Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-08-16
NATIONAL TICKET OF TAE PRO.
oREsslvE PARTY NOMINATED
~ AcclAMATIoN.
STIRRING CONVENTION SCENE
Platform Adopted Based on the Con.
fession Of Faith as Contained In the
Opening Address Of the Head Of
the Ticket.

Hymn" the delegates to the FIRST
National convention of the new Pro-
gressive party acclaimed Colonel Theo'
dore Roosevelt of New York as their
candidate Tor President and Governor
Hiram w. Johnson of California as
their choice for Vice President. Mark.
ing new departsrein the proceedings
OF national conventions, the two candi.
dates Immediately were notified in.
formally of their nomination, and in
the midst of deafening cheers appear
ed before the delegates to voice their
acceptance and to pledge their best
Efforts to the coming campaign.
Both nominations had been made by
acclamation amid stormy scenes of en-
thusiasm. The convention had been in
session since 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. The delay in making the nomina-
tions was caused by exhaustive discus
sions over the platform in the commit
tee on resolutions.
Col Roosevelt was put in nomina
tion by Comptroller. William \. Prem
dergast of New York, and the nomina.
tion had been seconded by Judge John
Il. Parker of New Orleans, Miss Jane
Adams OF Hull House, Chicago; Alex
ander 7. Hamilton of Georgia, Gen.
Horatio c. King of New York, Col. I.
p. Floyd OF Florida, Gen. John II. Nc
Dowell OF Tennessee, Henry J. Allen Of
Kansas, ex-Gov. Garvin OF Rhode Is
land, John j. Sullivan of Ohio and Ro-
bert s Fisher of Arizona.
Gov Tnhnepn N-aG npt in por,iua inn
by Judge Lindsey of Colorado, and the
nomination had been seconded by c.
5. Wheeler of California, James Ru-
dolph Garfield of Ohio, Bainbridge Col
by of New York, Frederick Lands of
| Indiana, Raymond Robbins of Illinois,
! Clifford Pinohot of Pennsylvania, Gov.
| Vesey of South Dakota, William Finn
/ of Pennsylvania and John h. Clede,
negro. of New York.
| The nomination speech by Comp
/ troller William \. Prendergast of the
/ New York delegation was the first
! event of the days session to arouse
! the convention. Short as it was, it was
| interrupted scores of times by cheers
| and applause. Prendergast did not
make the mistake of assuming that his
! was to be keynote" speech, and he
| knew he was talking of man whose
achievements were familiar to the dele
gates as to the public at large. He
hardly had begun when his words
brought the convention to its feet with
the waving of thousands of bandannas.
whose red flare made the hall seem to
be aflame.
I'VE have arrived at the crowning
act of the convention" Prendergast
began The crowd did not let him get
any further for several minutes. When
he was permitted to resume he said:
This great gathering owes it's being
to mighty protest by the American
people against those who have poison
ed the wells of democracy. 1t repre-
sents the martial spirit of mankind,
that from an immemorial time has
charged back upon those who would
place obstacles in the way of the
march of human progress"
There was another great shout when
Prendergast, near the end of his ad-
dress, spoke of Roosevelt, saying:
MY candidate is the man courageous
of American politics. Where the in
terests of the people are menaced he
has known no fear and asked no quar-
ter"
In the wild hurly-burly that followed
the nominating speech by Prender-
gast, New York led a march around
the hall, which eventually included
delegates from all the States. Timothy
l.. Woodruff and William Fl. Hotch-
kiss, the Progressive State chairman,
led the procession. After a little while
the drum and fife corps of the civil
war veterans, which had been station.
ed on the speakers platform. fell into
line, playing like mad, and this tumult
was kept up until from sheer exhaus-
ton, the men and women were com.
PEELED to cease yelling and waving.
Col Roosevelt arm in arm with
Gov. Johnson, appeared before the
convention, and they were greeted
with the widest plaudits-a very bed.
lam of a demonstration-and formally
accepted the nomination.
When the cheers that greeted the
close of Roosevelt's speech subsidized
Chairman Beveridge introduced Gov.
ernor Johnson, who pledged himself to
aid Colonel Roosevelt in the fight for
the common good" and concluded:
81 had rather go down to defeat
with Theodore Roosevelt than to vic
tory with any other Presidential can
didate."
When Johnson finished Beveridge
announced that the convention would
end its session by singing the Doxol
ogy and by listening to he benedic
ton by the Rev. James Goodman.
The delegates, standing in their
places, joined in the chanting of the
old Puritan hymn. AS it died away
the Rev. Mr.. Goodman stepped for