Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-08
FINISH THEIR WORK
Pr0greSSiveS Nominate Ma
tionaI Ticket and Adjourn.
ROOSEVELT AND JOHNSON
Nominees Express Appreciation of
Their Responsibilities.
ADOPTION OF THE PLATFORM
Convention and Spectators Greet
Professions of Loyalty by Con-
federate Veterans With Dixie"
ADOPTION OF THE PLATFORM

After singing the doxology. the progress
siVe party convention adjourned last
evening al 1:24 O'Clock. Theodore Roose-
Welt and Hiram w. Johnson having been
nominated for President and Vice Presi-
dent. respectively. Contrary to custom
the nominees appeared before the con-
vention and made speeches of acceptance.
Col Roosevelt said:
Mr.. Chairman and men. and women
who in this convention represent the high
and honest purpose of the people of all of
our country. / come forward to thank
you from my heart for the honor YOU
have conferred upon me and to say that
or course j accept. / have been Presi-
dent, and i measure my words when I
say. although i have seen and known
much Of life, 1 hold it by far the great
est honor and the greatest opportunity
that has ever come to me 10 be called
by YOU TO the leadership. for the time
being. of this great movement. in the
interests Of the American people
And. friends. wish now to say how
deeply sensitive j am TO the way in
which the nomination has come to me-.
and TO tell those who proposed and sec
onded my nonfina ton that / appreciate
TO the full the significance of having
such men and such n woman 20 put me
j
convention for having given me the run
mig mate 1t has given.
Roosevelt Grateful to johnson.
Il have peculiar feeling toward Gov.
Johnson. Nearly TWO years ago, after
the election OF 1910. when what I had
<triven TO accomplish in New York had
come TO nothing. and when my friends.
the enemy. exulted. possibly prematurely,
over what had befaIlen me. Gov Johnson
5n the hush or his own Triumph having
just won out. wrote ME a letter, which
eha1l hand on 70 my children, and my
childrens children. because of what the
letter contained. and because of the man
who wrote it-a letter of trust and be-
lief. letter of ardent championship from
the soldier, who was at the moment vic
torious. toward his comrade who at
the moment had been struck down.
In Gov. Johnson We have a man whose
every word is made good by the deeds
that he has done the man who as the
head OF great state has practically ap-
piled In that state for the benefit Of the
people Of that state the principles which
We intend 10 apply throughout the Union
as a whole. We have nominated the only
mated for the vice presidency; we have
dominated q man ut at the moment to be
President OF the Omitted States.
Appreciative Of Responsibility.
Friends, I have come here merely to
thank you from the bottom Of my heart
for the honor YOU have conferred upon
me and TO say that ! appreciate II ex-
actIy as I know you meant 1t. For the
greatest chance. the greatest gift that
can he given TO any man Is the oppor-
tunity. il he has the stun IN him, to do
something that counts in the interests Of
the common good.
L appreciate to the full the burden Of
RESPONSIBILITY. the burden Of obligation
toat you have put upon me. ] appreciate
]" tue fuii that tbe trust you impose upon
ne eaa % met BY me only n paa.Kay.