The sun., 1912-07-12
THIRD PARTY STARTS
WAVING BLOODY SHIRT
Gen. Sicklcs in Opening Speech
Said lie Didn't Want Will
son. a Virginian.
FULL TICKET IN NEW YORK
VIM. II. Hotchkiss to Appoint
County Chairman-State
Committee of $50.

William n. Hotchkiss chairman OF the
State COMMITTEES Of the third party move
ment. presided yesterday at an all day
session in the Roosevelt headquarters
in the Metropoli an Building of repre-
sentativcs from twenty counties. Resolu-
tions were adopted declaring the party
to be n Separate and distinct political
organization and providing the methods
by which the organization should be
formed
The adoption Of the resolutions brought
out a demonstration Of enthusiasm that
lasted for several minutes Many stood
on their chairs and cheered and waved
their hats, while there were others who
gave outlet to their feelings by initiating
the cry of the bull moose.
Two committees. one representing the
metropolitan district, and the other the
upstate districts. were named TO suggest
the course that should be followed in
organizing the party and in selecting the
delegates to the convention to be held
in Chicago August s. Mr. Hotchkiss was
chosen provisional chairman of the body
in this State. The resolution said:
party he and II hereby declared to be n
separate and distinct political organization
for the purpose of promoting and securing
social and industrial justice and political
liberty in nation and state
Resoi,cd. That the National Progressive
party place candidates in nomination for
every Office to he filed this fall by electto
national. state. county and municipal
Rc.olrrd. That forty-thTce of III" dele
gates to he sent to the Nat onal Progressive
party's national convention in chicago he
chosen by Congressional districts except
that in counties containing two or more
complete Congressional districts the dele
gates representing such Congressional
districts may be chosen n' large in the
county such torty-threc delegates 40
chosen shall elect the two delegates al large
Resolrcd. Further. that in order TO eject
the above purposes. the provisional
State chairman be and is hereby authorized
to appoint provisional county Chairmen
and when necessary provisional committees
FOR the several counties,
The county chairmen are to organize
Assembly district committees which will
select n delegate or delegates to the
August convention AT Chicago Each
Assembly district committee will elect
q member of the State committed
When the conference was called to order
in the morning Gen. Daniel f.. Sickles.
who has been Republican and Demo-
crat by turn. was asked to make short
address He did 80. but il was one that
the Roosevelt leaders found emba r.
, RAISING before the General had been speak
ing but few minutes. He marked back
to the war. and referring to Woodrow
Wilson. said he didn't want Nirginian
and one whose kin had fought the fight
OF the Contederacy to teach tho doc.rine
of States rights from the White House.
Woodrow Wilson. he Said. is the first
. candidate ever nominated by tn. Dcfno-
Gratis for President since tho Rebellion
who was born in the South. q Y Wilson
was himself too young to take any active
part IN the war but all the ahlc bodied
members of his family w"rr on t'io wrong
side. We of the North haNe n"v.r been
disposed to send 10 tn. " mite liojl-. anv
man who entertained the uutIIn- uf ,hc
South with reference tu Ia" ri ;h' of a
state to withdraw from the Union We
don't want any repetition of such doc
trine from an occupant OF the White
House. | believe with Andrew jackson
that the Union must and shall be pre-
served These United States are one and
insscparablc;"
Mr. Hotchkiss. Timothy l.. Woodruff
and others of the prominent Roosevelt
leaders were getting iidgetty, and finally
after there had been some motioninS To
MIR. IlotchKiss the chairman inaned over
and whispered something 10 Gen. Sick les.
After that the General confined himself
- praise of Col. Roosevelt and pledged
himself to the Roosevelt movement
The nervousness that was shown while
Gen. Sick les was making his sectional
speech was probably due To tho knowledge
which those at the conference had that
Col. Roosevelt is seeking to split the
Democratic vote in the South.
Oscar s. Straus. former Secretary of
Commerce and Labor in speech said
1t is a privilege to I've fighting in this
cause. You cant lose. That il the
virtue Of great moral cause. We are
bound 10 win. II il isn't tomorrow il
will be- some other day. but from the mes
sages that are coming in II looks like to-
morrow"
conferees related how the conditions in
his respective district pointed to undoubt I'd
success of the Roosevelt ticket in this
State. One man asked the chairman to
take vote i'll view of the activity of the
woman stenographer as to how the dele
gates stood on the question of woman
suffrage. rising vote showed that only
five OF the delegates were opposed 10
giving the franchise to women
Comptroller Prendergast was tele-
phoned for and introduced by Mr.. Hotch-
kiss as one of the first men to volunteer
his aid TO the Roosevelt movement. In
the course Of his speech the Comptroller
said:
"The birth OF a new party is q stupen-
dous undertaking. but ! can assure you
that wa have a chance now to do some
thing and TO accomplish something
Since the Chicago convention my mail
has been heavy every day with letters
from writer's who want To Join the new
party and who want tn he part of tho new
movement, These men want to come
into line because they conceive that il il
their duty to accomplish something for
the betterment of American politics. The
it's obstacles and difficulties. hut these
will be overcome"
Mr.. Prendergast said that he had fre-