The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-08

imentiOn of Theodore RooSeNeII s n1A-Ai0 at the opening session of the Prosres- lsiye National Convention provoked demo; sTration which listed o117 'h'ui laad tksfty-three minutes
 Tn the library of his home in oys- ,4er Bay the Colonel listened over the sscngs distance telephone to the chee[- fzng and distinctly heard the deiniiho' thundered by 4.o0o voices; we want Teddy! We want Teddy. We'll have Teddy!'
 i When word was passed through the Auditorium that the Colonel had his Eear to the telephone rne tuTuf 1n- creased. The main floor Of the -Au- ditorium, occupied exclusively py tdelegates. staged this outbreak or emu [tionaI enthusiasm, which, except Tor the absence of 1912's rellelous ~; Twas as genuinely whole-souled a trl- fbute to the Colonefs popularity aS that accorded by the Progressives in convention four years ago.
 Texas Whoop Starts It
 The mention of the CoIonePs name l drew a shri1 whoop from the iusty- ii111nged Texas delegation which was taken I'D by the New York and Il1i- inois delegates The galleries joined with alacrity and five seconds or so after the first cheer every delegate ] and spectator in the Auditorium was i standing, flags were waving, banners sawying hats sailing through the a1f' lspictures of the Progressive ch1efta1n | Haunting high and enthusiasm ran 1iot-
 Victor Murdock, chairpnan Of the 4 Progressive National Committee, had -ef,ained carefully from calling the Colonel by name during the short ad- dress he made in presenting Raymond P obins, social settlement worker ana upIifter of Chicago, as iemporary Chairman of the convention. MT. Robins received a ten second send-ofI :%vhen he took the platform Without Iiany prelfninaries he began to read his ''keynote'' speech.
 As was remarked by Bainbridge Colby of New York, who may place T. sR., name in nomination, Robins 'be- Egan like a dirge and finished like Sou sa's band,-s but it was the magic name l of Roosevelt that put the 'tSousa mu- 1 eic'' into the Temporary Chairman words. Until Robins spoke the Colo l neps name his words had been listen l Al +o for inward of ten minutes in si- lence.
 Wild Scramble to Stage. Only the standards of the various etate delegations stuck up above the l heads of the delegates when Rooms began to talk. But what seemed 1he l a thousand flags, banners, posters ana ! various letter em1blazoned announce ments of allegiance to the cause or T. R. and T. R. alone, popped up when the name of the delegates hero Tell from the lips of the chairman.
 Two minutes after the demonstra- l Gion began and MT. Robins quietly 1 had taken his seat to allow it to spend Lg4salf. the delegates literally were climbing over one another in thei1 frenzied insistence upon reaching the Enla+forn1. The six wide aisles lead ling to the stage accommodafed nu- man chains of emotion-crazed men with here and there a woman dele { Iaaz fthan the more raucous-voiced male T R. enthusiasts. E-
 Fully 800 men and women specta- tors who occupied rows Of seats or kthe stage, directly above the pFess seats. shot down toward the audience crowdfng about George w. Perkins Ewf1o had already been lifted to a cha1l land was waving a small American shag. Some of them actually em Ibraced the Progressive angel. Oth Eers descended up on ChairTnan Rob lans and would have lifted him to thei1 trhoulders had he not fought agains it. Meantime the tunlult was in creasing minute by minute
 ssWe Want TeddX.'
 we want Teddy: We want Ted Idxi" shrilled a woman who had climb ledNupon 8 chair in a box overlook1ni 1.-the stage and was spiritedly wav1n' "a. bright red sunshade. The ban' katr1Yck up Three Cheers for the Red eWhite and BIue.'' The b1are of tn tbrasses could barely be heard
 we want Teddy! We want Ted sdyi" came the chorused demand iron Ethe Texas delegates and others. el lrninl1tes elapsed and the demonstra E+1on was still going strong. It wasn' Hong before every man and woman in the big meeting place was yellin s'we want Teddy! We want Ted dy."
 lary 1ulI a sta1wart New Jersey dele gate shouted:
 '.we'n have Teddy! we'n have Ted .1yi"
 derous tones from all parts of the ha was:
 ''You bet we will You bet W j-viII.''
 A pudgy little man, short of breat iand apopletic of complexion, appear Led in the rear of the hall, bearin aIoft a picture of Roosevelt about tn sine of a six sheet poster. After
 hard struggIe he reached the stag
 "Onward, Christian SoIdiers!"
 The sight of this picture was tn Eedgnal for the widest outbreak of tn
 day It started the delegates parad
 ing. Falling over one another g they pushed and e1bowed their wa
 toward the stage, the delegates, som
 or them III LA10AE SLEEVES oLl
 pufing and perspiring from over-e1 Ii ertion, halted for fully three minute
 when the band b1ared forth: "Or
 ward, Christian Soldiers"
 With hundreds of hands uplifte
 and swaying to the accompaniment (
 the music, the entire assemblag united in singing the battle hymn ( the Army of Armageddon.
 When the hymn was over. tn
 chering was resumed. Then there wa
 brought forth from their hidin
 places countless banners and trans
 parencies, each barring a crypt Fphrase or sentiment. all designed t