The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-05
BULL MOOSERS To
HEAR MANY WORDS
FROM THELEADERs
Beverage Will Start Game
With Little Package of
Seven Thousand
TO SPEAR
THREE FULL PAGES
Perkins Believes in Pro-
crossing Conservatively
But All are Sure
They'll Win
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

by JAMES u. YoAIAGIE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.--For President
Theodore Roosevelt. of New York.
For Vice President--Hiram w.
Johnson. of California,
For temporary chairman--Albert
jeremiah Beveridge. OF Indiana
For permanent chairman--ColoneI
John M. Parker, Of Louisiana.
The above program of the conven-
ton, which according 10 Senator
Dixon, is to make history. was agreed
upon tonight 1t can he changed only
by the will Of Theodore Roosevelt
himself. who will arrive in Chicago
and personally superntena the
opening of the convention tomorrow
morning.
Meanwhile the thousand or more
Bull Moose delegates here assembled
are tuning up their several political
instruments ready to burst into a
grand harmonious overture when the
leader climbs to his seat and waves
his masterful baton over their de-
voted heads.
May 'Hunor'' the Colonel.
Now this mass convention Is to bo
free and untrammelled, 1t IL to ia
bossed by no man, but inasmuch AZ
everything has gone SO swimimngIy
heretofore, ii has been decided to
humor the colonel IL he happens to
want SOMEBODY for u running mate
besides Johnson
Two Democrats and one recon-
structed Confederate veteran have
been mentioned for the job. The
first liz CoIonl Parker. Of Louisiana:
the second, ex-Seeretary Of War Luke
L. Wright. Of Tennessee; the third,
General Basil Duke. of Kentucky.
49,
gan, and Is n first-class writing man,
as well a former tirst-elass 1R;ht-
ing man. Johnson, however. has the
inside track and those who stood to-
day closest TO the long distance tele-
phone said that he would be the
nominee.
johnson holds the fine California
delegation. the most notable OF any
IF the legions listed In the Bun Mooso
cause. lie ~ sure, it Is asserted, to
carry California for the colonel and
he deserves the distinction that tho
nominee will bestow Besides he Ii
a Westerner ana with Roosevelt on
one coast and johnson on the 9th
or, they Will he able to cast strategic
eyes across the whole continent bs-
tween them.
Words by Thousands.
been decided upon. The senator has
in his pocket seven thousa nd WORD
speech. which he will use. This was
Considered some speech. but when ID
was known that the colonel was brings
ing a confession ~ faith Of 21.OOO
Beverdige sank into a mere how-do-
you-do n
Tomorrow's proceedings WILL b
brief and more or less formal. Tenn
porary organization Will be effected
without trouble. Such contests Al
have arisen have been disposed OF.
Much 10 the annoyance of certain i
ssel@rf.2 delegates ..fsssfa rEfDr5daYis
Georgia and Mississippi, it has been
determined 70 admit no colored man
who halls from the South.
When MIR. geveridge has said hfa
seven thousand words say, some or
the other delegates will be asked
to testify 10 the growth of the Bull
Moose movement in their localities.
incidentally there will be few
scowls backward at the high xand- 4
ed national committee Bainhridga
Colby has written q few thousand
lines telling that body its right name.
This will be quoted from and the
world at large will be informed Just
how Mr.. Taft is trying To defend the
manner of his nomination. Mr.. Col
by's brief Is mighty interesting read- 4
ing, but II cannot he quoted here. Thn
speech of the colonel told alone In
sull would require twenty-one OF theso
columns. three solid pages and profit
less pages because there VIII be ne
room for advertising NH
You may get from the foregoing
that there is going 10 be a very tiHvs
number of words used in the COZ. 4
ing proceedings.
Despite tin. unquestioned harmon11
despite the fact that II you want ti5s
find battle Sou have got to go OUT
and start one with foot pad, tAI
rcactionary enemy viii be given - II
oratorical absent treatment such nassss
never was heard of before.
Temporary organization being o(S
fected there will be conferences uncsSzza8
the platform. When the colonel hS1I N
that finished 1t will be time re-
Tuesdays session. when he liz rcl.e@
duied for his address. Wednesday
nomination and get away day. sN3
Perkins Conservative Progrens1v<ss
Just what the platform Ii xOtl
to be IL the only cloud that m
across the face OF the sun Of UNI
II will be progressive; ha sura
that. II will outprogress even
coionel's most progressive speecheG
And George w. Perkins, who 1E2
lieves in prngre ssing CONSERVATISM
got TO thinking it over last night m
may haze a talk these lines "a
the colonel comes 10 town On
Twentieth Century limited ~ usel
tomorrow morning
Two tentative planks wsrs