Milford chronicle., 1912-08-16
ROOSEVELT AND
JOHNSON NAMED
Ticket Nominated by the Pro-
gTGSSlVeS.
UPROAR IN THE CONVENTION
Nominees, Arm In Arm, Appeared Be-
fore Delegates and Were Greeted
With Widest Plaudits.

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fore Delegates and Were Greeted
With Widest Plaudits.
The Progressive party, the official
name Of the new party, adopted by the
convention in Chicago, completed its
ticket and nominated:
For president-TheOdore Roosevelt,
Of New York.
For vice president Hiram w. John
son. Of California.
Both nominations had been made by
acclamation amid stormy scenes OF en-
thusiasm.
Colonel Roosevelt was put in nomi-
nation by Comptroller William A.
Prendergast, of New York, and the
nomination had been seconded by
Judge Benjamin Lindsey, OF Colorado;
Miss Jane Adams, OF Chicago; Alex
ander T. Hamilton, Of Georgia; Gen
eral Horatio c. King, of New York;
Colonel T. p. Lloyd, Of Florida; Gen
eral John II. Mcdowell, of Tennessee;
Henry j. Allen, of Kansas eX-GOyer-
nor Garvin, Of Rhode Island; John J.
Sullivan, Of Ohio, and Robert S. Fish
e.. Of Arizona.
Governor Johnson had been put in
nomination by Judge John NJ Parker,
of New Orleans, and the nomination
had been seconded by c. S. Wheeler,
OF California; James r. Garfield, OF
Ohio; cambridge Colby, of New York;
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mond Robin, of Illinois; Clifford Pin
chot, OF Pennsylvania; Governor We
sey, Of South Dakota; William Finn,
OF Pennsylvania, and John X. Clede, a |
negro, Of New York.
Colonel Roosevelt, arm in arm with |
Governor Johnson, appeared before the |
convention and were greeted with the /
widest plaudits, a very bedlam Of a
and formally accepted |
the nominations. The great audience
Of $4,000 souls sang the DOxOlogy to
the accompaniment of a band, the file
and drum corps, a quartette of from
bones and cOrnets, with the minute
gun machine banging away up in the
organ loft, and with the benediction
he convention adjourned.
The following is an outline of the
platform as adopted by the conven-
ion:
The preamble, among other things,
Iays:
This country belongs to the people
Vho inhabit it. Its resources, its busi-
less, its institutions and its laws
ihould be utilized, maintained or al
cred in whatever manner will best
,romote the general interest 1t is
ime to set the public welfare in the
.rst place"
The platform deals with the old
arties, which it characterizes as the
Ools of corrupt interests which use
hem impartially to serve their selfish
urpOses.
"The deliberate betrayal of its trust
y the Republican party" it continues,
and the fatal incapacity of the Demo
ratio party to deal with the new is
les Of the new time, have compelled
lie people to forge a new instrument
government in the Progressive
arty."
Nationwide presidential preference
rimaries. primaries for state officials
short ballot, with responsibility to
.e people secured by the initiative,
sferendum and recall" an easy and
ypeditiOus method of amending the
deral constitution; effective national {
risdiction of problems which have I
,panded beyond reach of the indi- I
dual states; equal suffrage; publicity {
campaign expenditures and limita- t
IN of contributions, are some of the v
anks.
The platform pledges the party to
gislation forbidding federal appoin
es from holding office in state or ma b
NAL political organizations, or taking \
TT as delegates in state or nation9l J
INVENTIONS. n
The party demands such restrictions U
the power Of the courts as shall
I'VE to the people the ultimate au-
ority to determine fundamental
esions of social welfare and public u
Icy. 9
other planks declare for: Law pro A
ling for one day of rest in seven. pl
zee shifts of eight hours in continu- r
) industries; prohibition of the pre-
ture employment OF children: pro. !,
ion for insurance against hazards So
sickness. accident invalidism, in -
untary employment and old age: -
engthening and efficient enforce
Mt of pure food laws; establishment
federal department in which shall
combined all agencies relating L. wi
,lic health; revival of the country Ia
commission and cooperation by ba
government with the farmer to
ke the farm more productive: pro ga
on for rural banking and rural
dts, and Strengthening of the anti lov
st laws against a monopoly and so. y
practices. Xxx
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