Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-10

loud-voiced speakers were allowed to
come to the platform and below and
rave and keep the hags going and the
camp meeting spirit jumping. And all
Of this time the men who have the
party to manage and who have kept the
faith. as they call 1t. had the secret
knowledge that q telegram had been
received here from Col Roosevelt, ask
ing the progressives not to nominate
him. He wanted, of course, to see what
tion.
Thus the conventions opened with the
general understanding among leaders
that Roosevelt would not head a third
ticket If Hughes should be nominated
by the republicans. The point Of view
Is understood to be that the defeat of
the democratic administration is too
important to allow a third ticket.
May Name Roosevelt Anyhow.
OF course. in view Of the short dis
lance to the end of it all now. an ex-
plosion may occur in the Auditorium
and the delegates may refuse to be
controlled. They may nominate Roose-
welt anyhow. If this turns out to be
the case. leaders of both wings expect
to see the colonel refuse to run. He
may announce his refusal soon. or he
may wait.
Gov. Hiram Johnson's utterances seem
to indicate that the colonel has desert
ed the progressives. mo matter what
transpires." he said. mine is the OBJ
keep the faith intact. Oh. how our soul
rung in 1912. Oh. the glories of those
days. And tonight. God help US. finds
US sitting at the feet of Reed Smoot
and Nicholas Murray Butler"
Should the word be given today that
means death to the bull moose. those
frenzied. red-kerchiefed men and WON.
en- with the holy fire in their eyes will
be asked to lay down that the united
party may live. They have shown
pluck up to now, and the chances are
they will face the firing squad without
the need of bandages on their eyes
Robins Uses a Hammer.
This Raymond Robins, chairman Of
the progressive convention. who wears
one of the four tailor-made suits in the
outfit. must have a keen sense OF the
fitness Of things. Ordinarily a chairman
will use a gavel to keep control OF or
der Of business. but Mr.. Robins mas
been using hammer. The first day ne
used gas filters hammer, which recog-
nized that it was right where it ought
to be about the time the talk began.
If any registered plumber and gas filter
had more use for hammer to plug
leaks than Mr.. Robins. then he de-
overtime.
On the second day some loving ad-
mirer stole the hammer to take nome
probably as souvenir ana meno tne
kitchen sink. The convention couldn't
be called to order until the stage car
penter of the Auditorium had produced
a carpenters hammer, just the sort OF
thing for mailing up platforms rms
might have been acceptable. out the
head Of the hammer came near nying
4 49, hA
CATION, and Mr.. Robins nd to send out
for another hammer. They brought to
him a large full-fiedged machinists
hammer capable of driving a railroad
machine. no praise is too great. There
is machine in charge OF the progress
sive party, just as there is machine
in charge of the republican convention.
machine. but they stand by their own
and show complete faith in the men
who compose its several parts.
Delegates Show Their Faith.
They showed their faith when many
of the delegates voted against their
own preferences and refused to insert
a prohibition plank in the progressive
platform. This was a remarkable and
interesting episode. 1t aroused feel
when some one suggests that Theodore
Roosevelt can't be nominated.
OF course the chief argument Of the
progressives who argued against suf-
would nullify all the other planks Of
what is considered a stout and able
foundation on which to carry cam
paign. All those who argued in this
vein made personal declaration In Ia
vor Of a universally dry condition and
said that it gave them great pain to
vote against a dry plank. The first
man who suggested that 1t was much
more courageous to vote against the
prohibition plank than to vote for 1T
was given a cheer of thanks. Previous
to his bright idea. the speakers had
been foundering around trying to fnd
a good excuse. In plain words. they
ciety. out of the political party.
They have the suffrage plank and
that seems to be enough. As one man
said. I'VE don't want to make the
Of the liquor question" II the anti
liquor plank had been nailed into the
platform. the leaders looked as II they
would have decamped on the spot and
when one brilliant genius moved that
Roosevelt there were positive shriekr
of pain. When one realizes that thu
republican party. and the democratic
party ana every other OLD party except except
ing bitches for years to escape this
very thing 1t seems very rude manners
to try to rub 1t into the young pro-
gressive party. The doctors say 1t Is
suffering with hysterical nervous pro-
traction just now, anyhow. and must
not be Jared.
Story Of Old John Peters.
Ono delegate was telling the sit
uation to another man in the lobby
afterward. "Bill." he said. "all this
reminds mo Of old John Peters down
in my town. John knew liquor was a
bad thing. a mighty bad thing. but
somehow or other he could not keep
of the stun. He used to go to tenn
perance lectures. and signed pledges
and took the cure and everything. He
must have had eight gallons Of anti
booze mixture injected into him first
and last. but every time he saw a pair
Of swinging doors he ran into them
full tilt. and the only thing that stop
ped him was the bar. One day his
physician trailed him and caught him
1unging head first into a place where
they sell liquor. I believe they call 1t