Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-05
Roosevelt Gets Big Reception.
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Special BY UHited treSs Wfre.
Chicago, Aug. 5:--Colonel Roosevelt
and his party arrived here on the goth
century limited at S55 O'Clock this
morning. A crowd of 500 filed the sta
tion and crowded the street outside,
while cheering greeted the colonel as
he passed from the station and dem
oNstration started when he stepped onto
the sidewalk to get into an automibile,
and proceeded to the Congress hotel.
In the crowd which welcomed
Roosevelt at the station were many
women carrying votes fSr women
badges They were enthusiastic in
their part e. the reception.
Colonel Roosevelt in an automo-
bile with Frank II. Funk. the Pro-
gressive nominee for governor of Illi-
nois, and Colonel Chauncey Dewey.
of Chicago, led parade of antonio
biles to the hotel. Standing up y
the machine, the colonel ina = a
short speech to the crowd In whfsh
he said:
My friends, 1t is a great pleasure
to be here in Chicago again and this
time to be present at the birth Of a
new party and not = the death OF
an old one. Let our opponents make
no mistake. This fight is going to
be made by the people for their own
| interests. By the first Of November
| the ticket which was nominated here
six weeks ago will no longer be
factor in the contest. The American
people will not stand for fraud and
theft at their own expense. The day
of the boss, the crooked financier
behind the board and the crooked
newspapers, Is passed"
AS Roosevelt pushed through the
crowd into the hotel es bandETA
crowd into the hotel the band played
"Oh You Beautiful DOLL
Question Put Up Squarely.
Whether a boss must repent in
sack Cloth and ashes before attain
| ing prominence in the new National
Progressive party was the question
put squarely up to Col. Roosevelt
when he alighted from his train
| here today. The straight issue pre-
senting the case of T. l.. Woodruff,
Of Brooklyn, but involved was the
status of Col. Lyon Of Texas; Hoyer
Lisner, of California, and some other
men wh0 attained prominence as
| bosses in the old days and who now
plainly assert that they would like
to be leaders under the new dynasty.
! Many of the New York delegates are
protesting against the elevation of
| Woodruff to the chairmanship of
! New York state. They stated that
they considered Woodruff's diver
sion Of too recent date to warrant
him being the chairman of the dele
cation representing the Empire
state. The scenes about the conven-
| ton hall and hotel lobby were in
striking contrast to those witnessed
in June when the regular Republican
convention was in session.
Within an hour after the arrival
| of Col. Roosevelt the national pro-
yisional committee of the Progress
I've party decided upon settlement
of the Florida contest by voting to
seat the negro delegates as supple
mental delegates, allowing them to
work on committees and take part
in the debates on the convention
floor, but having no right to vote.
1t was stated that the contests from
Mississippi, where the negro dele
gates are claiming seats In the con-
vention would be settled in the
same manner. When the decision
was announced several negroes
claiming to be the real Florida and
Mississippi announced they would
not accept the decision of the COM
mittee but would insist on being al
lowed all the privileges of the regu
larly seated delegates.
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