The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-08
AND PLATFORM RECEIVED
WITH ENTHUSIASM AMOUNTING To FRENZY

esting seconding speeches of the day
was that of F. R. Gleed of New York,
a negro. Gleed declared that the
negroes had faith in the new party;
faith that it would do all in its power
to right the wrongs of the race.
We stand by the PLATFORM" he
said. I'VE stand by Col. Roosevelt's
letter; we stand by his speech. And
as we stood by him at San Juan Hill.
SO we will stand by you in November
and fight for victory"
Chicago. was ampng those who sec
onded Col. Roosetelt and she was en-
Enthusiastically greeted. The new party
formally placed itself on record as fa-
voring equal suffrage and further
recognized the woman suffrage move
ment by providing for four women
members at large on the national
committee.
Col Roosevelt in his speech of ac-
ceptance said:
MIR. Chairman and men and wom-
en- in this convention representing the
high and honest purpose of the people
of all our country ] come forward to
thank you from my heart for the hon
or you have conferred upon me and to
say that of course | accept. 1 have
been president and ] have seen and
known much of life and ! measure my
words when ] say that I hold 1t by far
the greater honor and the greatest op-
portunity that has ever come to me to
be called by YOU the leadership for the
time being of this great movement in
the interests Of the American people.
And. friends. l wish now to say
how deeply sensitive a am for the way
in which the nomination has come to
- k~h
and seconded by nomination that ap-
preciate to the fullest extent the
significance of having such men and
such woman put me- in nomination;
and l wish to thank the convention for
having given me the running mate it
has given.
Il have a peculiar feeling toward
Governor johnson. Nearly two years
ago after the elections of 1910 when
what I had striven to accomplish in
New York had come to nothing and
when my friends. the enemy, exulted
possibly prematurely-over what
mad befallen me, Coy. Johnson then in
the flush of his triumph, wrote me a
letter which I shall hand on to my
children and children's children be-
cause of what the letter contained, and
because of the man who wrote it; a
letter of trust and belief, a letter of
ardent companionship from the SOL
dier who was at the moment victori-
Gus. toward his comrade who at the
moment had been struck down.
I'm Governor johnson we have a
man whose every tAvord 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 a
whole. We have nominated the only
type of man who ever ought to be
nominated for the vice presidency; we
have nominated a man fit at the mo-
ment to be president of the United
States.
Friends l have come here merely
to thank YOU from the bottom of my
heart for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me and to say that ! ap-
preciate it exactly as know YOU
meant it. For the greatest chance, the
greatest Gift that can be given to any
man is the opportunity, if he has the
counts in the interests of the common
good.
Il appreciate To the full the burden
nf responsibility. the burden of obli-
cation that YOU have put upon me. l
appreciate to the full that the trust
YOU impose upon me can be met by
me only in one way and that is by so
carrying myself that you shall have
no cause to regret or to feel shame