El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-08
JOHNSON RUNS
WITH ROOSEVELT
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for the benefit of the people of that
state the principles which We intend
TO apply throughout the Union as a
whole We have nominated the only
type of man whoever ought to be
nominated for the vice presidency; We
have nominated a man fit at the mo-
ment to be president of the United
States.
I appreciate to the fullest the bur
den Of responsibility, the burden of OBJ
legation that you have put upon me-
I appreciate to the fullest that the
trust you impose upon me can be met
by me only in one way and that is
by SO carrying myself that you shall
have no cause to regret or feel shame
for the action you have taken this
afternoon
Pledges Whole Being to New Party.
And friends, with all my heart and
soul, with every particle of high pur-
pose that there is in me, 1 pledge you
my word to do everything 1 can, to
put every particle of courage, of COM
mon sense and of strength that I have,
at your disposal and to endeavor, so
far as strength is given me, to live up
to the obligations You have put upon
me. and 10 endeavor to carry out in the
interests of our whole people the poll
cies TO which you have today solemnly
dedicated yourselves to the millions
Of men and women for whom you
speak. I thank you"
Demonstration Follows Speech.
There vas a prolonged demonstra-
ton as Col Roosevelt concluded. II
was renewed when governor Johnson
was introduced He said:
JOhnsOn's Speech.
1T is with the utmost sOlemnitys
the deepest obligation, that come to
tell you that 1 have enlisted for the
var. I enlisted long ago in that fight
that is our fight now, the fight of all
the nation thank God; at last, human
ity's fight politically has spread all
over the land. Enlisting as I have in
that contest for humanity that de-
sired governmentally to make men
better rather than to make men richer,
I accept such a place as you have
accorded me in the nations history tO%
day, with grateful heart and with the
utmost singleness of purpose
New Era Has DHw8ed.
There IS a new era a new tight,
new struggle that is abroad now.
There is a new political creed, it is a
political creed that this great man,
Theodore Roosevelt preached even
when he was in the white house; that
creed Of equal opportunity, of a fair
deal for all humankind of giving
every child in the race of life an equal
start 1t is the creed in the last analy-
sis of humanity that is now the creed CT
one Of the great national parties in the
Intel States of America
IF in one little particle, I may light
en- the burden of this great man, who
is today doing the greatest and tie
braTest- hing III his career then I shall
feel well repaid in this campaign.
Il would rather go down to defeat
with Theodore Roosevelt than to go
to victory with any other presidential
candidate"
Formal Notification.
If, in the tumult and shouting yestel-
day at the national Progressive con-
ventiOn, Col Theodore Roosevelt had
any doubt that he was effectively
nomination for the presidency, he was
treasured today, when a committee Of
notification met him at his hotel
Though the colonel had been 'infor-
mally notified" when he went to the
convention and delivered his speech of
acceptance, the delegates who had been
selected from the states and territories
as formal notification committee
wished to carry out their part of the
program.
Mr.. Roosevelt was the center Of
lively group in the hotel lobby when
the committee arrived He with Gov
Johnson, Of California, the nominee for
vice president, and Albert J. Bever-
idge, the Progressive candidate for
governor of Indiana and permanent !
chairman Of the convention, had just
come from photograph gallery. where |
they had pictures taken to be used in
the campaign. In one picture the !
presidential nominee posed with a |
group Of cowboys.
While in the lobby of the hotel. Col I
espied an old friend in the 4
crowd and he added to his political me- 4
nagerie by calling his old friend AN I
old wolf"
Come here. you old wolf" the col /
onel said, as he grasped his friend, Al 1
bert Burton, of Wyoming, by tie hand /
Col. Roosevelt and governor John ]
son were then escorted to a room, 4
where members Of two notification 1
committees (there being one also for