18 PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE T. R. BY ACCLAMATION Before this action was taken. Mr. Robins had mentioned the necessity of nominating a Vice-President. "Johnson is the man." was the shout that ckme from the floor showing that the desire of the party was almost unanimous for their 1912 standard bearers, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt of New York, and Governor Hiram Johnson. of California. Governor Johnson declared after the recess that he and other leaders would communi cate with Colonel Roosevelt during the recess and insist upon a definite state ment immediately as to whether he would accept. 'I insist," the Governor said, "that these delegates should be advised be fore they adjourn the convention just what the Progressive party intends to do. 1 am very positive in my convic tion that they should not lie held in suspense in this critical time." Auditorium Hali, June 10, 10.41 A. M.—"We want iliis convention to name Roosevelt before the Repub licans get a cjiance," said Colonel Wil kinson, of Minnesota, as the Progres sives slowly filled the Auditorium. 10.42—At 10.41 the Progressive con vention came to order at the call of Chairman Robins. 10.53—Robins aroused the delegates to cheers by announcing that "We are going to do just what we came to Chi cago to do." 10.58—Instruction® to delegates on how to make a nomination unanimous without call were given from the ros trum by Secretary Dav is. 11.04—After explanation of the par liamentary situation it was apparent that a nomination would be made without roll call. 11.05—Answering demands for an immediate nomination of Colonel Roosevelt, Chairman Robins said the convention "would not proceed to adopt the platform or make nomi nations" without giving the confer ence committee a reasonable time to report. 11.09—The peace conferees reached the convention hall at 11.09 a. m. 11.11—Chairman Perkins was rec ognized to report 'lie action of the conference committee. 11.15—Perkins announced that the Republican conferees last night had offered the name of Justice Hughes as a compromise candidate; the Repub lican members of the committee were not unanimous for him, standing three for Hughes and two against him; that at this morning's conference the Re publicans were unanimous for Hughes. 1 t .22—Roosevelt's telegram sug gesting Lodge as a second choice was greeted with shouts of "Xo, no." Gilford Pinchot said there was only cyie thing to add—nominate*T. R. "We know what the Republican convention is going to do," he added. 11.24 Bainbridge Colby has been selected by the Progressives to place Roosevelt In nomination at the Audi torium. 11.27-—"The convention wMll never stand for a compromise," Governor Johnson said during the reading of Colonel Roosevelt's telegram. "It will nominate Roosevelt." 11.30 —Governor Johnson did not come to the platfonn with the other conferees. He occupied a seat in the extreme rear of Ihe hall with the Cali fornia delegates. 11.33—Chairman Perkins was greet ed with a demonstration of approval ■when he said "I may have done well or may have done poorly" in the con ference. His statement that Colonel Roosevelt may be acting well or un wisely was received with applause. 11.36—When Mr. Ferkins concluded by urging the convention to abide by Colonel Roosevelt's request and defer action Until the other convention passed on the suggestion of Senator i.odge as a compromise candidate the delegates acquiesced with shouts of "That's right, that's right." 11.42—Captain Parker, of New Or leans, addressed the convention In be half of those "who had burned the bridges behind them" when they join ed the Progressive party four years ago. He opposed any compromise that would side track Roosevelt. His every sentence was cheered. 11.49—When the demonstration fol lowing Captain Parker's address had been silenced the platform was adopt ed without rollcall. 11.50—Chairman Robins said the order was to proceed with nominations for president and vice-president. Chairman O'Connell, of New York, was recognized for a motion to sus pend the rules and proceed with nom inations. Hamilton Fish. Jr., chal lenged O'Connell's right to speak for a majority of the delegation. A poll was ordered. 12.07—The New York delegation upon being polled, rejected the motion to suspend the rules and make nomi nations the order of business the vote being 55 to 32. 12.15—The Progressives suspended ' ' x '"v k > j , ■**> **;?»• ■■ i " flfllip 1% • • ft ' i .7 TBSjflSswNfcL " ■■ 4*P~- H&S| ■ • i ; 'M\ HIRAM JOHNSON, PROGRESSIVE NOMINEE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT Hiram Johnson, former Governor of California, is a resident of Sacra mento, where he was born September 2, 18ftfi. He was admitted to the bar Of California in 1887. He was Governor of his State from 1911 to 1915 and has been a rampant Progressive ever since tiie break in SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JUNE 10, 1916 regular orders of business until it hears the Republicans are balloting again. 