The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-14
YOUNG TEDDY
SOMEWHAT COY
He Puts Aside the Proffered
Grown With Studied
Gesture
FEARS TO BE CALLED
POLITICIAN
FEARS TO BE CALLED
But Keep Your Eye oz -ae
Young Man and in Due Time
Y. viii See Him Gather in
The Offices.

ST Louis. May S.-Determlned ell
forts bv tho delegates to the natlonal
ca,,cus of the American Legion,
which opened here today to force 1he
Craftsmanship Of the organization on
Tieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt failed,
and Col. Henry D. Lindsey Of Dallas
Texas. was elected chairman.
! For nearly three hours the delegates
urged the nomination on Colonel
! Roosevelt, who steadfastly declined,
saving he had no desire to hold OF
flee in the organization, but wanted
TO be simply a booster After several
speeches in which he urged the caucus
ito take him at his word and nom
mate some one else, he shouted: III
tell YOU just why I can't accept TINS
nomination They say I am a polis'-
clan and that formed this organlza-
ticn to make a grandstand play and
y Shouts of "No. No" drowned out
his words and after trying for 80
minutes to establish order. Colonel
Roosevelt finally sank breathless into
his chair. Pandemoniun continued
for nearly an hour with chanting o.
eve want Teddy" and Make him
take it,
Col. Bennett Clark, son Of Speaker
Champ Clark, then temporarily took
| the chair and told the convention
that it must force Colonel Roosevelt to
accept the nomination and requested
that some one make motion to that
effect. The motion was made. but
Colonel Roosevelt again insisted ina
he would not accept and the deie-
gates finally yielded, although otnef
candidates offered to withdraw ana
make his nomination unanimous.
Running against Colonel Lindsey,
who was supported by Colonel
Roosevelt, was Sergt. Jack Sullivan
| of Seattle, Wash, the candidate cs
the "buck privates." When the State
of Washington was reached in the
voting Sullivan caused Colonel Linds-
ley's election to be made unanimous
The vote at the time was: Lindsey
$50, Sullivan, 209.
Colonel Lindsey, who was decorat-
ed with the distinguished service
medal, was formerly mayor Of Dallas.
The day his term of Office expired he
enlisted. serving in the service OF
/ supply in France. He will hold Of
fee until the next convention which
probably Will be in November.
Sergeant Sullivan was unanimous
ly elected first vice chairman and
! Seaman Fred 8 Humphreys Of Ros-
well, \. NJ, was chosen second vice
chairman over Chief Petty Officer G.
=. George of New York. Lieut.. Col.
Eric Wood of Washington was elect
ed secretary.
Formal announcements was made to
day by delegates from the Far West
that they will cndeavor- to have the
convention take some definite action
concerning the l. ". w. and Bolshe-
visn1.
Sergeant Sullivan presented q reso-
luton which will be acted upon to-
morrow requesting that a petition be
sent to congress urging drastic laws
to curb I ". W. activities.
The resolution says in part:
Whereas there is an elemeno liv-
ing among us who mistake lib
erty for license, free speech for an
archy and who by their action and
speeches and radical papers would
revoluticnize this government and
make this land Of freedom land OF
free love-be it resolved:
THAT this convention petition con-
gress that ali members Of radical orr
CARNATIONS such as the /. w. w, Boil
shcviki and kindred organization be
depcrted :; that q stop be put
to the printing Of their literature. and
that any olie found guilty Of distribut-
ing thcir literature be deemed guilty
Of a criminal offensc.'