Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-08
Mammoth Demonstration for
Former President Breaks All
Previous Records for Similar
Events.
HARMONY MARKS Meeting
initial Session of Progressive
National Convention Brings
Doubt of Leaders Ability to
Prevent Roosevelt Stam-
pede.

Chicago. June THE progressive ma |
fonal convention opened in the audi |
torium to-day with a record-hreaking |
demonstration for Colonel Roosevelt.
For one hour and 33 minutes the dele |
gates and spectators roared. shouted |
rheered and applauded. They sang the
progressive battle hymns, paraded the
pisles and over the stage and howled
down all attempts to check them. The
Demonstration exceeded the previous
record for such affairs of one hour and
b minutes established in the democratic
Convention in Denver in 1908 in behalf
il William jennings Bryan, which had
exceeded by four minutes the record
made that same year in the republican
convention in Chicago. when Colonel
Roosevet's supporters sought his nomi-
nation over William Howard Taft.
Raymond Robins. temporary chair
man of the convention, had spoken Just
three sentences of his keynote speech
when he mentioned Colonel Roosevelts
name A wave of enthusiasm that
amounted to nothing less than
paroxysm resulted. The foremost citi-
zen of the world" was the characteriza-
ton Robins used in connection with his
mention of the colonel's name. The re
II sponse was Instantaneous. "We want
Teddy" roared the delegates. and the
demonstration was on. With umhrel-
las raised they began marching about
the hall
Chairman Robins made several at
tempts to quel the demonstration, but
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SPEECH BY AfMoNb Robins.
Iation to the weak and opportunitv