The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-06
LATTER FIRST LITTLE UNPLEAs. ANTNESS WITH NEGROES,
 BULL MOOSE" GET BUSY.
FIRST SESSION IS INFORMAL
Delegates Enter Hall Singing and Shouting Over Birth of New Par ty--Beveridge and Dixon
 Make Addresses.

Chicago, Aug. 5--The first session of the first convention of the new national progressive party, of which Colonel Roosevelt is sponsor, took place in the Coliseum today, and while the meeting was attended by all the usual ceremony of national political gathering, actual proceed ings were suggestive of love feast.
 Not a dissenting voice was raised during the session. The question of negro representation from the south had caused friction earlier in the day in the national committee, but there was no echo of this fight in the con vention. The delegates were at times explosive in their enthusiasm. Many of the state delegations came into the hall singing and shouting in their delight at the birth of the new party and three hours later left the building in the same happy frame ot mind
 Although green hands were sup posed to be at the helm. the machin. cry of the convention worked smooth ly and efficiently. There was no roll cail of delegates, but the delegate section of the floor, arranged in the same manner as at the republican convention few weeks ago and ac- commodating nearly HOO persons, was filled. The alternate section also had it's full quota. There was not the same crush of spectators today as at the republican gathering, but when the proceedings began the gal leries had few empty seats Conven- ton leaders were enthusiastic tonight over the showing made in the Coils cum today and made the claim that no better looking, more substantial set of delegates ever was seen on the floor of a national political conven. ton.
 Work of the national committee on contested delegate cases caused a delay of nearly three-quarters of an hour in the assembling of the con vention. During the wait the dele gates amused themselves with songs and yells composed for the occasion, while a band up near the fiag-draped steel rafters and Grand Army fife and drum corps on the stage view with each other in playing patriotic airs.
 There was great cheer as. Senator Dixon. national chairman of the par ty, rapped for order This was re- peated later when the call for the convention was read. and there was even greater enthusiasm when former Senator Beveridge was presented as the choice of the national committed fsNoa kaf mality of eecting Senator Veveridge was not necessary and amid renewed acclaim he was escorted to a place on the stage decorated with gold headed and handled gavel.
 The temporary chairman was given the closest attention throughout. Once, he mentioned President Taft in connection with his approval of the Payne tariff bill, and instantly there came chorus of jeers and groans from the crowd Every few minutes Senator Beveridge was in- terrupted by applause.
 The former senator from Indiana made a most courteous presiding of ficer. and once when a premature mo- tion to adjourn was made, he begged the pardon of the degelate for not recognizing him at the time. promis- ing attention little later in the ses- sion
 The usual standing committees were appointed in the usual way and then before the first days proceed ings were closed James R. Garfield of Ohio moved the appointment of a committee of fifteen to invite Coolnel Roosevelt to appear before the con- vention at noon tomorrow. The mo- ton was carried with a whoop anl tonight, with due ceremony, the Col onel formally accepted.
 Colonel Roosevelt, not being del egate, did not attend the opening ses sion. He spent much of the afternoon motoring.
 A decided feature of the convention was the large number of women dele. gates. This called forth great cheer ing when the temporary chairman reached that part of his speech ad- vocating suffrage A big banner in serfbed Votes for Women was huns from one of the balcony rails
 Massachusetts gave one of her wo men delegates place on the resolu tions committee, which will draft tho party platform.
 Tomorrows session of the conven ton promises to be largely one o speechmaklng, with Colonel Roose velts confession of faith" the cen ter of interest. The adoption of platform and the nomination of