The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
BULL MOOSE CONVENTION
 OPENS IN CHICAGO TODAY
 WITH TEDDY IN THE SADDLE
Negro Delegates in Florida and Mississippi Are Thrown Out and Lily White Men Chosen to Occupy
 Seats-Bosses Ruled Out -k =

mentary tactics last Saturday at the New York State convention in Buff fd1o. Before the delegates- -at-1arxe were elected resolution naming 'Woodrlff chairman of the delegation was offered and put through with a whoop, although the majority of the delegates did not profess to under stand why a chairman should be elect ed before the delegation arrived in Chicago. 1t developed today that Woodruff had discovered that the men, who affiliated themselves with the progressive cause in New York state prior to the recent Republican convention had decided upon Oscar s. StrauS for chairman Straus tyas fo be elected delegates large and could not be eligible to the chairnansl1ip until so elected, so the Woodrun fol- naming the Brooklynite in advance Of the election of the delegates-at- large.
 It was not alone the question of the ex-bosses, however that troubled Roosevelt on his arrival here He had to pass on every detail of the conven- ton arrangements which had been made to cover a three-day session
 The report of the national commit tee, which ran reaper over the negro delegate from the south, absolutely eliminating them, was awaiting his SNlSI4OHA OClOEC DcIfS nndlly GODDLe0.t Whether his running mate was te
 be Gov. Hiram Johnson of California, choice of two-thirds of the delegates and all of the leaders. although John son himself ernphatically asserts he doesn't want the job-.or Judge Ben Lindsey Of Denver, Luke Wright of
 S'1nessee, Gen. J. H. McDowelI of
 tennessee. or John M. Parker of New Orleans, had to be decided so that the nominating speeches might he prepar- The leaders all want Johnson. be- cause. of his ability as q cannpaiener, figuring that if Bryan takes the con tract to follow and answer Roosevelt on behalf of Wilson there is no ether Democrats who can follow Johnson to advantage
 The platform too was still very much in the air. Roosevelt's profession of faith which it was admitted embodied everything that he desired embraced in the resolution was, in certain parts more radical than many of the Ro0se- welt leaders believed it should be-
 There was much talk but aittle expec- tation of a modification. It was re- ported that George w. Perkins would urge the eBdorseusent of a currency 1 plan designed tasstrike a. coUlse md way between the plan endoesed at Baltimore and the one advocated in the Republican platform.
 The scenes about the convention hall and the hotel Hobbies today were in striking contrast to those witnessed in June when the Republican conven- tion was in session. The very men were different Ruralites predon1fn- ated in the crowdss Al were admit tedly hopeful. But the majority frankly admitted they knew little about the routine of conventions. There were numerous educators Tn the crowds. men who have been study ing questions of national government and planned to investigate thoroughly the new party. Veteran newspaper writers who have covered conventions for years and who thought they knew good percentage of the nations p0- litical manufacturers, admitted today they knew hardly one man in twenty It was obviously new deal The men here are not the kind who usu- ally go to conventions. The result is that much more was left to Roosevelt and his chief aides than ordinarily would be done in such gathering
 Even the name of the now party was in question so far as many of the
 delegates were concerned. Senator Dixon, O. Ks~ Davis Timothy Wood ruff, Gov Johnson and most of the leaders favored National Progressive party But there were many who as- serted that they believed the Bull Moose would be perpetuated, although it was admitted the general sprfnkling of women delegates made that some thing of misnoner.
 However, there were many who sug- gested that inasmuch as many dic- tionaries refer to the moose as "the largest deer in America" the suffra- gettes would welcome that as par ty name.