The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-29
new PARTY READY
TO NAME COLONEL
States Sending Delegates
Formally to Put Pro-
gressives on Record.

CHICAGO, July 29.-When Theo-
idore Roosevelt is nominated for the
presidency by the National Progress
sive party in this city, on August 7th,
or thereabouts,, political history will
have repeated itself-the story of
1856 recast with the political expert
ence of a half century added.
This is the theory on which the
men making the arrangements for
next weeks national convention are
working. There is to be no lake
vention will be housed in the Coli
front wigwam. The national con-
scum with the same physical ar
rangements,' the same cheering gal
leriees of spectators, the many repre-
sentative men of all states of the
union, but with no steam roller.
Not under Michigan oaks, not by
"a localized sentiment of men firm in
the faith but small in numbers, but
under the same circumstances sub
stantially, the Progressive party for
mally will be brought forth.
viii Not Predict.
In the rapid twist of political af
fairs which has transpired within the
week, the most expert of the poll
ticians has been unable to keep step
with the trend of affairs. In Chi
cago yesterday, the leaders of thee
new party movement were unwilling
to make a definite forecast as to
what is to be recorded of the first
national convention of the Progressive
party.
On the basis of the Orchestra hall
convention on the Saturday night af-
ter Sherman had been nominated on
1.-THE Taft--Sherman ticket by the June
convention, controlled by the regular
Republican machinery, Mr.. Roosevelt
will be nominated for the presidency
by reclamation.
At the June gathering of the dele
Igates who had been sent by the bulk
o fthe Republican states to the Repub-
lican convention, the nomination had
been conceded Mr.. Roosevelt. In de-
fiance of what these delegates termed
the steal of the nomination. the
real nomination of Col. Roosevelt was
felt to have been made by the men
and women who damned Orchestra
hall.
This was the sentiment of Gov. Hi
ram w. Johnson of California in as
Stunning the craftsmanship of the Or
chestra hall convention: it was the
declaration of William A. Prendergast
tof New York, who had been delegated
earlier in the week to hake the nomin-
ating speech at the Coliseum for Col.
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who reached Orches-
said he accepted the nomination, then
offered under the prevailing circum-
stances, but that he asked the sober
consideration of the country to be re-
turned at a subsequent convention of
duly elected delegates.
This convention meets at noon on
August 5, at the Coliseum. The ap-
pointments, the conveniences, the ar
rangements will be Identical with
convention. The delegates will be
one-half in number as to voting
strength, but practically the same as
to quantity, because of the desire in
the bulk of the states to send a full
quota of the usual delegate strength
with a one-half vote assigned to each
delegate.
See Similarity to Wiswam Session.
Political students see in the coming
Chicago gathering a great similarity
to the wigwam convention at which
the Republican party was brought
forth as political entity after a
long shadowy beginning.
The record of the new Progressive
party SO far has been established with
extreme definiteness and in future
political history the scenec and condi.
itions which formed the background
for next weeks convention will be
photographed and located definitely in
their relations to history.
Reports at the Progressive head.
quarters indicated state conventions
have been called in each of the forty
eight states and that full delegations
will represent these states when the
convention assemblies.