Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-24
Associated Press.


dying hours Of the republican ma
tional convention in which ne met
defeat
The followers of Roosevelt gather
ed in Orchestra hall, less than a mile
from the Coliseum, and pledged him
their support.
1t was noised about that the
Roosevelt delegate would convene at
lOrcheS.ra hall after the close Of the
REPUBLICAN convention, and in con-
sequence a dense crowd was packed
in the vicinity and the police mad
much difficulty in handling them.
About $3.50 an attempt was made
to rush the police and break in the
doors, but Ithe police after several
minutes tussle with the crowd sue
ceeded in reestablishing their lines.
Several persons, however, sustained
slight injuries in the crush.
In the interval of waiting, the
crowd amused itself by singing
patriotic songs and as the delega-
tions arrived, the singing was inter-
rupted to cheer them.
Upon the arrival Of the Mississippi
delegation in the hall, they an
nounced amidst much cheering. the
| mo hn Hr-t
tional committeeman of the new
party, S. D. Redmond, of Jackson,
Miss.
Governor Johnson of California
formally opened the party meeting,
William A. Pendergrast, Of New
York, who was to have presented
Roosevelt's name to the regular con-
vention. Pendergrast placed Roose-
velts name in nomination, at which
the crowd went wild
Senator Clapp next read a resolu-
tion nominating Roosevelt as the
choice of the party.
The candidacy of Theodore Roose-
velt for the presidency of the new
party was seconded by William
Dngper Lewis, of Philadelphia,
dean of the law department. Of the
university Of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Lewis said
"On the goth Of last March Theo
dore Roosevelt. berofe a great audi
ence in Carnegie Hall. New York,
declared his faith in the capacity OF
the American people to govern
themselves Since that address was
delivered history has been making
in this country as Ii has not been
made since the days of the civil war,
and the birth of the great party,
which the Chicago convention may
either ruin or renew. The people
have responded to the call of the
great leader. He has awakened
them to the consciousness Of their
Town strength. They have decided
to rule. The old order, with its pre-
tense of representative government,
representing nothing but greed and
incapacity, with its conventions or
lpuppet delegates ruled by bosses, the
brokers of special interests, has been
discarded The question before thi;
convention is not the right OF the
people to rule; it is. shall we recogn-
nize that they intend to rule. That
uuestion may not be vital TO the
future of the country. but it is vital
ito the existence of the republican
party. For that party shall surely
Perish. as it deserves 20 perish
which refuses in the present temper
of the people, to recognize the Fight
of the great majority of its voter:
to dictate its platform and select it'
candidate.
Theodore Roosevelt is the choice
of the overwhelming majority of tn
republican voters of the country
That the whole people are in thi
: choice wise. it is not difficult to de
5 ,monstrate-
For many years every thoughtfu
: observer Of our social and materia
E conditions has recognized that W
: lhave been entering into q new era
BY whatever means the achievement
of our past have been accomplished
lour continued progress will depend
e not solely on individual effort, bu
: also on our capacity as a people. .
S collective action. to create condition
o which tend 10 conserve and deyelo
: material resources and human rs
4 sources-the men. the women an
!. the children OF the country. Til