The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-06
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
AT THE CONVENTION
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sey; NJ. C. Debaca, New Mexico; George
w. Kirchwey, New York, William 8.
Pearson, North Carolina; sivor Serum
gard, North Dakota; King G. Thompson.
Ohio; John G. Rails, oklahoma; j. +.
Hughes Oregon; William Draper Lewis.
Pennsylvania; Lucius f. Garvin, Rhode
Island e. l.. Sem, South Dakota; John
c. Houk. Tennessee; ]. M. Mccormick.
Texas; Joseph L. Lewinsohn, Utah; Frank
f. Howard. Vermont; Wheeler P. Blood
good, Wisconsin; Joseph McCarey, Wyom-
ing; Gordon c. Corbaley, Washington; An
drew j. Stone, West Virginia.
Miss Alice Carpenter of Boston, named
by the Massachusetts, delegation as a
member OF the committee on platform,
is said to be the first woman to fill such
a place at a national political convention.
Miss Carpenter has been active as a So
Geological worker and also as writer.
Thompson on National Committee
The new national committee, which
takes place of the provisional committee,
was named as follows:
Joseph Thompson, Alabama j. f.
Cleveland. Arizona; II. X. Cochran, Ar
kansas: Chester II. Rowell. California;
B. B. Lindsey, Colorado; Joseph w. AL
sop, Connecticut; Louis A. Drexler, Del
aware c. W. Mcclure. Georgia: p. NJ.
Smock, Idaho; Rucolph G. Leeds, In
diana; John l.. Stevens. Iowa; William
Allen White, Kansas; Leslie M. Combs.
Kentucky: Pearl Wight, Louisiana; Al
bert p. Gardener, Maine; Matthew Hale,
Massachusetts,; E. c. Darlington, Jr.,
Maryland; Henry M. wallace, Michigan;
Milton ID. Purdy, Minnesota: William II.
Walker, Missouri; B. f. Fridge, Missis
Nh
than Merriam, Nebraska; P. L. Finni-
gan, Nevada; william Savicool, New
Hampshire; John Franklin Fort, New
Jersey: Miguel A. Otero. New Mexico;
j. N Williamson, North Carolina; A. Y.
Moore North Dakota: John J. Sullivan,
Ohio; George C. Priestley. Oklahoma;
H. w. Core. Oregon Edwin f. futile.
Rhode Island; r. s. Wesley, South Da-
kota; c. Thomas Taylor. Tennessee; Ce-
Gil A. Lyon. Texas: NJ Heiner, Utah.
Thomas Lee Moore. Virginia; Charles
H. Thompson. Vermont: II. F. cochems,
Wisconsin, Robert u. Carey, Wyoming;
w NJ C. Dawson. West Virginia.
The national committeeman from Illi-
nois, New York, Pennsylvania and
Washington had not been named tonight
Besides naming national committeeman
and members of the resolutions commit
tee the business despatched by state
delegates today included the following:
Pennsylvania decided TO seat 1852 dele
gates entitled to one-fourth of vote.
Senator William Finn of Pittsburg was
elected chairman.
Oklahoma elected Frank Frantz per-
manent chairman and chose as commit
teeman of credentials Henry Schaffer.
Kentucky named Brutus Clay chair
man.
Ohio chose James r. Garfield chair
man.
Virginia named r. B. Murphy chair
man, Walter Graham on credentials,
Col ]. S. Browning on permanent or
ganization and w. H. Norman on
rules
New York adopted resolutions that all
state officers nominated must have in
dorsement of the new party and must
be members of the progressive party.
California delegates adopted a reso-
luton against their governor as a can
didate for thu vice presidency, named
Governor Johnson as chairman of the
state delegation. F. ]. Heney was placed
on the credentials committee.
The committee on rules named at the
national progressive convention today
was as follows:
Alabama, Charles Alexander; Arizona
Thomas X Marshall; Arkansas. c. c.
Sparkes: California, George c. Pardee:
Colorado, Allison Stocker: Connecticut,
W. A. Heidel; Delaware. Rober G.
Houston; Georgia, P. r. Morrison; Idaho,
Theodore Curtis; Illinois, Medill McCor-
mick, Indiana. Joseph II. Campbell;
Iowa, w. b. Clements; Kansas. Nelson
Case; Kentucky, ]. G.. Rollins; Louisiana
A. II. Thompson: Maine. Thomas Haw-
kins; Massachusetts. William N. Os-
good; Maryland, Galen L. TAFT. Michf-
gan, Homer f. Bucker; Minnesota, p.
II. Jacobson; Missouri. Phillip CAME;
Mississippi. #. A. Helvason; Montana
l.. II. Hamilton; Nebraska, w. o. Henry;
Nevada p. l.. Flanigan; New Hamp-
shire, Willis G. Buxton; New Jersey.
James G. Blauvclt; New Mexico. George
Curry; New York. Edward f. Hale. Jr.;
North Carolina, S. S. McNinch; North
Dakota Alexander r. Wright; Ohio, f.
f. Erskine; Oklahoma r. =. Grinstead;
oregon, Bruce Dennis; Pennsylvania. II.