The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04


The vice presidential sentiment i;
not crystallized, however; in fact II
is receiving scant attention in the alb
sence OF Roosevelt.
The Californians were the vanguard
of the convention hosts they mum
Der about sixty. Utah's delegates also
arrived this afternoon.
Sunday will witness the advent 81
many delegates. Those expected are
from Kentucky Ohio, New York, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland
Hotel Hobbies began filling tonight
and new crops of campaign badges
and banners doomed up.
The hustle and jam of the usual ma
tional convention is lacking, bur pro.
gressiye optimism is predominatins
Excited knots Of delegates congre-
gate in the hotel corridors but the
tense bitterness of the last partisan
/ gathering here is conspicuous by its
absence
Hotel managers reported that the
rush for accommodations is being felt.
They expect crowds which will com
fortably ill the leading political bat.
tlegrounds but without any crush.
| Bull moose" badges Of white metal,
the miniature likeness OF a moose
rampant are favorites. Red ban.
dana handkerchiefs and Roosevelt hat
bands also lend touch Of color to thu
occasion. Blaring bands have not yet
burst forth, but they are promised in
numbers.
Among the delegates-and the par
ty leaders too, one of the most
weighty disputes RACES about the
question of fusion" with the republi-
cans in many states upon congression-
al and state candidates.
Senator Dixon and other leaders In
sist that full progressive tickets will
be placed in every republican state.
Many prominent progressives are
loudly advocating temporarizing with
the republicans with the exception of
the head of the ticket. Their desire
is to deprive the democrats of CON
troll Of republican states-progressive
states-by uniting upon republican
candidates for progressive support.
What we want mostly said Col
onel Alexander Moore, of Pittsburgh,
tonight, rs, first, the election of
Roosevelt and secondly rout of the
democrats. There viii, however, be
| third tickets in every state at least as
ito the presidential side. How far the
progressives should unite upon re-
publican candidates depends upon the
laws Of the various states. Some can
go farther than others. In Pennsyl-
vania we favor supporting the repub-
lican congressional candidates, pro-
viding they will pledge themselves to
vote for Roosevelt in case the cleo
ton is thrown into the house"
That Senator Dixon and even Roose-
velt himself will have trouble hold
ling some of those advocating fusion
into line is evident.
Every state, except possibly South
Carolina, will be represented in the
convention, Senator Dixon stated to-
might Many states will have double
| and treble their regular allotment of
delegates The provisional commit
tee reached an agreement today by
which all such excess delegates will
! have fractional vote in the conven-
ton.
Only ten members of the provisional
committee are absent Some of these
will show up before the gavel falls
Nine committeeman are represented
| by proxies. The lineup of the com
mittee is as follows:
Alabama, Oscar r. Hundiey; Ari-
zcna, Dwight B. Heard; Arkansas, J.
A. Conner; California, Governor Hiram
w. Johnson; Colorado. Ben B. Lind
| sey; Connecticut, Herbert Knc
Smith; Delaware, L. A. Drexler.
Florida. H. L. Anderson; Georgia. c.
Mcclure; Idaho, Arthur w. Allen:
Illinois, Medil Mccormick: Indiana.
Edwin M. Lee: Iowa, John /. Stevens:
Kansas, Nelson Case; Kentucky, Les
lie NJ. Combs; Louisiana, John M.
/ Parker; Maine, H. P. Gardner; Mary
land, e. C. Darlington; Massachusetts
Matthew Hale; Michigan, Henry Ii.
Wallace; Mississippi, B. r. Frije;
Missouri, w. H. Walker; Montana,
Senator Dixon; Nebraska, J. L. Me-
Brien; Nevada, S. Summerfield: New
Hampshire, NJ. Savacool; New Jersey,
Everett Colby; New Mexico, Miguel
iC. Otero; New York, w. H. Hotchkiss.
North Carolina, ]. NJ Williamson;
North Dakota, A. NJ. Baker; Ohio,
James R. Garfield; Oklahoma, George
/ G. Priestley; Oregon, N. w. Coe;
Pennsylvania, William Finn; Rhode
island, Edwin futile; South Carolina,
none: South Dakota, R. S. Vessey;
Tennessee, George Taylor: Texas
Cecil Lyon; Utah, Heiner; Vermont
Chas H. Thompson; Virginia, Thomas
Lee Moore; Washington, Senator
Poindexter; West Virginia, VIM. N. O
Dawson; Wisconsin, Charles K. Lush;
Wyoming. Governor Carey.
Delegates from Alaska, the District
lOf Colunhia and Hawaii ara dauiad a