Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-14
THE TWO BULL MOOSE HEADS.
Roosevelt for President; JOHNSON, Of
California, for Vice President.

delegates to the first national con.
vention Of the new Progressive part,
tonight acclaimed Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. Of New York, as thei,
candidate for President, and Cover.
nor Hiram w. Johnson, OF California
as their choice for Vice President.
Marking new departure in the
proceedings of national conventions
tho two candidates Immediately were
informally notified Of their nomina-
tion, and in the midst Of deafening
cheers appeared before the delegates
to voice their acceptance and to
pledge their best efforts to the com
ing campaign.
For several hours during the af-
ternoon and early evening the big
throng in the Coliseum had listened
to flow Of oratory in nominating
and seconding speeches, in which the
dominant note expressed was the be-
lief that victory would come to the
new party in the November elections.
Raymond Robbins, Of Illinois, pledg-
ed 100000 majority for the ma
tional ticket in Illinois, and Clifford
Pinchot predicted 100000 major
ity for Col. Roosevelt and Governor
johnson In his home State of Penn
sylvana. These statements were
cheered to the echo.
The party formally christened it.
self THE Progressive Party" leaving
out the prefix "nationar by which
1t has heretofore been known, but
provision was made for the recogni-
tion OF "real' progressives in any Of
the States by whatever name they
should be locally designated because
Of State laws.
The convention adjourned at 7.24
p. m. with the delegates singing the
"DoXology" in lusty voices. During
the three days 1t was in session there
was not a single roll call, nor a bal
lot taken. The delegates asked no
such formalities either in placing
their candidates In nomination or in
voting for them. There was not a
voice IN opposition either to Col
Roosevelt or Governor Johnson.
Roosevclt's Acceptance.
Col. Roosevelt, in his speech of ac-
ceptance, said:
"Mr. Chairman and men and wo-
men, who in this convention repre-
sent the high and honest purpose of
the people of all over our country,
come forward to thank you from my
heart for the honor you have confer
red upon me, and to say that, of
course, | accept. l have been Presi-
dent and l measure my words when
| say ! have seen and known much
OF life, hold it by far the greatest
honor and the greatest opportunity
that has ever come to be called by
you to the leadership for the time
being OF this great movement in the
interests Of the American people.
"And, friends, | wish now to say
in which the nomination has come to
me and to tell those who proposed
and secon ded my nomination that |
appreciate to the full the Significance
OF having such men and such a wo-
man put me In nominations; and
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 In
1910, when what | had striven to ac-
complish in New York had come to
nothing, and when my friends, the
enemy. eXulted-possibly premature
ly-ovcr what had befallen me. Gov
own triumph, having just won out,
wrote me a letter which | shall. hand
on to my children and childrcn's chill
dren because OF what the letter con-
tanned and because Of the man who
wrote 1t; a letter Of trust and belief,
a letter Of ardent championship from
the soldier who was at the moment
victorious, toward his comrade who
at the moment had been struck
down. In Governor Johnson we
have man whose every word IS
made good by the deeds that he has
done. The man who, as the head Of
a 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
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