The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
No Crowd at Doors.

There was practically no crowd
abou5 the doors, when they were open
ed at II O'clock. The majority of the
state delegations we're holding meet
ings In the hotels, and the promised
avalanche of spectators failed to ma
terialize.
The hall was decorated in red, white
and blue bunting. Pictures Of Wac.
ington. Lincoln and Jefferson-rerer-
red to by more enthusiastic progress
sives as the Theodore Roosevelts Of
their time, were arranged above the
stage The only trouble was that an
over-zealous decorator. with little re-
gard for the historical proprietors had
labelled Jefferson, Jackson. But few
of the delegates noticed this, and ar
rangements were made to have the
mistake rectified.
A big picture of Coionel Theodore
Roosevelt was draped in solitary
grandeur over the rear end of the
hall directly under the band stand
Otherwise the arrangements were
about the same as for the republican
convention
| While the delegates and spectators
were slowly filing into their seats
the New York delegation was holding
a stormy caucus at which it fatty
placed the new party in the empire
state squarely on record against any
| fusion.
| The meeting was an adjourned state
convention held over from last
Saturdays Buffalo gathering, and the
resolutions adopted squarely declared
that no person should be nominated
| for legislative, Or executive Offices In
New York who was not regularly en-
rolled in the progressive party.
Delegate Curran, Of Brooklyn, pre-
cipitated bitter, and long continued
debate when he tried to amend the
resolution by having the judiciary in
cluded. Woodruff and dozen other
delegates said that the judiciary had
been purposely left out, because In
certain sections fusion might be
necessary"
| Curran bitterly resented this state
ment. He said that the supreme court
of New York is corrupt in spots ano
MANY of the judges are VIGOROUSLY
lincompetent.
"If Roosevelt can make fight
alone for principle he said, so car
any other man, even though he is
Judge"
The debate over the resolution was
protracted and at times bitter, but the
original resolution which left the
question of judicial fusion to the party
was finally adopted.
Negroes Thrown Out.
Changing its early decision to give
the contesting delegates from Florida
and Mississippi seats in the nationa
progressive convention without votes
the national provisional committee a
noon today voted to throw out botf
delegations from Florida. That state
/ will be without representation in the
convention. according to the latest de
cision
In the case of the Mississippi con
tests, the committee voted to seat thu
lilly white" delegates, but passed
resolution saying that B. Z. fridge
Mississippi committeeman, did wronl
to call a convention for only white
men. 1t was understood that thu
/ white delegates from Georgia will b.
seated The final action of the com
/ mittee gives the negroes neithe
seats nor votes.
Francis Heney, of California, pre-
scented a resolution which was adopt
! ed by the committee providing tina
| in the future, each state shall decide
| qualifications of its own delegates.
! The committee approved the lette
written by Roosevelt to Julian Harri
/ upon the subject of white LEADERSHIP
in the south.
Because Timothy L. Woodruff quiet
ly celebrated his fifty-fourth birthda
I yesterday, the members of the King
county delegation, who found it Out
as Woodruff EXPRESSED 1t, 'becaus