Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-07-08

who promulgated the call. that forty
of the forty-eight States are repre-
sented In the call. There can be no
doubt that ultimately North and
South Carolina, Arkansas, Delaware,
Maine, Nevada. Idaho and Mississippi
will be represented at Chicago at a
convention which will be the first in
the history OF our party"
What is to be the method of select
ing delegates, by primaries?'
THAT will depend upon what kind
of law governing the choice of dele
gates prevails in the various States
In New York, for instance | assume
that State convention would be held.
In California. which has already de-
clared for Roosevelt by $4,000. either
the delegates to the recent Republi-
can convention at Chicago, or dele
gates designated by them, will prob
ably serve. Michigan has already
held its State convention and chosen
full set Of delegates to our conven-
tion.
Il believe that the convention will
be more truly representative of the
people than any ever held. 1t will
| contain among its delegates MOI
brilliant and patriotic minds than
ever gathered at a palitical meet
Ing. The character of the men who
have signed the call and the charac-
ter of the delegates who will re-
spond will, believe, more than ever
convince the people that this Is a
contest between Roosevelt and VIII:
son and that Taft is not to be seri-
ously considered. 4 would almost DE
willing to wager that Taft will not
carry a single Congressional district
in the country
Plan "Unique" Platform.
1--WE shall put State and Congress
sional tickets up in every State. In
New York State we expect to run
first and certainly second. We ex-
pect to carry every State that Roose-
welt carried at the recent primaries
and enough more to insure his cleo
tion as President"
|f"How did 1t happen that you
changed the date from August 6 to
August. 5?'
1T was thought better to get right
to work Monday, instead of Tuesday
morning. especially after the expert
ences at Chicago and at Baltimore.
and finish before the week ends.
1.-THE convention, though 1t will con-
tain only about half the number of
delegates accredited to the Repubh-
can national convention, will be an
earnest. thoughtful body. whose mem
bers will go with an eye single to
the very best interests of the coun-
try. There will be no Barneses. no,
Penroses, nor Cranes. nor Murphys,
Taggarts, Sullivans, Ryans or Bel
monts in our convention. We have
no room for them Or their kind. The
people viii be represented there. the
candidates named and the platform
adopted will be the most progressive
that can possibly be conceived. The
platform will be unique when it is
held beside the hackneyed, meaning
less documents framed and adopted
at Chicago and Baltimore"
Seek Rooseyelt's Attendance.
"will Governor Johnson or Judge
Lindsey be Roosevelt's running
mater"
IT don't know. At least a dozen
candidates for V1ce-PreSident have
been suggested. The convention will
choose Progressive. you may be
very sure Of that"
"Is Colonel Roosevelt to participate
in the convention?"
1--WE do not know, but we hpe he
will. I assume that the people from
his home district will not object to
his being a delegate. His presence
would help much toward clarifying
the issue and give an impetus to the
progressive cause which will help
much toward victory at the polls in
November"
Senator Dixon left for Washington
last night. He wiliTeturn here after
the vote has been taken on the Lori
mer case and resume perfecting ar
rangements for the Chicago Progress
sive National Convention.