The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-05
Delegates From Nearly Every
State i'm the Union
Assemble at Chicago to Name
Roosevelt for President.
BEVERIDGE IN THE CHAIR
Former Senator Is Made Tenn
pOrary Presiding Officer.
Outlines Program of the Party
in a Speech.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS
Delegations Enter Hall Singing
Their Campaign Songs.
Called to Order by Dixon at
12:43 p. VI.
Outlines Program of the Party
in a Speech.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM PREVAILS
Delegations Enter Hall Singing
Their Campaign Songs.
Called to Order by Dixon at
12:43 p. NJ.

Chicago. Aug. 5.-The national Pro
gressive party took its place in the
arena of American politics here today
when it's first national convention as
sembIed in the Coliseum where the Pc
publican national convention was hello
seven weeks ago.
Col Theodore Roosevelt, sponsor for
the new party, arrived in Chicago this
morning but did not attend the first
session of the convention. He will de
liver his Confession of Faith tomor-
row. Former Senator Albert ]. Bev-
eridge, of Indiana, was elected tenn
porary chairman of the convention af-
ter Senator Dixon had called the as
semblage to order and prayer had been
ordered.
Senator Beveridge greeted with pre-
longed cheers, delivered his keynote
speech bristling with the most ad-
vanced ideas of progressiveism. The
floor of the big convention hall was
crowded and the galleries, slow to III
at first held but comparatively. few
empty seats when the convention SCI
under way shortly before 1 O'CLOCK
The delegates We're most enthusiastic,
frequently interrupting the proceedings
with cheers and applause.
The big Coliseum, transformed in a
few weeks from the battle-ground of the
meeting place of the National Progress
sIve party was thrown open shortly be-
fore IL O'Clock today but it was nearly
an hour after that time before the first |
of the delegates began to arrive. When
the. big phalanx of delegates from
PENNSYLVANIA arrived singing wen
hang Boise Penrose to a sour apple tree
as we go marching on They got a
demonstrative welcome
The galleries of the hall We're all but |
cot for fI1a
ton approached and spectators were
coming in slowly.
The scene in the hall, except for the |
lack of a jam in the galleries was al |
mCst identical with that of the Republi- |
car convention. Many of the stand |
ards had been raised on the identical /
spot where they stood during the tu-
multuous convention which renomi- |
mated President Taft. New York, Ohio |
and Pennsylvania had front row seats.
California was promoted to a promi-
nent front position at the right of the !
stage. The hall was gaily decorated
with flags and bunting. The big sound
ing board suspended by wires over the
speakers stand, looking for all the
world like an aerOplane in flight was
constructed particularly for Colonel
Roosevelt's speech tomorrow afternoon
but similarly assisted every other
speaker.
The Decorations.
Large canvas portraits were a
feature of the decorations. Back of the
stage were those of Washington. JEFF
ferson and Lincoln.
At the left of the stage was a portrait
oe Hamilton and at the right one of
Andrew jackson, at first labelled
Jefferson.
The Washington. Jefferson and Lin
coin portraits have been linked on all
the convention tickets and badges
suspended from the band gallery at
see was an oil painting of Colonel |
Roosevelt The artist did not at all |
flatter the progressive leader Over
the main entrance was the stuffed |
head of splendid specimen of a buIl
moose.
shortly after noon the delegates be-
gan to arrive in increasing numbers
They came IN singing and shouting
delegation carrying a banner with the
inscription delaware progressives
Watch US grow" was cheered Cali
fornia delegation, carrying the same
banners they used at the RepubIican
convention and each member wearino
bandana about his neck, was greet
ed with prolonged cheers
The band regaled the assemblies |
with popular and patriotic airs.
The New Jersey delegates came in
shouting the same yell they used at
the Republican convention:
Rah, rah, rea. who are We
we are the delegates from New
Jersey.
Are we in it, just you wait
TIL we give Teddy % straight
New Battle Hymn.
The New Jersey delegates brought a
new battle hymn with them, which
like the Pennsylvania ditty on the sI1b-
ject of hanging Boise Penrose to a
sour apple tree, was set to the tune of
Battle Hymn of the Republic This
is the way it ran:
THE grand old party is a mouIderine
in the grave,
1T came and saved the nation, but
itself it cannot save,
TITS Boss Barnes'S plaything and i+,s
Guggenheim's slave,
But we go marching on.
1.-The bull moose is coming, can't Won
hear his warlike tread?
THE elephant and donkey are tren-
bling with dread.
Their game is up. we've got them
licked, they know that they are
dead.
Gas we go marching on
At 1920 Senator Dixon of Montana.