The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-24

/ organization Tor carrying out patriotic
/ principles, an agency of real progress
and for assisting the development of
the nation along constitutional lines. q"
President Taft was elated and Vice
President Sherman declared himself
as pleased" with the outcome in Chi
cago.
After the Battle.
CHICAGO, Illinois. June 24.-The
city is still in the throes Of political
commissions. With the Republican ma.
tional convention a thing of history,
, the interest centers for the time being
upon the formal announcement of the
formation of a new progressive party
J by Theodore Roosevelt and the men
who are behind him. The initial steps
toward the actual formation of the
party were taken last night
The Progressive party was dedicated
in the presence of about five hundred
leaders and delegates. These were
made up of the 344 delegates who
| bOlted and the Roosevelt delegates
who failed to pass the Republican ma
| tional committee. Governor Johnson
OF California, one of the most promi-
nent figures in the formation of the
Progressive party, was empowered to
appoint committee of seven to confer
with Colonel Roosevelt and lay plans
for he actual launching of the new
party. Governor Johnson made an an
nouncement to that effect after the
meeting last night,
Former Secretary Garfield, one of
the Colonies warm personal frien0s,
declared last night that these who
think that this movement to the es-
adjustment of new party is a flash
in the pan are most woefully mis-
taken"
The departure of Governor Hadley
of Missouri, one of the leading pro-
gre3siyes in the country, without hav-
ing made any declaration, has caused
a great deal of speculation in and
around the headquarters of the new
party here.
Already the new party has adopted
a battle flag, When the delegates as
sembled last night they all wore ban
danna handkerchiefs bound around
their arms. Other handkerchiefs were
distributed among the crowd Asked
| regarding them Governor Johnson
said that they are to be the symbol
of the new party the symbol of the
! plain people
Johnson will leave today for Cali,
fornia and Colonel Roosevelt for Oys-
ter Bay Neither of them WOULD dis
cuss the report that a Democratic vice
president will be named as Roose-
velt's running mate on the ticket OF
the Progressive party
Congressman Mckinley, who man
aged President Tafts campaign fol
the nomination, said last night that he
is most optimistic of the outcome
, Speaking of the bolt Of the Roosevelt
delegates, he said. on, we'll A man
who has been defeated will do many
peculiar things" He predicted thai
the Taft-Sherman ticket will win by a
good majority.
The Roosevelt MEETING.
CHICAGO, June 23.-At a monster
meeting held in the Orchestra Hal
late last night, following the adjourn
ment of the regular Republican con
vention, the Progressive Party" was
formally organized, with Theodore
Roosevelt as its nominee for Pres
ident.
Following the adjournment sine die
of the regular convention the Roose
welt delegates who had been seated
but who had refused to take any part
in the later proceedings, and the con
tested Roosevelt delegates who had
not been passed by the national com
mittee or the credentials committee
numbering over five hundred march
ed to Orchestra Hall, which had beer
all prepared for their coming. Here
they found the galleries already pack
ed with cheering thousands, who gave