colonel. GrizAled political veterans wiped tears from their eyes, making no effort to con- ceal their emotions. A long series of involved political situations are said to have led up to the Co.oneTs sud- den announcement but the immediate cause was his determination to over- ride the advice of many about him who were urging that he wait until his friends had pursued their fight to purge the roll up to the formal adop- tion of the credentials committee re- port.
 Governor Hadley, of Missouri. who had acted as floor leader of the fight was urging strongly that no decisive step be taken until all this had been done.
 But word had come to the Roose- welt headquarters that Governor Had icy had been in a midnight confer ence with Charles W. Fairbanks and