The Irish standard., 1912-08-10

said; 1--WE stand by Colonel Roosevelt's
letter; we stand by his speech. And
as we stood by him at San Juan Hill,
10 we will stand by you in November
and fight for victory"
Miss Jane Adams of Hull House,
Chicago, was among those who sec
onded Colonel Roosevelt and she was
enthusiastically greeted.
The new party formally placed itself
on record as favoring equal suffrage
and further recognized the woman suf-
frage movement by providing for four
women members at large on the ma
tional committee.
Colonel Roosevelt, In his sneech of
acceptance, said:
"Mr. Chairman and men and wom-
en- who in this convention represent
the high and honest purpose of the
people of all of our country: I come
forward to thank you from my heart
for the honor you have conferred upon
me and to say that of course l &C.
cept."
In speaking of his running mate, Mr..
| Roosevelt said:
III Governor Johnson We have
man whose every word is made good
by the deeds that he has done. The
man who as the head of great state
| has practically applied in that state
| for the benefit of the people of that
state the principles which we intend
to apply throughout the union as q
whole. We have nominated the only
type of man We ever ought to be nomi
mated for the vice presidency; we have
nominated a man fit at the moment to
be president of the United States.
| To which Gov. Johnson, when HI
arose to accept his nomination replied:
''There is a new era, a new fight
a new struggle that is abroad now
a political creed that this great man
Colonel Roosevelt, preached even wher
he was in the White House; the great
creed of all human kind, Of giving to
every child in the race of life an equal
start; it is the creed in the last analy
sis Of humanity that is now the creed
of one of the great national parties in
the United States Of America.
"If in one little particle If in one
small degree, may tighten the bur
den Of this great man, this brave
fighter who is today doing the great
est and the bravest thing in his ca.
reer, than I shall feel we'll repaid in
this campaign"
II would rather go down to defeat
with Theodore Roosevelt than to &C
to victory with any other presidential
candidate"
II rise to second the nomination,
stirred by the splendid platform
adopted by this convention" said Miss
Jane Adams in seconding the nomi-
nation of Col. Roosevelt.
Measures of industrial ameliora.
ton, demands for social justice long
discussed by small groups in charity
conferences and economic associa-
tons, have heretofore been consider
ed in a great national convention, and
are at last thrust into the stern arena
, of political action.
"a great party has pledged itself to
the protection of children, to the care
of the aged, to the relief of overwork-
ed girls, to the safeguarding Of bur
dened men.
Committed to these humane under
takings, it is inevitable that such a
party should appeal to women, should
seek to draw upon the great reservoir
of their moral energy SO long undesir-
ed and unutilized in practical politics
one is the corallary of the other; a
progress of human welfare, the neces.
sity for womens participation.
Eve ratify this platform, not only
because it represents our earnest con.
victions and formulates our high
hopes, but because it pulls upon our
faculties and calls us to definite action.
We find in it prophecy that Demo
cracy shall be actually realized until
no group Of our people-certainly not
100000 of them SO sadly in need OF
reassurance-shall fail to bear the re-
sponsibiliities of self-government and
that no class of evils shall lie beyond
redress"