12.22 —Mr. Colby named Col. Roose velt at the end of the two minute ta'k. Delegates and spectators cheered wild ly but were checked at once by the chair. 12.26—Chairman Robins took the floor from George W. Perkins who fol io w»d Mr. Colby, by recognizing Gov ernor Hiram Johnson as soon as it was announced that the Republicans had proceeded with a third ballot. The discourtesy to Mr. Perkins was howled down, and Governor Johnson at once yielded to Mr. Perkins to Inform the convention of the withdrawals at the Coliseum of a number of favorite-son candidates. 12:26—Chairman Robins took the floor from George W. Perkins who followed Mr. Colby, by recognizing Governor Hiram Johnson as soon as it was announced that the Mepublicans had proceeded with a third ballot. The discourtesy to Mr. Perkins was howled down, and Governor Johnson at once yielded. Flash—Roosevelt nominated by ac clamation. 12:30—Governor Hiram Johnson seconded the Roosevelt nomination and asked immediate action without further delay. At 12:42 the Progressives adjourned until 3 o'clock. Progressive Chairmen Vote to Await Action on Lodge Suggestion by T. R. By .4ssociated Press Chicago, 111., June 10,—The confer ence of the Progressive state chairmen adjourned at 11.05 a. m. after voting to request the Progressive convention to delay further action until the Re publican convention has opportunity to consider a suggestion made by Colonel lioosevelt that Senator lx»dge lie considered as a compromise presi dential candidate. A minority of the conference voted for the Progressive convention to nominate Roosevelt at once. At 9 o'clock this morning George W. Perkins, Hiram Johnson and other Progressive leaders were in close con ference with Chairman Robins and there were rumors among the Pro gressive delegates that a coup of some kind was in preparation, the word having gone round to have them In their seats early so that the conven tion could meet sharp at 10.30. George W. Perkins left the confer ence to go io a meeting of the Re publican and Progressive conferees. All the state chairmen remained in the conference. It was said no word had yet come from Colonel Roose velt as to whether he would accept a Progressive nomination if the Repub lican convention nominated Justice Hughes. After a brief conference Mr. Per kins returned to the waiting state chairmen and made a report which was not disclosed. He indicated that he might have another conference with the Republican conferees. The meeting of the state chairmen was somewhat stormy. Several of the chairmen implied that Chairman Per kins was not for Roosevelt, to the last trench. Miller, of Florida, and Parker, of Louisiana, resented the criticism. Miller left the room, but was per suaded to return. Parker declined to address the meeting. Mr. Perkins told them that even if Illinois went to Hughes at the Repub lican convention it would be insuf ficient to nominate, and that he looked for a recession in the Hughes strength on succeeding ballots. "The tide will turn to Roosevelt," said Mr. Perkins. Smoot Submits Proposal It was understood that Senator Smoot had submitted a proposal to the Progressives which was placed in writing. While it was fell in some quarters that the Progressive convention might nominate Colonel Roosevelt to-day, it was also believed that the nomination of Hughes would not prove wholly objectionable to the Progressive lead ers and that they might endorse him, Colonel Roosevelt withdrawing if he were named. Immediately upon the completion of the Smoot proposal Perkins and C. J. Bonaparte and John McGrath, secre tary to Colonel Roosesvelt, took a copy of it to other Progressive leaders. The Smoot proposal involved only the name of Justice Hughes, it was said. No attempt has been made to use the vice-presidential nomination in effecting a compromise. Feeling was hopeful among Repub lican leaders that the Smoot propo sition would prove acceptable to the Progressive leaders. Second place on the ticket was held in abeyance. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PROGRESSIVE NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT toher T »- ° may r^bus. Horn In Now York, or- I,°° e „ r , 2l> 18o »- Educated at Harvard. ISBO. Member of New York Legislature, 1882-4: delegate ReDublican na ,V n, ted State. Ctvtl Service Commissioner. 1889-9 5: president Netv r k PoUce Boa"d. Vice-President ofn? K : Gove ™ or . , of Xew York ' January 1. 1899. to December 31, 1900; Pre.iLn? of I"nited Stales 1905 00 1 eCame PresU,ent ° n flpath " f W " »««» McKinley, September 14. 1901; HUGHES IS TOLD OF NOMINATION Receives News Without Appar-1 ent Emotion While at Lunch With His Wife By Associated Prtss Washington, D. C„ June 10.