The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
CHEER FOR
7. r. AND
JOHNSON
$4,000 Sing Their.
Approval.
A REMARKABLE SCENE.
Union and Confederate VeteT-
ans FOndIy Embrace.
THOUSANDS JOIN IN DOXOLOGY
This Is Not Politics; This Is
Religion" Declare Senator
Dixon and Others, SPELL
bound by Enthu-
SiaSm.
THOUSANDS JOIN IN DOXOLOGY

CulCdgO, aug. S,-A1ter colonel Ine0-
dore Roosevelt of New York and Gov.
ernor Hiram w. johnson of California
had been nominated respectively for
president and vice president the dele.
gates to the Progressive convention
left for their respective homes conf
dent that their standard bearers had
more than a fighting chance for vic
tory.
Both nominations had been made by
acclamaion amid scenes of enthusi-
asm. The convention had been in ses-
sion since 10 O'Clock in the morning
The delay in making the nominations
was caused by exhaustive discussions
over the platform in the committee on
resolutions.
Colonel Roosevelt was put in nomina-
ton by Comptroller William A. Prem
dergast of New York and the nomina-
ton had been seconded by Judge Ben
jamin Lindsey of Colorado, Miss Jane
Adams Of Chicago Alexander T.
Hamilton Of Georgia, General Horatio
Q. King of New York, Colonel z. Lloyd
of Florida, General John II. Mcdowell
of Tennessee, Henry ]. Allen of Kan
sas, Ex-Governor Garvin of Rhode
Island, John J. Sullivan of Ohio and
Robert S. Fisher of Arizona.
Governor Johnson had been put in
nomination by Judge John NJ. Parker,
Democrat, of New Orleans, and the
nomination had been seconded by c. S.
Wheeler of California, James Il. Gar
field Of Ohio Bainbridge Colby of New
York, Frederick Lands of Indiana,
Raymond Robbins of Illinois, Clifford
Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Governor
Nessey of South Dakota, William Finn
of Pennsylvania and John Il. Clede, a
negro, of New York.
Great Audience Sings Doxoloey.
Colonel Roosevelt, arm in arm with
Governor Johnson, appeared before the
convention, and they were greeted
with the widest plaudits, a very bed
lam of a demonstration, and formally
accepted the nominations. The great
audience of 1900 souls sang the DoX-
ology to the accompaniment of q band,
the fife and drum corps, quartet of
trombones and cornets, and with the
benediction the convention adjourned.
At that moment the banner was
dropped from the girders on the roof
of the Coliseum with this legend:
Roosevelt and Johnson.
New York and California.
Hands across the continent.
For there is neither east nor west
Border, nor breed, nor birth.
When two strong men stand face to
face.
Though they came from the ends of the
earth.
From the very first moment to the
last this convention has had the ap-
pearance OF great religious revival.
Senator DiX~r and others remarked at
the close of tne scene:
This is not politics.; this is religion"
Like Great Moral Movement.
On the last day Of the convention all
the semblance of a great moral move.
ment was retained. At its opening
there were but G,OOO in the hall. 1t
was raining and muddy, but later In
the day great crowds filed the Coli
scum. The first militant religious
melody sung by the convention was,
onward, Christian Soldiers"
This was varied at times by the
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" and
the national melodies, all of which were
sung heartily, almost soulfully, by the
audience. The musical efforts Of the
convention have indeed been thrilling
ly Interesting.
When Comptroller Prendergast be-
gan his speech nominating Roosevelt
he was greeted as New York's next
governor, and from start TO finish he
was generously applauded. When he
closed by saying, ~ present to you
Americas greatest statesman and lion
hearted citizen, Theodore Roosevelt" {"
he turned on another demonstration
similar to that when Colonel Roose-