Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-05
His Speech Will Be
Their Rule of Action


chorus of cheers was merged IN the
blare of a brass band when the trip
across the city was begun. The streets
along the route were lined with
crowds, and as the colonel swept past
cheer after cheer was raised.
The delegations formed in process
sion and followed their chief to the
national headquarters.
In front of the hotel another crowd
was encountered, and for q time the
street was blocked. After Colonel
Roosevelt spoke. a path through the
crowd having been made, he hurried
inside and soon was in the thick of
conferences with his aids.
Several hundred oma suffrage
enthusiasts, carrying votes for wom-
en- banners and headed by a military
band, paraded through Michigan ave-
nue. from the Art Institute at Four
teenth street and thence to the Col
iseum at loon.
The procession attracted large
crowds along the line of march, and
at many points the women were
cheered noisily.
AS the parade passed Colonel Roose-
velt's hotel there was a lively inter-
change of greetings. Scores of DEL
egates were waiting on the sidewalk
to see Colonel Roosevelt, and they
gave the suffrage advocates an ova-
ton.
All Hinges on Colonel.
There was every evidence early to-
day hal the launching of the Ma
tional Progressive party at noon in
the big Coliseum, long the home of
national Republican conventions,
would be attended by a great outburst
of enthusiasm.
Colonel Roosevelt's arrival on the
scene, as sponsor for the new party,
had been awaited impatiently by the
delegates who had been flltering into
the city during the past week.. Plans
for the more important work of the
convention up to today had been more
or less tentative. awaiting the scru-
tiny and final approval of the colonel.
The matter of a platform particu-
larly had been left in allegiance, and
in view of Colonel Roosevelt's state
ment upon leaving New York last
night hat the convention must ac-
cept his views in full if he was to
be the nominee, the convention lead
ers felt today they had been wise III
not taking the matter up in any
definite shape.
Has Long Confession of Faith"
Many of the delegates are in favor
of emulating the example of the Ma
tional Prohibition party and making
the platform the briefest sort of docu-
ment, containing the advanced
declarations of principles in tabloid
form, devoid Of all rhetorical embel-
Colonel Roosevelt's an
nouncement, however, may change all
of this. for his confession of faith"
he declares must be accepted
IN all essential details, is reported .
contain more than 10000 words.
There appeared to be no question
today among the delegates butrthat
Colonel Roosevelt would get whatever
he wanted at their hands. His nomi-
nation has been depended upon to
give the new party an suspicious
start. and if he desires to run on a
platform based on the speech which
asserts may be termed "anar-
chistic." the progressives here are
more than anxious to give it to him.
Colonel Roosevelt will make his CON
fession of faith at the convention
tomorrow afternoon, following the
formalities of permanent organiza-
ton.
speech First, Then Platform.
It had first been announced that he
would speak tonight, at the close OF
the first days work of the new party.
but. as Senator Beveridge, as tempo
rary chairman, was to be a central
figure in today's proceedings and had
a speech of some length, 1t
"a proposed hal Colonel Roose-
Welt withhold his announcements
until tomorrow.
The committee on platform was
scheduled to be appointed today, but
not to make a report until Wednes-
dav. The committee will not have to
wait until Colonel Roosevelt speaks
before getting down to business, for
he has expressed a willingness to go
before the committee or to give II
access to an advance copy of the
speech upon which he proposes to ap-
peal to the people.
Colonel Roosevelt has insisted that
his speech precede the adoption of a
He also made another con-
dition. that the big, c~avernous con-
vention hall he equipped with a
sounding-board back of the speakers
platform, in order that his voice
carry 10 the far corners of the
steel Ordered building.
rhrong Is Expected.
This has been done. The board at
FIRST glimpse, suspended owe the plat
form, suggests an aeroplane in flight,
1t is said to have improved the
acoustic properties of the hall Won
d%erfully, and it is now regarded as ex-
traordinary that some such device