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gin to act rather than to waste our
time in talking"

gin to act. rather than to waste our
time in talking"
Mr.. Garfield said they realized that
extreme care must be taken in the or
ganization OF the movement. Each
state, he said. must work out its own
problem Of organization, and adapt it,
self to the laws which govern the se-
lection of candidates for the electoral
college.
1T would be idle for us at this
time." he continued. ito attempt to
suggest even the outline of method
Of organization. All we can do now Is
to avoid serious mistakes and make an
appeal which will be heard by all seri-
Gus minded men and women through
out the country"
Mr.. Garfield made motion. which
was adopted, directing Governor
seven.
To Governor Johnson's declaration
that this act meant the birth of the
party. he added: II have watched
Theodore Roosevelt. who is now in
another room in this same building.
mis- means more to that man in the
.ss g. room than to me or you. And
ye.ss.efr the last week. when we
able to has kept ans his wsre sareni42 ua
even when we expressed our feelings
IN language which was not fit for pub
lication. In the midst Of it ali he
never lost his courage. his fighting
spirit For the love of God--I say
this reVerently-cannot we have some-
thing OF this fighting spirit of his?
Must Fight.
I'VE may lose man here and there.
even a governor. But what does it
matter? There are enough Of us to
go forward. II We can get the spirit
the result than there is that we are
assembled here in solemn conclave, at
time Of crisis in the history of this
great nation. We will do our part in
the west. You Of other sections must
90 yours. The only thing is. be not
AS he was about to adjourn the
NEE. meeung southern delegate arose
with the suggestion that the new party
should be chistened then and there.
Mr. Garfield opposed the idea, saying
that this matter and all others should
be left to the national convention
which it is proposed to call together
within few weeks. The name pro-
gressive party was most in favor, but
no action was taken.
Holds Conferences.
Colonel Roosevelt was at church
while the meeting was in progress.
On his return he began a series of con-
ferences with his leaders. the last be-
fore they return to their homes.
Senator Dixon was with Colonel
Roosevelt much of the day although
the colonel made it plain that the man
who had conducted his campaign dur
ing the past four months would not be
the leader in the next few weeks at
would assume with him the RESPONSE
bility of directing the work for an in
definite period. until the new organi-
zation assumed definite shape.
To Unite.
Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor any
of his leaders attempted to give any
precise idea Of the lines along which
the organization would be nodded.
Some OF his advisers were opposed to
the plan of placing the movement
definitely on the basis of third party,
on the ground that they would alien
ate the republican organizations of
states in which the supporters of
Colonel Roosevelt are in control. They
suggested that these organizations
continue their present existence with
the support OF the Roosevelt republi-
tickets be named. with the under
standing that the republicans elected
to the electoral college from these
states were to vote for Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt, while willing to
make no definite statement on this
point said that the committee Of seven
would be composed in part of demo-
Gratis. A report which was circulated
widely had it that democrat prob
ably would be named as the candidate
for vice president on the ticket with
Colonel Roosevelt
While some Of the leaders of the
movement in public statements said
that they were confident of victory for
Colonel Roosevelt. in private CONVEX
sation they explained that it would be
impossible for them to have any idea
of the prospects for several weeks.
They made no secret of the fact that
in their opinion the outcome of the
national convention will be
of high Importance to them. Should
a democrat Of the conservative type
be nominated, they believe that they
will be in a position to appeal strong
ly to progressive democrats, with the
chance of making some headway in
the south