The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

State, threw into the ring during the
Characterized Roosevelt as a man COM
bining the leadership OF Washington.
the statesmanship Of Jefferson, and the
democracy Of Lincoln" before whom
the greatest captains of industry have
humbly bowed their heads.
He also characterized the colonel as
a fearless friend OF labor" more than
a citizen. a national asset" and ''Ameri-
cas- greatest statesman"
When he finished somebody in the gal
lery put straw hat. bound with a ban
danna handkerchief, on the head OF the
bull moose which adorned one OF the
side walls. A woman threw a red straw
hat into the ring, and It was carried
about on the end OF a long stick by a
party of frenzied suffragists.
Jane Addam. Speaks.
Three bands and fife and drum corps
We'd with each other in playing national
airs and making noise. An American
flag containing forty-eight stars was un-
furled for the first time, and the crowd
grew frenzied.
When order was restored Judge Ben
B. Lindsey, of Colorado. seconded the
nomination Of Col Roosevelt. and was
followed by Miss Jane Adams. one Of
the Illinois delegates-at-large; Alexander
T. Hamilton, of Georgia; Gen. Horatio
c. King. of New York: Col. T p. Lloyd,
OF Florida, a Confederate veteran; John
II. Mcdonald. OF Tennessee. another
Confederate veteran; Henry T. Allen of
Kansas; Lucius F. c. Garvin. Of Rhode
Island: John ]. Sullivan, OF Ohio. and r.
S. Fisher, Progressive candidate for Gov.
ernor or Arizona, with seconding
speeches
Dean Lewis. of the University of Penn
sylvania, chairman OF the resolutions
committee, then reported that the final
draft of the platform was ready to be
submitted to the convention. He read
the document consuming the best part of
an hour In doing so. The platform IS a
purely Rooseveitian document, radical in
many parts. and containing all Of the COL
oners pet policies. 1t was practically re-
written to-day, when the final committee
draft did not suit the colonel
Following the adoption of the report,
John NJ. Parker placed the name il Hi
ram w. Johnson in nomination for the
Vice Presidency. A nine minutes dem
onstration for johnson followed. and the
crowd again went wild when Judge Lind
sey got up to second the nomination. He
declared that he had never sought the
office for himself. but that a number of
his friends had urged his candidacy. He
moved that the nomination of johnson
be made unanimous.
Roosevelt Accepts.
Seconding speeches were made by c.
5. Wheeler. OF San FraScisco; James r.
Garfield. Of Ohio; B. Colby. Of New York:
Frederick lands. Of Indiana: Frank s.
Funk. candidate for Governor OF Illinois:
Clifford Pinchot, Gov. r. $. Vessey. of
South Dakota, and "BTl" Finn. of
The nomination was put through with
a whoop at SIS o'clock, and Col Roose-
Welt and Gov. johnson were ushered into
the hall by the committees appointed
for that purpose. A demonstration last
ing ten minutes was accorded the nom
inees.
In ten-minute speecr Col Roosevelt
accepted the nomination, declaring IL
the greatest honor which had ever been
conferred upon him and consecratIng
himself to the Progressive cause. He
dwelt long on Johnson's record as a
Progressive and ended up by predicting
a Progressive victory in November.
johnson spoke five minutes, returning
Roosevelts compliments. and declaring
that he would rather go down TO de-
feat with Theodore Roosevelt than 10
victory with any other man"