The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-24
BY LINDSAY DENISON.

Roosevelt remained quietly in his Nv
ing rooms in the Congress Hotel
most OF the morning. before taking
the Twentieth Century Limited Tor
New York He had short confer
ence with the Illinois Roosevelt dele
cation. II developed that enmities
have arisen between his personal
friends and the hottest advocates OF
the Roosevelt Revolution" The
words are william Allen Whites.
The nomination OF pronounced pro-
eresslve by the Democratic convention
will make no change In the plans OF
Col. Roosevelt 10 head the new party.
A positive statement came from Roose-
welt after some discussion around the
headquarters of the possibility that n
known progressive might receive the
Democratic presidential nomination.
In answer 10 the question "Wlll your
position be Influenced by any act OF the
Baltimore conyention." Col. Roosevelt
said:
''It will not he I shall not depart
from what said on Saturday night. |
shall accept the progressive nomination
On a progressive platform and shall
hght the battle through TO the end
This town Ia still tingllng to-day with
that Roosevelt meeting OF Saturday
night. II makes no difference how
cynical one may have come to be
regarding the Roosevelt tradition or
myth. whichever one piesses to call II,
that meeting was an event.
4,. tea 10
when Theodore Roosevelt walked out
on the platform will ever forget the
surging feelings which, stirred up In
his heart from the time when the
audience first rose and screamed until
Roosevelt finished the speech. which
was not 80 much an expression OF his
own convictions. bitter AZ they were.
~ II was a reflection OF the wrathfui
fighting spirit embodied In the men
apd women before him.
Men who have jeered at Theodore
Roosevelt stood up and waved thei-
arms and cheered until their voices
were hoarse whispers. They walked
out into tho street after It was over
and argued with one another. each IN
sistlng that the other had not fully
understood how big were the feelings
loose IN the hall.
There was no public notice that the
Orchestra Hall meeting was 70 be held.
Word was passed from mouth to mouth
two hours before 1t was held. Mich
!gan avenue was blocked from Adams
70 Monroe street an hour before the
proceedings started. The thing was
In the air.
There was to be a hght. The message
vas flashed all over the city wherever
Republican convention people happened
70 be that the battle cry was to be
sounded at Orchestra Hall. 1t has been
customary TO call political meetings
rallies" For once the term made
itself tr1e. In that Orchestra Hall
meeting was the wild howl OF coyotes
scootiag through the sage brush. the
dull growl OF New York's east side. the
hiss OF the waste places of the north
and the piuttsr-plutter OF the fountains
among the palm trees.
Ne MERELY VOICED FIERCE
ANGER OF CROWD.
Yes. laugh II you Will: you were not
there. You did not see conventional
women OF the staidest sort lean forward
on their arms and sob as though their
hearts were breaking. You did not sec
the other kind of woman twho thinks
she is conventionaD stand up on her
seat and scream ane scream like girl
in a reformatcry &c; lshing out
Theodore Roosevelt the Individual did
not figure except as a spokesman OF tho
angry heart OF a GROVE which had
sulked and sulked until II was ferment-
ing TO the bursting point. Bat after
johnson OF California had fed fire 10
them and Prendergast had played on the
feelings until everybody was trembly.
Theodore Roosevelt. the embodiment OF
all that stands for Aght. walked out on
that platform and played on the meeting
as though II had been a player-plano.
The man was beside himself. lie had
typewritten speech IN his hands. From
IT, now and again. he read the words OF
Pinchot, OF Van ValkenOurg, OF Munsey
OF any and all the more or less fanatl.
cal self constituted tribunes OF the peo'
pie who have attached themselves t.
him Bnt In the main he struck gu
anew. He said the thing which wer,
In the minds OF the mad hundreds VIII,
filled the seats before him. lie did no
know half the time what he was saying
The big fighting tune played Itself will
Roosevelt as the instrument.
SWEPT THEM OFF THEIR FEE
WITH FIGHT"
A lot Of people with sodden automati
minds sat around and said to eac
other;
I'VE are seeing the funeral OF the Re
publican party. We are seeing hlstor
"A
over"
In the seat next to The Evening Worl
reporter was a wonder OF the universe
one OF those elected by his choice o
lie &c see mems heads sliced of s
CHINA. to gallop unscathed across Sout
American piazas in the midst Of reyo