Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-07
aooeEvELr AND JohtsoN PLAN
10 SPEAK in EvERv IN.
PoRTAhr STATE.
ABBREVIATED DuT POINTED
PLATFORM AGREED UPON
Rseeiutions Contain Plain Plank on
Nssrs Question and Also Declaration
q 70 Liquor Issus-F,nal Draft Sub.
,nitted 10 ReessvsIt For. Approval
csmimttss Long in seilins Down
Many visMs.

new national progressive part!
pISsssd 10, nominate Colonel Roosevelt
q thssr standard bearer In the pres
idsntisl race and to ring gdown the cur
tainaofs thsir, first national convention
Z to-day: ~ :,sfs Fl, -
xeSnrding to the arrangements Of
tlsS lsaders. the convention win con-
oands., With . display Of oratoricaI
pyrotachnics that IL expected to at
tract thousands Of spectators to the
coliseum.
Colonel Roosevelts name formally
viii be placed in nomination by VII.
liam PrenderGast Of New York, 9
short time after the delegates recon
vens at II o'clock this morning Sec
ondinG speeches Will be made by eight
weii-known persona headed by Miss
Jane Adams.
johnson For Second Place.
In addition to the nomination OF
Colonel Roosevelt the convention was
scheduled to name Governor Johnson
Of California, for second place on the
ticket and adopt . platform said to be
the most advanced ever submitted to q
national convsntion In this country.
Tho drst thing ON the conventiop,s
third days. program Was to effect Q
perlnansst organisation. which prob
ably WI ~ acco1nplishSA Auicklys BY
Il loEihg lce1sf aAnA1oe BSvsEidgs par
i = 1l1ntsehai isnssn aua Sothl9wise max
ms thes temporary organization per-
I snAne6t 81,
Asids nom the s.ominasions ana the
a1condtng speeches. the report Of the
-.
committee were !. important features.
at q comparatively late hour this
morning. after the platform builders
had worked nearly all night.
Active Campaign Planned.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the convention today, the leaders
will begin q series Of conferences to
decide plans for the progressive cam
paign.
It was said Senator Dixon would
head the national committee and Os-
car straus would be named treasurer.
Also It was announced that both
Roosevelt and Governor johnson would
take the stump and travel into all
sections Of the country.
Platform 10 Brief.
The platform sub committee went
into conference with Colonel Roose.
welt about 10 O'clock to finally 20 over
the new party's declaration Of prin-
ciples. The document is said to contain
less than $500 words
There had been sharp discussion In
the committee during the fight on the
negro QUESTION, and 1t was said
plank has been inserted on the negro
question by q close vote. and that the
platform contained plank dealing IN
some way with the liquor traffic.
Prlpessd Negro Plank.
The subcommittee, It was said,
worked hard to curtail the platform
and to make the declaration OF prin.
ciples model for brevity.
When sslhe full committee met II
seemed likely the negro question
would again bob up. Hugh T. Hal
bert OF Minnesota, carried with him
to the mseting plank on the sub
ject which read:
The national progressive party
recognizes that distinctions Of race,
or class. or sex, in political life, have
no place Id a democracy. Especially
does the party realize that a group
Of ten million people who have In q 4
generation changed from slavery to
free labor system, re-established
family life, accumulated billion dol-
lars Of real property and reduced
their illitsracy from 80 to 30 per cent.
deserve and must have Justice. oppor-
stunity ana . voice in their own gov
erhment.
This plank was approved hast night
by Colonel Roosevelt and the sub-com-
5mittee hoped to put It thru the COM
mittee without difficulty.
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