Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-08
BuAMoose Drop All Thought
of Any One Except Roosevelt
Rabid Delegates May Render Fruitless Peace
Parleys Planned for Today With Republican
Leaders, Conventions Offer Contrast.

, his eve and a scheme for ending the
war in Europe tries to talk TO MT.
Pepper he just pats him on the arms
and says: MY friend, they are LOOK
ing for you over in the Auditorium
There's one thing to say about the
progressive convention, and that Is II
doesn't keep fellow in suspense walt
ing and wondering what the keynote
and who the nominee will be. For
double quick action the progressives
take the palm.
Officially Theodore Roosevelt hasn't
been named yet. but unofficialiy he was
nominated before the convention start
ed. He was nominated by quartet in
the gallery which sang a song about
Teddy.
Then he was nominated by about
thousand signs which were carried into
the big auditorium hall. and he was
nominared by lot of yelling wild
men. who didn't seem to care what
happened just as long as they could be
allowed to boiler their heads off
Another thing noticeable about the
progressive delegates here is that they
don't eeem to care much about har-
mony in politics or music When six
or seven state delegations start Roose-
welt songs, all different, on various
keys. and keep it going for two min
pies, harmony flies up the chimney.
Difference in Methods.
Then here's one more thing about the
progressives: They don't talk for an
hour and half extolling some one
whose name is carefully withheld and
then spring it on you with grand
climax. The progressives start off with
the subject and do their yelling in
advance.
The old school of convention oratory
a q
er in a serious frock coat would arise
and address himself to the Constitution
and talk about that for a long time.
Then he would speak of Bunker Hill,
and bring in Lexington and Valley
Forge: and trip along over the whis-
KY rebellion and the Mexican war and
ring in the elder Harrison and depict
Old Glory as it waved about united
country.
Then he would mysteriously refer to
the fact that there is a human being
who has been reared on ideals built
along the lines of those old pioneers
who made this SO great nation.
Having taken the convention thus
bold enough to say that this human
being was a man. And then he would
perhaps refer to the state where he
was born and reared. and sometimes
he would speak of his great public
service.
He would give the impression that
had it not been for that man there would
be gap in the history of the country
as big as the great lakes, and then,
having led up to pinnacle of hope
and effort and excitement, he would
raise his hand and declare that the
country could be saved only by that
prince of patriots. that great and glo.
rious American, the honorable George
w. Bazoo.
And the cheers and yells and the
trained and expected demonstration
breaks forth.
How Progressives Do It.
But see what the progresives did.
Raymond Robins had a keynote speech
to deliver that covers the side of
newspaper.
At the end of the first paragraph he
mentioned the foremost private citizen
of the world-Theodore Roosevelt"
and for one and half hours yelling,
boiling, crazy demonstration lasted,
which old correspondents say beats
anything since the first time the pot
boiled over at the touch of William ].
Bryan after the cross Of gold" speech.
Actually they had not been going
forty minutes before the avalanche
started. II they do that at the begin
ming. what will they do when they get
going? After contemplating the days
work In the bull moose convention it
brings a smile to remember Chairman
Murdock's words, The convention will
be in order