The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
'ROOSEVE[1'S BULL MOOSE CONVENTION
Meets TO NOMINATE HIM FOR PRESIDENT

Even the name Of the new party was
n question SO far as many OF the dele
rates were concerned. Senator Dixon.
,. K. Davis, Timothy L. Woodruff.
Governor Johnson and most of tht
eaders favored national progressive
party. But there were many who as
serted that they believed the bull
moose should be perpetuated although
t was admitted the generous sprink-
ling OF women delegates made that
something Of misnomer. However,
there were many who suggested that,
lnasmuch as many dictionaries refer to
the moose as "the largest deer in
America" the suffragettes would well
come that as the party name.
The national committee resumed It's
work on the temporary roll shortly
after nine o'clock today and as soon as
the Roosevelt 30 X was in effect, 1t
was expected the list Of delegat
would be certified to the convention.
While the hour for assembling was
set for noon, the crowd started for
the Coliseum long before that time.
The demand for tickets increased ma
terially during the last few hours and
it seemed problem might be pre-
sented to the leaders in caring for all
who were really entitled to admission.
The program for today called for
the perfecting of the temporary or
ganization, the delivery of the speech
of Senator A. J. Beveridge as tenn
porary chairman, the appointment OF
the committees and adjournment IN
til tomorrow. The plan to have
Beveridge act as both temporary and
permanent chairman was being SO
generally criticised today that it was
expected it would be abandoned and
Colonel Parker of New Orleans named
! for the position.
The Colonel Arrives.
Colonel Roosevelt and his party ar
rived here on the Twentieth Centur!
/ limited at 1855 this morning. A crowt
4 of five thousand persons filled thu
A station and crowded the streets JUS
s outside. Wild cheering greeted tn
.sEcoionel as he passed through the sts
i ton and demonstration started whe
4 he stepped onto the sidewalk to &c
in an automobile and proceed to tn
4 Congress hotel.
4 Among the prominent progressive
meeting him at the train were Mis-
Jane Adams, Mrs. H. M. Wilmart
Harold F. Mccormick, Col. Chaunce
/ Dewey and Layerne w. Noyes, of Ch
, cago; George w. Perkins, of Ne'
i York: Governor Johnson Of Califol
: mia: Virgil Kellogg. of Indiana; Gl
ford Pinchot, Amos Pinchot, Jane
r. Garfield, w. A. Pendergast, OF Ne
) York. Wilson NJ. Gould of New Yorl
and George Manchester, secretary
> the New York state committee.
In the crowd that welcomed Roos'
! velt at the La Sale street static
were many women wearing votes fe
!. women" badges. They were entnu
: iastic in their part of the reception.
Colonel Roosevelt, in an automobi
J with Frank H. Funk, progressiN
: nominee for governor of Illinois, an
Chauncey Dewey led a parade
. automobiles to the Congress hotel.
y In arranging the trip from the st
d tion. the committee stole a march
g tho big crowd waiting in the stree
It The colonel was hurried through
s side entrance into the automobi
h court. and whisked away with on
abont half the crowd getting
o,;mnse of him. The machines we
to Michigan avenue and thence to u
hotel where a large crowd had flll'
the street and sidewalks. The c.
, oners automobile was run up al
down the street to give the crowd
: chance to see Roosevelt When .
automobile stopped, a battery of ca
or aras was trained upon the colonel al
20 moving picture operators began ia
lie inc pictures of the colonel, his gr
,u soft hat and the big white metal b.
r, moose that adorned the lapel OF
n coat.
Standing in the automobile, the g
IS onel made a short speech TO I
he crowd in which he said;
gh "My friends, it is great pieasu
ed 10 he here in Chicago again, and u
,g. t,ma to be present at the birth OF
ng new party and not at the death OF
in old one. Let our opponents make
he mistake. This fight is going to
In made by the people for their own
ed terests. BY the fourth of Novemo
he tne ticket which was nominated h'
lg. six weeks ago will no longer De
zig factor in the contest, The Ameri'
a people will not stand Tor fraud