The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-22


gregational church of this city, was
interviewed by the Daily Republican,
relative to the third party convention
which he attended in hat city last
week.
what do you think of the
ton, Mr.. Mair?" he was asked.
What do | think of it? Well, sir,
it was a big, IA very big convention.
| never attended a national political
convention before, n ave no init
mate knowledge of the size and spirit
of other meetings of the kind, but |
heard policemen and others who had
witnessed many national conventions
say that for size, intensity of spirit
and oratory it was never surpassed.
The opening day was Monday. Fully
ten thousand people were present in
the Coliseum when Temporary
Chairman Beveridge called the con-
vention to order. There was I'M
bounded enthusiasm from the first
minute to the last. The second day
was a record breaker for attendance.
There were fifteen thousand people
in the building during the great DEM
onstratiOn of 5S minutes for ROoSe-
welt and his two hour speech. That
demonstration was something never
to be forgotten. Half a dozen bands
furnished the music and thousands
of lungs the noise, and together they
produced al effect that seemed at
times almost to lift the great steel
rafters off the building. The noise
was so great at times that n could
not have heard heavy thunder. All
sorts of noise producing devices were
employed. There We're yells; there
was the mooing of the moose which
always brought out roars of laugh
ter, for it was something original
and certainly effective. There was
marching, singing of the old hymns,
religious and secular, waving of ban
ners, whistling and stamping of feet.
1t was pandemonium. After this had
continued fifteen or twenty minutes
Beverage thought it was time to get
down to business and gave the table
u tremendous whack with the big
govel. 1t simply electrified the null
titude, and the noise hat followed
his first effort to restore order was
deafening. Several times he pounded
the table, and always with the same
effect, till it seemed that the resound.
ing whacks on the table we're part oil
! the program. y
Roosevelt's Speech.
"At the end of 5S minutes of this
. kind of thing, Roosevelt began his
speech. and for two hours outlined
2 his policies. 1t was something new ir
/, American politics for a candidate
Tor the presidency to appear before
the nomination was made. At the
, conclusion of the speech another
demonstration equal to the first oc
g Cured, and it went on for AS min
/, utes. The convention took itself yer,
seriously. The delegates believe,
they were called to Chicago to pro
tect and to preserve the rights ant
privileges of the people. At first the
Chicago papers considered the con
, vention as "a + of huge joke, IN
their reports of the proceedings wer,
tainted with ridicule and prejudice
but long before the convention ad
journed the whole city realized tina
e the spirit and purpose and size of tn
convention had a most serious signi
%ficance, and the treatment of TIL
meeting by the press was FINAL.
quite different. l am of the opinion
that the Roosevelt ticket is going t.
t surprise the country by the magni
tudS vi tllC support IL VIII lCCClNc Il
the November election. We can no
dodge the fact that right or wrop
Roosevelt has the largest persona
{ following of any man in America to
S day, and We do know that il
every state with in the last 81
Z months where the people have ha,
e the privilege of expressing themsel
YES at the polls Roosevelt has bee
V the easy winner, North Dakota an,
n Wisconsin excepted. The fight is be
tween the third party and the demo
cratic party"
S far as you could discover, MI
n MAR, what was the character o
those composing the ~convention?'
'9t The Character Shown.
II a probably best answer thi
question by telling you who we're no
there. The low browed professional
ward-heeler was not there. The polit
ical boss as we understand the mean
| ing of that word was not there. TIL
Southern federal Office holder wa
not there. The trained, seasoned an,
powerful office holder and political
were not there. The convention wa
made up of representative men an
women. j say women for there wer
C WHY uSiS6otCSs ~ u
. Adams of Chicago, being at tn
head of the Illinois delegation. Man,
of the delegates were taking part il
politics for the first time. Every elias
t and calling / think was represented
There were several prominent demo
Gratis in the convention. John M
Parker of New Orleans and Gen. Nc
Dowell of Nashville, were two o
these. The latter has been a life Ion,
democrat and is an ex-confederat
soldier. He made one of the NOTABLE
speeches of the convention, and will
stump the state of Tennessee thi
fall for Roosevelt. The leading spirit
of the convention, and who were il
control, and it was control too, 70
never was a meeting of this kin,
more absolutely dominated by TIL,
minds of a select few than was thit
convention, are some of the mos
distinguished citizens of the country
The organization was perfect. Their,
was no friction, and leaders and dele
5 gates were a unit in everything. Blu
the forces were organized perfectly