—Jus tice Hughes was told of his nomina- I ti°n for the Presidency by newspaper i men at his home where he had been ! at work all during the Republican : convention on decisions to be handed ! down on Monday, probably his last! day as an associated justice of the I Supreme Court. He received the news without evi dent emotion, saying: "I have noth- i Ing to say at this time, but will make ! a statement later in the day." The news came while Justice! Hughes was eating lunch with Mrs Hughes and their two daughters, Miss I Katherlne and Miss Elizabeth. The! justice at once responded to the re- ; quest to be received by newspaper! men. I Will Make Statement Now gentlemen," said he, after he i had thanked them for their congratu lations, "all I know about this is what you tell me but if you are interested I you may return at 3 o'clock when l! probably will have a statement for i you." Justice Hughes' friends considered I it certain that he would accept the) nomination regardl-js.s of whether the 1 Progressives kept a third ticket in the ! field. Within fifteen minutes a tele gram came from Senator Harding, chairman of the convention, announc- ! ing the nomination. Justice Hughes i began writing a reply, which will be ! sent to Chicago immediately. I Half an hour be!ore the convention voted telegrams began to pour into the Hughes residence predicting the nonii- ' nation and extending congratulations The Justice had retired to the living! room with his wife, leaving a small ' army of newspapermen in possession i of his office. Only his secretary, I/. H. i Green, saw the reporters during the ! morning. Miss Katherlne spent the day with a tutor coaching her in preparation for entering college next Fall. Eliz abeth was busy about the house with ' the usual cares of a girl of nine. Tears stood in Justice Hughes' eyes as he came down the steps to meet the ' newspaper representatives. His voice I quavered, but by the time he had been j asked for a statement he had regained i his composure and announced he would have one at 3 o'clock. His sec- I retary had broken the news when he took the call from the reporters. Dictating Statement When the last of the newspapermen had gone the door was closed and the Justice dented himself 1o all callers. Those who sought to enter were told that Justice Hughes and his secretary were very busy and that neither could be seen until 3 o'clock. In the meantime, a little group gath- i ered outside the house and the van guard of the camera squad arrived \ by automobile and set up their instru- ( ments. For a time there were no I other visitors. When George. W. Wickersham, who j had a long talk with Justice Hughes Thursday, was told of the nomination, he said: "I presume he will accept; I don't see how he can help it " House Gets Word Representative Mann, the Repub- , lican leader, announced the nomina tion of Hughes in the House amid lusty cheering from the handful of Republicans on the floor. nepresen- 1 tatlve Harrison, of Mississippi, Demo-! crat. followed with the announcement \ i of Roosevelt's nomination. < While the reply to Senator Harding j was being dictated, several unsuccess- , fill efforts were made to get the jus- i tice on the telephone bv Impatient ' friends in Chicago. Mr. Green said j 1 the reply would be finished In a few I < minutes and would be telegraphed be- I i fore any statement was issued in Washington. SAYS VIRTUES MAY BE VICES l Dorothy Dix Discusses "Un selfishness" and What It Lead To A Great Xeio Series By Dorothy Dix. Bj Dorothy Dix Unselfishness is another virtue that is popularly supposed to be the bright- I est jewel in the crown that adorns the | feminine brow. Never a preacher or a moralist who doesn't adjure women to j cultivate unselfishness. Never a pane ! gyric of wifehood or motherhood that j isn't a rhapsody over the woman who makes a doormat of herself for her children and husband to wipe their j feet upon. It is natural that this view of the j subject should be popular with the lit tle tin gods before whom a woman of j fers herself up. The queer part of it is that women should have cultivated j in. themselves the sacrificial spirit until | they have come to believe that the i way for a woman to do her duty by I her family is to make herself miserable j for it. They are like the fanatics who | think they attain heaven by casting | themselves under the wheels of the car I of Juggernaut and letting it roll over j them and crush the life out of them, j Now there is reason in all things, i A certain amount of unselfishness is i admirable and desirable and even nec- I essary in every relation of life. Live and let live is the motto of civilization, i Every decent human being must give way to the rights and convenience of others. Particularly every woman must. I And more especially must every wife and mother consider the welfare, the I tastes and whims of her household. The unselfishness that raises us above the level of the swine, two and 1 four footed, is worthy of all admiration and emulation. That is what might be I called the masculine brand of unselfish ness, and it is innocuous. It is the feminine brand of unselfishness that is a virtue gone wrong. It is this particular kind of self abnegation that makes a devoted mother do her children a more deadly harm than their