Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-08
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CHICAGO, Aug. S.-Col Roosevelt,
the presidential nominee of the new
progressive party, and the active
managers OF the progressive cam
paign, remained in Chicago today.
Although most of the delegates to the
the third party's first national con-
vention had started for their homes.
Members Of the notification commit
tee appointed by the various state
delegations also remained in the city,
together with members Of the pro-
gressive national committee.
The notification committee mem
bers met Roosevelt and Johnson. the
progressive vice presidential nomi-
nee, at reception arranged In their
honor. The notification ceremonies
actually took place last evening at
the olseum, when the two heads of
the ticket appeared before cheering
throngs at the national convention
to accept recently made nominations.
Members OF the national commit
tee planned to hold an important
meeting although they had been in
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selected as chairman and o. K. Da-
Wis, of Washington, D. c., was nam
ed secretary. Davis, who was in
charge of the progressive publicity
during the pre-convention campaign,
was general secretary of the national
convention.
Roosevelt, who repeatedly express
ns1h hix, fo ofinn a ho n,to of
the convention, wa scheduled to
leave for New York at 2:30 this after
noon. He will rest at Oyster Bay
until the beginning of the campaign,
when he will tour all Of the western
states and make speeches for the
new cause, while Johnson will do the
same thing in eastern states.
The progressives launched their ac-
tive campaign plans with vim. Some
of the state delegations to the con-
vention did not wait until they had
returned to their homes to begin the
work of organization in their states
The Wisconsin and other delegations
met Immediately after the adjourns
ment of the convention and selected
state chairman, state secretary and
state executive committee.
In several cases the leaders tele-.
graphed orders before departing from
Chicago for the beginning Of active,
campaign work.
Spirit and enthusiasm generated
during the last three days at the con-
vention hall were dominant at vari-
GUS meetings and conferences held to-
day, and everywhere were heard ex.
pressions Of confidence in the out
look for the new party.
Miss Jane Adams of Chicago and
other suffrage leaders were among
those who expressed more than hope
for the progressives in the fall elec.
ton. Many predicted the aid of the
suffragists would be one of the big.
gest factors in the final determine.
ton Of the presidential contest.
COL Roosevelt was the center Of a
lively group when the committee ar
rived at his hotel today. The colonel
espied an old friend in the crowd.
and added to the political menagerie
by designating the friend "a big
wolff Come here, you big worlf,"
the colonel added as he grasped the
hand Of his friend, Albert Burton, Of
Wyoming.