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Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
hraska. New Jersey, North Carolina
North and South Dakota, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia viii
lust naturally become adjuncts of the
Roosevelt national machine which
George w. Perkins's money is to oper-
ate.
They think It likely that Kansas may
be added TO this list and they are al
most certain that Ohio Will be. They
paint rosy pictures Of the transformation
in these states from Republican regular
ity to Rooseveltlsm, based on primary
votes within the Republican party ana
the conduct of the delegates from those
states TO the national convention just
ended.
In any case the Roosevelt men mere
are not in the least respondent or dis
couraged. They are angry, though, ana
vengeful. Their feeling may be gaugeu
by the remark Of a Roosevelt orator from
Massachusetts who informed thronS
gathered in the Florentine Room to-day
that 1.-The cadaver was nominated az
fraudulent convention and Hercules az
the real convention last night
The Roosevelt delegates had meet
ing to-day, at which Governor Johnson
nresided 1t was called to devise some
plan of procedure for the future. Every
body there took it solemnly Governor
Johnson announced, In fact, lnat II was
q solemn occasion, this start on 'he
road to political freedom The same
feeling. coupled with the fact that II was
Sunday, impelled somebody to ask thdI
there be a prayer The Rev. Or. w. H.
Mtxson, Of Selma, Ala, huge, 'oa'
black negro, who was one Of the cast out
delegates from that state, felt the call or
the spirit. He led the assem- blage in re-
heating the 23d Psalm, and then prayed
earnestly for the spirit Of fervid patriot
ism to descend on the men about TO take
this venture and their leaders.
Tbereupon Mr.. Garfield moved the for
nation of the steering committee or
seven TO study the state laws and out
limo a course Of action TO suit each case
and present it TO the Roosevelt conVen-
ton. This committee also Will choose
the Mace and date for that assembly in
August.
AS he declared this motion carried
Governor Johnson burst forth, There
the birth Of new party" lie declared
that he had watched Colonel Roosevelt
"when we were angry and indignant at
the outrages perpetrated here
Colonel Always Serene, He Says.
During all that time" said he
"CoIonel Roosevelt never lost his seren-
ity. He always kept his temper even
when we were saying things unit Tor
notification, and he always fought on
He possesses as does not other living
man holiness and courage. ! want 10
impress on you that fact We're gong
10 lose a man here and there, ana there
NAV be q Governor or two. But thd'
will make no difference. There are men
enough and even Governors enough, TO
go right ahead on the right line and win.
We'll do our part in the West. You
men can do yours wherever In the couh-
try YOU are. Be not afraid. You VIII
have against you the newspapers owned
bv the interests and you will be under
pressure from officeholding politicians
lost to all sense of right and the great
moral questions. But we know, II we
have real courage. there is no doubt OF
the result"
Somebody suggested that the infant
political identity then and there have d
tag affixed 10 1.-THE National Progress
sive party. Garfield, however, who was
running the business end Of the meeting
while Johnson attended to the oratory'
6gured that the name Of the child-like
plans for bringing IT up-ought to be
left TO the steering committee. He also
wanted to choke off further oratory, but
a white man who had been Roosevelt
delegate in Tennessee and negro from
Virginia anticipated him.
The negro said 80 per cent OF his race
would support Roosevelt wherever they
we're and he drew picture OF Roosevelt
triumphant and a jubilant American
eagle. its beak dipped in the five sweet
waters of the North, its tail wabbiing
I'm the bright blue waters OF the Gulf
ITS right wing beating the raging Allan
tic and it's left wing bathed in the calm
waters Of the. peaceful Pacific"
The allegiance Of Kansas and Missouri
and Illinois to the Roosevelt third party
10 going TO give some uneasy moments
% the men who have to build the Roose-
welt machine.
Governor Deneen OF IlliSpis has practi-
caIlv deserted Roosevelt. Vie and his fol-