Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-11
BY EARL GOODWIN.

DIX EAuA 0OO w AN.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, June 10.-Here Is the
story of the saddest political conven-
tion ever held in the history or the
country. 1t is the story of how the
cheering, singing progressive delegates
ended their meeting here today. with
the words Keep the faith keep the
faith" from their convention and
party leaders ringing in their ears
while all the time not one OF those
same leaders believed that Theodore
Roosevelt will be a candidate when the
polls are opened in November. For
week these progressive delegates
have looked forward to that moment
when their mission would end IN the
naming of their leader.
At the last. they raced with the re-
publicans in the Coliseum TO noHllhate
a candidate, and when they nao haLneu
him in a shrek of wild alteration 'nes
we're met full in the face with the
s,stement that perhaps he would not
r1In This they could not believe.
They heartened one another oY say
ine Roosevelt would never Iali enehi'
and dismissed the convention LOT wv
hours while they talked 10 MN ". :"
telephone wire. They had his answer
INIT the great crowd of delegates, rous-
ed TO enthusiasm amounting aimost 70
FRENZY by every trick and every turn oi
a series of captivating orators,
away from the auditorium. oeneNihe
they will have the chance 10 Note TOT
him. and went the length of pledgins
nearly 100000 for campaign expenses.
The plain facts in the case are these:
George w. Perkins. without whose
financial aid the party wouid nave
floundered. endeavored to delay tne
of Roosevelt hoping an .he
time the two parties could get together
with the colonel as leader. BY this act
Perkins now becomes distinctly unpop-
ular with the radicals in the progressive
camp. and was almost read out OF IL IN
a fearful speech by Victor Murdoch.
Believe They Were Sold Out.
The plain contention and belief in the
radical end of the camp is that they
have been sold out somewhere Just
how they don't know: but they have an
idea that if they had nominated Roose-
welt the day they got here all would
have been we'll Some of them will
never forgive Mr.. Perkins. and one OF
these is possibly Raymond Robins OF
Illinois. When the delegates had pledg-
ed themselves to contribute campaign
fund, Robins waved his machinists
hammer and shouted:
1--WE want all Of you to contribute. so
that the party will belong to the peo-
pie. and not be owned by one or two
men,"
The last session of the convention
had all the color that one expected to
find. Starting with ragtime music
which was followed by the dull mono
tone of the Lords Prayer. recited
slowly by the delegates. it ran every
gamut of emotion possible to hnd
where men assemble in deliberatfve
body There were times when gloom
was thick: there were moments when
the exaltation of a revival filled the
place. There were moments when rag
ing delegates tore loose from their
seats seemingly ready to kill the man
who objected to their view Of the case.
And to cap the climax, in the midst
of a most radical speech, Victor Muir
dock turned to William J. Bryan, sit
ting as a reporter in the press section.
and actually predicted that Bryan and
Henry Ford would head fourth ticket
this fall. with pacificism and prohibit
ton as a platform. And to this the
crowd cheered, while a clear-voiced
delegate yelled loudly. 'Give US six
teen to. one. give us sixteen to one"
Hughes Name Is Jeered.