The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-15

Judge Ben B. Lindsey Of Denver, a
former Democrat, was early agreed
upon as permanent chairman of the
convention. Colonel Roosevelt en-.
dorsed the recommendation of Judge
Lindsey and the plan had been en-.
Enthusiastically approved by the dele.
gates.
Later, however, Judge Lindsey call.
ed on the colonel and had a long talk
with him. He said he had been sui.
fering from asthma and did not feel
physically capable of taking up the
work. Under the circumstances, Col
onel Roosevelt agreed to release him
and while it had not been finally de-
cided. it was said to be likely that
former Senator Albert Beverage of
Indiana, the temporary chairman.
would be continued as permanent pre-
siding officer.
When Colonel Roosevelt reached
Chicago he put in a stormy two hours
before he succeeded in Strengthening
out the tangle ove the c%ontesting
negro delegates from the South. AT.
ter he had been welcomed by a crowd
Of several thousand persons and had
made a speech on the street in front
Of his hotel, he went to his head.
quarters and took the helm.
Colonel Roosevelt declared that, al.
though 1t might cost him votes in the
northern states, he believed it was to
the best interest of the party to pro-
coed under white leadership in the
South.
Colonel Roosevelt during his ICON.
fession Of faith" at the convention
was heckled by a spectator who inter-
rupted with the demand:
what about the negro question:"
Instantly the convention was in an
uproar, but Colonel Roosevelt silenced
those OF his friends who objected to
the question and with the statement
that no one could ask him a question
he was afraid Of, the colonel then pro.
ceeded at some length to state his
views of the negro question.
He declared he hoped conditions
might improve in the South that at
Southern Progressive conventions
those states might send as delegates
negroes who would have the character
and standing of the negro delegates
from West Virginia, who he asserted.
were in those respects the equal of
their white associates.
In taking the stand he did to bar
the negroes sent from the South as
%contesting delegates to the present
convention, Colonel Roosevelt assert.
ed he was sitting in advance a con.
dition which had led to "the crushing
disaster and death of the great Re.
publican party ITSELF"
Colonel Roosevelt was cheered tn.
multuously when he entered the con.
vention hall and his speech, delivered
at the afternoon session, was listened
to attentively.
The former president discussed the
under twelve subdivisions:
Helplessness Of the Old Parties, Right
of the People to Rule, Courts and the
People, Constructive Control Of Trusts,
Rights of the Wake-Worker the Farm.
er, the Tariff, the High Cost of Liv.
ing, Currency, Conservation, Alaska
and International Ahairs-"The Two
Old PARTIES" he AYERS. "Are husks,,
with no real soul within either, divid!
ed on artificial lines, boss-ridden and
privilege-controlled."
Cheered wildly for ffty-seven min.
utes, Theodore Roosevelt was given
a reception on his arrival at the Coli.
so multuous that it left no doubt
of it's genuineness. Delegates and
visitors to the convention of the new
national progressive party transform.
ed the convention ha1l into a cheer.
ing, singing mob Of persons who pa.
raded the aisles, crowded their way
to the platform to shake hands with
the colonel and wave bandanna hand.
kerchiefs and state emblems and ban.
ners. During it all Roosevelt stood
on the stage, entering into the spirit
of the demonstration and with q smile
on his face.
At 1:46 p. m. Senator Beveridge fin.
ally secured order, in order that .
picture might be taken.