bitterest enemy could invent. And that is one of the most pitiful and tragic facts in the world. It is the unselfish mothers who raise up the loafing hoodlums, who, like as | not, as circumstances depend, become i white slavers, because they have al- I vvays had a woman to work for them, and they see no shame in it. Mother couldn't bear to call Bobby in from the sheet and his play to split the kind ling, or bring up the water, or do any j chores, so she did it herself. Mother j was so unselfish that she gave Bobby the money that she was saving up to get her a new pair of shoes to buy a I baseball mask. Mother always ate the neck of the chicken or the scraps left on the dish. Mother stayed at home and cooked up a good supper for them against their return when the balance of the family went off on an excursion. Mother never had any decent clothes, nor any pleasure. No one considered her feel ings in arty way, and so Bobby growled at her when he was a child and cursed her when he was a man'because her, unselfishness had raised his selfishness up to the nth degree. It was mother's unselfishness that sent Bobby out into the world to be cuffed and buffeted and beaten until a little consideration for other people and their rights was hammered into him. I And mother's unselfishness was di rectly responsible for the broken heart of the woman that Bobby married— and treated like a brute. It is the unselfish mothers who are ( at the of the for they raise up the lazy, selfish, parasitic girls, who curse the men who are un lucky enough to get them for wives. Mother has a glow of self-righteousness when she thinks of how she is "saving" her daughters by bending over the washtub while they are getting exer cise in a tennis court. She thinks she is doing the part of a noble, self-sacri ficing mother by working her fingers to the bone while her girl's hands are pink and manicured : and by wearing the cast-off clothes of the family while her daughters are arrayed in the latest creation from "Paris. Unselfish Wiie l/ittle Influence With Husband In reality she is making of them monsters of cold-blooded selfishness, grafters who take what they want irre spective of whether they have a right to it or not. She is making them greedy, and callous, and self seeking, the type of women who regard matri mony as nothing but a meal ticket, and REPUBLIC A N NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS The vice-presidential candidate is a resident of Indianapolis, Ind. He was born at UnlonvSlle Center, Union cuuno, wnio, Alay 11. 1852. Educated at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1872. He Is a lawyer. Chairman Indiana Re publican State conventions 1892, 1898; delegate-at-laise, Republican national conventions, St. Louis, 1896, Philadelphia, 1900, Chicaßo, 1904, Chicago, 1912: United States Senator from Indiana for terms 1897-1903, 1903-1909; Vice-President of the United Stales during Roosevelt's administration (1903- 1809;; member Joiut High British-American jJommisaiuu, ISaS, WHY BACHELORS DO NOT MARRY j Does Not Know One Marriage able Woman Who Loves Children Writes One By KIXA WHKKIiKR WILCOX (Copyright, 1916, Star Co.) Here is a letter from a bachelor who has some interesting things to say anent marriage. It seems he read in this column some time ago a ref erence which he thought unfriendly toward bachelors. That was a mis taken impression on his part; but here is what he has to say, and it would be well for women, married and single, to read it carefully: "1 am nearly forty, extremely fond of children. Sly Christmas bill for dolls was over S3O. My only rea son for wishing to marry would be to have a little home nest of my own, but when 1 look around among the supposedly marriageable prospects 1 cannot name one who knows how to boil an egg or instruct a servant how to do so. "Nor do I know one who would think enough of a home to keep it in order; so why marry, when the probabilities are that it would onl.v be a step into purgatory? "Only this evening I was much annoyed at the restaurant by the miserable bickering of the mar ried couple at the next table, and when 1 reached my apartment and retired 1 was kept awake a full hour by the quarreling of the married couple in the next apart ment. Does Not Know One Marriageable Woman Who l.oves Children "I don't know a marriageable wom an who loves children, though they will often pretend to, if they think to gain your favor by doing so. "There are fully 500 physicians in New York who are bachelors and if a physician don't know what matrimony means no one docs. "1 don't happen to drink or smoke. Barroom company T detest, and anything like a club life would bore me. I want none of •it while I have good books and a piano. "When a man doesn't love a wom an, what greater injury could he do her or himself than to marry her? Isaac Newton, Voltaire. Her bert Spencer and a few others were bachelors, and there are a few of us left, so please give us credit for being human beings, but give us a chance to meet some