The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-24
Colonel Roosevelt viii Make
the Keynote Speech
On the First Day of the Bull
Moose Convention.
1T WILL BE A LONG ONE
Will Deal Largely With Control
of Corporations.
Chauncey Dewey Has Been
Made Sergeant at Arms.

Chicago, July 24.-One part of the
program for the National Progressive
party convention was settled today
with the announcement that Col
Theodore Roosevelt would address the
| delegates in a keynote speech at the
Coliseum the evening of the first
days session, August 3. 1t was point
ed out that the speech would follow
the address of President Taft accept
ing the Republican domination, Au-
gust 1, and would precede Governor
Wilson's acceptance speech, August T.
The colonePs friends say he will
have, therefore, an excellent oppor-
tunity to contrast his position and
principles with the views of both old
party nominees. Chauncey Dewey
was selected by the advisory com
mittee as sergeant at arms of the ma
tional convention.
colonel Approves 'sBuII Moose"
Oyster Bay. July 24.-CoIonel
Roosevelt's neighbors in oyster Bay
adopted the name "Bull Moose" today
and thereafter the Roosevelt Progress
i've club of Oyster Bay formed last
week will use it. Doubts that the colo
mel would approve the name were
cleared away by the colonel himself
In his speeach in New York he said:
''I see the bull moose is a pretty
vigorous animal"
calls Contests ssBIuffs.,
Washington, July 24.-Specific de-
malls of the claims of the Roosevelt
managers that their candidate had
been improperly deprived of delegates
in the Chicago convention in the con-
tested cases brought either before the
natic nal or credentials committee was
made in speech delivered in the
house today by Representative Mon
dell of Wyoming, who was a member
of the credentials committee He
characterized the contests as mere
bluffs without shadow of substantial
ton.
Mondell presented a categorical re-
view of contests using data which it
was understood later would be given
out from the White House in an at
tempt to correct what the admins
tration held to be a wrongful concep-
ton by the public of events at Chi
cago. The speaker declared that Colo
mel Roosevelt and some of his support
ers in voicing charges of fraud had,
by their vehemence af1d persistence in
a period of unrest and suspicion, "pro-
foundly influenced many good people
Speech Will Be a Long One.
Oyster Bay, July 24.-Soon after
sunup today Colonel Roosevelt was up
and at work in his library attending to
subjects which required immediate at
tention so he might "have a day Off"
After an early breakfast he and Mrs.
Roosevelt disappeared trudging down
the hill toward Cold Springs harbor.
Roosevelt has obtained a copy of the
full report of the Stanley congressional
investigation committee and expects to
make reference to it in his speech on
August before the delegates to the
Chicago convention.
His speech virtually was completed,
but Colonel Roosevelt saw in the re-
port further material for what he has
to say about control of corporations,
which will be one of his most impor-
tant themes. The speech will be one
of the longest which the colonel has
ever made and he has given instruc
tions that unusual precautions be
taken to prevent it's contents from be-
known in advance of delivery.