The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-06
Rx LANES j. MONTAGUE.

CHICAGO, August 5.-The moo Of
the moose mingled with the melody
of the battle hymn OF the republic
at the Coliseum this afternoon as the
progressive party was formally uSn-
cred into being. Theodore Roosevelt
heard all about 1t In his rooms at the
Congress. but he took no part In
knocking the skids from under the
new ship OF state. His will be tbs
duty OF putting her into commission
with 1000 word speech tomorrow.
Twelve hundred delegates and seven
thousand spectators witnessed the be-
ginning of the Progressive party. ana
helped with the song service ana tno
cheers for Senator Beveridge's star
ring keynote speech. But while the
Coliseum was not filed with memberss
it was more than filled with enthusi-
asm. When at the last the band
played America" with a pistol shot
accompaniment, the crowd got up
| and howled. The reports of the
flashing frearm In the hands OF the
snare drummer seemed to them ex-S
actly to- typify the expiosiveness OF
| their sentiments
| The colonel himself would have
called ii a bully convention. In the
whole crowd was not one man or
woman who disseuted from one OF
his policies. From the reading Of tbs
/ call To the motion TO ADJOURN all wa
! voeiferous accord. And yet the mans
/ in whose name the entire proceeds
| ings were held sat In seclusion ALI
| day, apparently nursing a "grouch,
and denying himself to all save hia
most confidential tteutennnts. -,
The Colonel Has a Crouch.
] Why the crouch No one rightly
knew. Some OF the delegates saiAs
il was M crouch at ALI that th0s
colonel simply had to have quiet TN
, order to put the finishing touches On
| mis- confession of faith But others
| admitted that newspaper men. hecksa
I ling the big bull moose about the n0@s
gro question. had got him out OF tenn
/ per, and kept him out of temper Ill
/ day. AT all events, those who WENT
into the presence with glad ant
welcoming smile came forth from l&8
with white. apprehensive faces. An&3
at midnight, when the waning mo0W1
rode high over the lake and the -
frighted conferees were getting WORD
that john NJ. PARKER had refused 113
be permanent chairman because ~
couldn't be presidential cand34a
date and that Beveridge was to ~
permanent chairman instead, thMl
! blighting spell OF the coionels anGGEs
had not been lifted
But to return to the regular ORDER
The colonel got in at nine thirty, Anlf
was met by a big delegation. OF which.
Mediu Mccormick and CsndtdatM
Fund, who is the Progressive chO1ss21a!
ers. He was catapulted through thG{
crowd by policemen. tried and faileSS
TO shake hands with the enGiueG9
and went into conference at the COHS%a
gress with Senator Dixon. Gih0r13
Pinchot. James X. Garfield Wfl1inxz
Allen White and others of his staunn
supporters 49,
! On the way from the train to u
/ hotel, he stood up in the back or hl7
/ automc bile and made a brief sp0oG&
to the crowd. After the portal 81 I
APARTMENTS had swallowed him r.
Chicago saw him no more for IT,
( day
At noon, no colonel appearing fS
1 gladden. the crowd with his rte
blue eye. the delegates began trAiIi
toward the Coliseum. and by / o'cloc
ii was three-quarters filled
The decorations that had Grnxx
the convention of June remained
part. Added was a small bull me-
pen. on which the speakers stox
This was carefully insulated NJ
I glass castors. probably to keep
presidential lightning from aff4o1
any of the coloneFs predecessors SS
I Convention Is Opened.
Senator Dixon, chairman 81
| provisional Progressive party.
! ed things by outlining the purn
! OF the present gathering. and raW
the two old parties rather sh6r
| Then .. X. Davis, provisional ~
tary. read the call. The band N
a circus tune. An inquirer EN-
| Of the galleries inquired how n
the negro question. Dixon sc0N
and introduced Rev DR.. Dornk1&
! Of the German Lutheran church
made the prayer.
4 DIR. Dornblazer spoke earneqtfv
| with etoquence. He referred e2
| men whom the colonel haa
| malefactors of great wealth
"Pharoahs" Of crooked busiueG1