woman who has a little of the home instinct and perhaps we would sec an opportunity to change our state." j He who really seeks for any- I thing, finds it. The bachelor who wants to meet women with the home instinct, if his mind is absolutely focused in that direction, will materialize them and they will become visible. ■ a shopping credit which they are ever ready to trade off for a better one. Nor is the unselfish wife the pearl without price that she is supposed to be. It is not the self-abnegating woman who help men. but the ambi tious ones who demand a place in the sun and force their husbands on to get it for them. Many a man has be come a millionaire because he had to hustle to supply a selfish wife with gew-gaws. Moreover, the unselfish wife and mother have never the slightest in fluence with either husband or chil dren. We all take other people at their own value, and we accord to them the treatment they demand of us. Hence, when a woman humbles herself before her family they treat her with the con temptuous indifference due to her posi tion. This Is why the self-abnegating woman does more harm than good, and why unselfishness is oftener a crime than a virtue. In every village, country place, city and metropolis, are hundreds of young women who possess the home making instinct and who are waiting for some prince charming to come along and lead them homeward. Meantime the best type of the J modern young woman expects j something from the man she mar ries besides his home and his name. : She wants a man whose record j would bear investigation, whose j morals have not come into a i state of fatty degeneration, whose blood is pure enough to be trans mitted into the veins of children ■ and whose idea of marriage is not I merely that of establishing a home j where a wife will provide him with j well cooked meals on such eve j nings as he does not care to dine lat the club, but who is willing to : give comradeship and companion ship to the woman who bears his name. The opinion of physicians re , garding marriage is not always reliable. Quite an army of young I women of marriageable age can be j found in America who have never been under the care of a physi ! cian, at least, since their croup j and measles days. ( The outdoor young woman Is in I evidence everywhere. She is proud lof her good health, proud of her ability to walk. swim, golf, tun ; nls and ride. When she does not carry these accomplishments to !an extreme, she makes an excel i lent wife, mother and housekeeper. One great reason why women in cities do not like to become moth ers Is because of the outrageously unjust system of taxation which exists in the land. 1-et this bachelor put himself In touch with the Joseph Fels Fund Association, of Cincinnati, and ob tain from that association a copy of Mr. Bigelow's address, "What Shall We Ho With Our Million aires?" and he will be materially assisting himself in an effort to es tablish a home. As a proof that women are not indifferent to the home, the bache lor should investigate the Home Makers' Guild, of Chicago. The slogan of this society is, "Home makers are world builders." I)i mnnris Same Recognition For Home | Making as Other Professions This is their object: The ob ject of the Home Makers' Guild shall be to claim recognition for ! the home and its allied activities :as the basic foundation of all State and national progress; to oh ] tain for women the same recogni ! tion and honor for efficient home making that is awarded other i skilled professions; to awaken in | legislative bodies a larger sense lof justice and appreciation for women who are engaged in home I making. ■ To demand that all educational ! institutions incorporate into their i curriculum such fundamental teach , ings of art and science as are need ! ful for the creation of greater ef ficiency in developing the physical. ' mental, moral and social life of j the home; to arrange for a series of honor medals to he awarded to j women who have achieved special (success in any department of home ' making: to conduct such educa tional propaganda as conditions may demand and lo set apart (he first Monday in October of each year as Home Makers' Day. The membership . consists of men. women and children who be lieve in the object for which the guild is organized and will work for the high ideals which the guild represents. The bachelor should join this organization. PENNSYLVANIA VOTES "WET" Chicago, Til., June 10. —Pennsylva- nia voted almost unanimously against prohibition in the Progressive conven tion yesterday. On the question of laying on tho | table the proposal to declare for na tional prohibition in the platform tho State vote was 41» ayes to 1 noes. This was announced bv William Klinn, chairman of the delegation. Tt was learned that one of those who voted for the proposition was Magis trate Robert Carson, of Philadelphia. Asked who constituted the 1 M votes. I Flinn replied. "I don't know and X I don't care."
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