The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-15

to right the wrongs Of the race.
I'VE stand by the platform" he
said; I'VE stand by Col. Roosevelt's
letter; we stand by his speech. And
as we stood by him at San Juan Hill,
SO we will stand by him in November
and fight for victory
Miss Jane Adams of Hull House,
Chicago was among those who Sec
onded Colonel Roosevelt and she was
enthusiastically greeted.
The new party formally placed itself
on record as favoring equal suffrage
and further recognized the woman suf-
frage movement by providing for four
| women members at large on the ma
tional committee.
Colonel Roosevelt, in his speech of
acceptance. said:
"Mr. Chairman and men and won-
en-. who in this convention represent
the high and honest purpose of the
people of all of our country. came
forward to thank you from my heart
for the honor you have conferred upon
me and to say that of course l &C
cept.'
With his task as pilot Of the conven-
ton ended, Colonel Roosevelt plung-
ed at once into what he expects to
be the hardest campaign of his career
He was in high spirits and said jubi-
lantly that everything had turned out
just right.
"We've got great platform. Every
thing is fine, by George!" he eXclaim-
ed.
The new national committee Of the
Progressive PARTY, which takes place
of the provincial committee in charge
up to this time, was named by the
various state delegations. The mem
bership of the new committee is:
Joseph Thompson, Alabama; ]. F.
Cleaveland, Arizona; H. K. Cochran,
Arkansas; Chester H. Rowell, Cali
fornia; B. B. Lindsey, Colorado; JOS
eph w. Alzoh, Connecticut; Louis A.
Drexler, Delaware; c. M. Mcclure,
Georgia; p. NJ Smock, Idaho; Ru-
dolph G. Leeds, Indiana; John L.
Stevens, Iowa; William Allen White,
Kansas; Leslie M. Combs, Kentucky;
Pearl Wright, louisiana; Albert P.
Gardner, Maine; Matthew Hale, Mas
sachusetts; f. C. Darlington, Jr..
Maryland; Henry NJ. Wallace, Michi-
gan; Milton d. Purdy, Minnesota:
VIM. H. Walker, Missouri; B. F.
Fridge, Mississippi: Joseph M. Dixon.
Montana; Nathan Merriam, Nebraska;
P. l.. Flanagan, Nevada; William
Savacool, New Hampshire; John
Franklin Fort, New Jersey; Miguel A.
Otero, New Mexico; ]. N. Williamson,
North Carolina; A. Y. More, North
Dakota; j. ]. Sullivan, Ohio; George
J. Priestley, Oklahoma; H. w. Coe,
Oregon; Edwin F. futile, Rhode Isl.
and; R. S. Wesley, South Dakota; G.
Thomas Taylor, Tennessee; Cecil A..
Lyon, Texas; M. Henier, Utah;
Thomas Lee Moore, Virginia; Charles
H. Thompson, Vermont; H. F. Coch-
ems, Wisconsin; Robert D. Carey,
Wyoming; M. M. o. Dawson, West
!, Virginia.
Crowds in hotel corridors and lob
b:es were nearly as large and quite as
,, noisy as those during the Republican
national convention.
Hundreds of delegates and their
friends, Enthusiastically decked out with
bandana handkerchiefs and pictures
of Colonel Roosevelt, marched about
singing Roosevelt songs and shouting
Roosevelt yells of many kinds.
Despite the fact that Colonel Roose-
welt was expected to reach the conven-
ton hall soon after noon, delegations
to the national progressive gathering
were slow again in reaching their
seats. At 10 minutes to II there were
not more than 200 delegates on the
floor. The galleries also were slow
t in filling.
} A great crowd of spectators and
} delegates had remained at the head.
quarters hotel either to see the colonel
start triumphantly for the convention
7 or to accompany him on the trip. The
New York delegation marched in al
, 1856 a. m. with a brass band in the
lead, playing the inevitable convention
r tune, "Everybody's Doing It,"