Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-07
THE BULL MOOSE HAS BROKEN LOOSE Teddy Makes His "Confes sion of Faith' to the
 Progressives.
HE RAPS THE NEGRO
Says COlOred Delegates From South Diseraced the Race-LindSay
 For Vice President.

Chicago, Aug. 6-Theodcre Roose- for the Presidency, this afternoon told a wildly applauding convention that he was against the Soa; hern ne- gro, for woman suffrage against the trusts. for the in tative. referendum and he recall; against the wrong for the right; against William H. Taft and fer Theodore Roosevelt. He did this in an hour and 55 minutes, con- c!uding with the assertion that he again stands as Armagedden and battles for the Lord.
 When the delegates to Mr. Roose- velt's convention had heard this pro- nouneement of their progress they sang together like the spheres for five or ten minutes, and then began discussing the vice presidency. At a late hour tonight, Governor John son, of California; was still on the slate, although Ben P. Lindsey, of Colorado, had opened vice pres 'den- tial headquarters and was trying to head him off
 Today's session was singularly free 1 from that spirit of strife and conten- ton which malred the serenity of the Colonels former visit. The leader of the Progressives was checTed for f fty minutes, (the record) when he arrived and stood bareaeaded before the multitude waving red bandana Mrs. Roosevelt, for the first time in her life, caught the enthusiasm, that l prevailed and fluttered another ban 1 dana at her husband. At 3:30, the 1 convention, having sunk itself hoarse, 1 took an adjournmet till II o'clock Wednesday, morning when nomna- tions will be made, a platform, cut from the Colonel's address, adopted, l and a committee appointed to run the coming campaign. The Colonel did not do any fancy prophesying about a victory at the polls. He con ] tended himself with avowing that if all the people can be walked up to the needs of the political fight he will be the next president.
 Two apparent plants" gave him an opportunity to answer questions abou, the Mississippi river improve ment and question of casting the negroes from the South into utter darkness. Concerning the Mississippi chinery now employed on the Panama canal should be brought up to deepen the Mississippi river. In answer to a question about the negro the Colonel said 'I think that the Amer ican people is mighty good people to lead and mighty poor people 10 ] drive l regret that everybody who ! has been to Republican national convention knows that the character of the colored delegates has been such as to discredit the party and disgrace the race. We are standing against the brutality of the Demo- crats and the hypocrisy fthe Re- publicans on this question:
 The Colonel arrived very shortly 1 after temporary chairman Beveridge had called the convention to order at 1:35. He burst through the curtain of cops that yelled the entrance to the stage like comic opera tenor coming to the rescue of the enslaved soprano.
 In half an hour the Colonel had re- ceived all of those who cared to ven ture up to him. Beveridge. who had been standing beside him, beat lus- tily fer order with the gavel. Then Colonel sailed into his speech with | energy.