The Hartford republican., 1912-06-28
PROGRESSIVE
PARTY DEDICATED
Gathering Of Over Five
Hundred Men.
Roosevelt Sanctions Selection Of
Bandanna Handkerchief as
Party Emblem.

Chic ,go. H.. June 23-The PRO
gressive" party. born last night was
dedicated today. In the presence Of
perhaps five hundred men. some Of them
rss.nsnized leaders of the movement.
other. merely onlookers. the first formal
step was taken. Gov. Hiram Johnson.
of California. was empowered to appoint
a committee Of seven members to con-
fer with Col. Roosevelt and formulate
plsla of action.
rHere IL the birth Of new party
said GOV. johnson, when this was done.
!. ''The movcmont IL going steadily
. ahtal" said James Il. Barfed. of Ohio.
"Thosc who think this Is flash In the
pan are mistaken
In the opinion Of IN. leaders.the now
party enters the field with "A formidable
eluiprlcnt These leaders, however. said
that - to the men who took con-
spcious part In the campaign for ccl
Enoscyclt's nomination. each must speak
for himself.
Tol IS meeting was held In the head
quarters OF the National Roosevelt
Committee under the direction of the
most prominent Roosevelt supporters
who lad nc, left town. Seated nt 4
table with Gov. Johnson were Mr..
Garf.e'd. Clifford Pinchot. Gov. Stubhs.
OF K.nsas Mqdill McCormick. Of
chicago. and senator cla,p. of Mtnn =
sofa.
STEAM ROLLER DELEGATES THERE.
Scattered through the hall were u
large number of Roosevelt delegates
10 Tho Republican National convcn-
tlon. ~ well as some of the steam
roller delegates to whom seats were
refu.s i. II was impossible to ascertain
how large proportion Of the fuil
I;oos velt strength at the convention
was represented although II was SAIL
that nearly every State which sent
Roosevelt delegates to Chicago had it's
share Il men there
BANDANNA THE BATTLE FLAG.
The bandanna handkerchief was
ad5ptel as the Roosevelt battle flag"
Most Of the delegates wore flaming
bandannas tied around their arms AMI
others were distributed by the hundreds
to the crowd. The bandanna. 1t WAS
explained, stands for the plain people
who ordinarily use them.
Were "A plain people here and this
Is q movement of the plain people" said
one Of the delegates.
Col Roosevelt gave his sanction to the
bate flag" by appearing last night
with one In his hand. which he waved
10 the crowd on the street. His daugh-
ter, Mrs. Longworth. wore bandanna
on her hat.
JOHNSON DISCLAIMS LEADERSHIP
Il Am not acting as the leader of this
movem mt" said Gov. Johnston when the
meeting of delegates had been called 10
order The active leader must be n
man from a more accessible State than
California. am merely acting as chair
man OF this meeting, mt which we are to
begin on the road which leads to political
freedom
Judge Ben. Il. Lindsey. of Denver, a
Democrat. arose.
surely there can be no more solemn
occasion than this one," he said I'VE
are b. ginning ON Sunday, "a great new
movement. l believe that we should be-
gin 1t by asking the guidance Of Him for
whom we are here
NEGRO STARTS PSALM.
Dr. W. II. Nixon. of Selma.Al a ne
gro clergyman and Roosevelt dele
, gate who was excluded from the Re-
publican convention. began to recite the
psalm which begins:
1.-The Lord Is My Shepherd ua,e
S6legates arose and repeated 1t with hiin.
A prayer by DIR. Nixon followed. Some
one began to sing America" and In a
moment the others were singing. rhc
meeting was In contrast 40 the uprpar-
ious ones which had been held In the
Name room white the '0nSs"t'0" was !"
session.
There was no cheering or handclap-
ping, no cry or "eat 'em alive Teddy
The solcmnity of the occasion which WA
believed to slsnalze the birth Of the Ne"