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the platform. one of the delegates
yelled: Here's Tafts own state"
A few minutes after CSi. Roosevelt
reached the Coliseum stage the vacan
spaces in the galleries quickly filled
up and standing room came TO be at
a premium The hall held one Of its
largest crowds when eventually the
colonel began to speak
Roosevelt Leads Singing.
Way up in the band gallery the mu-
sicians struck up Onward, Christian
Soldiers" From the delegates the
words of the hymn arose in a confused
murmur- The colonel stepped forward,
raised both hands and led the singing,
chanting. the words himself.
Two Alabama delegates. one a union
marched up to the platform arm in arm
and shook hands with Col. Roosevelt
They were J. C Hollingswortn, who
served in Lees army. and John NJ
Green, who fought in an Illinois regi-
ment-
Give US a southern Democrat for
vice president and we'll break the solid
south" they told Col. Roosevelt
Good the colonel responded. I'll
do my very best to do it,"
The excitement subsidized a, trifle, but
It broke out again as the band swung
into the Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie" Col Roosevelt led the crowd in
Mrs Roosevelt Greeted.
ress As minutes before the delegates
recognized Mrs. Roosevelt in the box
They turned to her with q cheer and
she rose and bowed to acknowledge the
cheers. Order was finally restored, the
demonstration having lasted 81 min
utes.
When the crowd was quiet, flash
light picture was taken. Up along the
climbed a uniformed fireman He
reached the bag, and with his bare
hands rolled up the blazing cloth and
extinguished the flames cheer
closed the incident
Changed His Set Speech.
Col Roosevelt had spoken but a few
words before he began to interpolate
new matter into his prepared address
we want to say TO those who vaunt
their conservatism" he said, that we
are the real conservatives"
The delegates sat in somewhat amazed
silence, as the colonel paused There
was a great cheer as he added:
For the only wise conservative is the
wise Progressive"
Resolution Committee in Row.
The committee on platform of the
row soon after organization was per-
fected last night, and plain words were
spoken.
It was apparent from the first that
the platform probably could not be
completed before Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning. 1t is due to go
to the convention Wednesday after
noon
After full discussion in the general
committee, the plan of the leaders was
to appoint a subcommittee OF seven to
confer with Col Roosevelt and work
out a platform with him.
The idea will be to Condense into
crisp. short planks the various topics
to be outlined. II was said tonight that
practically all the progressiveness in
Col Roosevelts speech Will be incor-
porated in the platform
Soon after the committee met last
night the draft of a tentative platform
was presented by group Of leaders
who had met several times to discuss
the matter.
It required an hour and one-haIf to
read the tentative platform and imme-
diately a dozen members of the COM
mittee attacked it with various objec-
tons
The Personnel of Committee.
The committee on resolutions which
will submit the platform TO the con
vention. in part is as follows:
Dwight 3. Heard. Arizona: Chester H.
RoweM California; Isaac \. Stevens,
Colorado: Herbert Knox Smith. Con-
necticut; J. NJ Ingerson. Idaho; Charles
E Merriam. Illinois; William Allen
White. Kansas; Joseph N. Dixon, Mon
tina; S Summerfield, Nevada; NJ. c. de
Baca, New Mexico; J.. F. Hughes, Ore
gon; E L. Sem, South, Dakota; J. N.
Mccormick, Texas; Joseph l. Lewiston,
Utah; Joseph NJ. Carey. Wyoming: Cor
don c. Corbaley, Washington.
Miss Alice G. Carpenter, of Boston,
was named by the Massachusetts dele
cation as a member of the committee.