Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-06
Credentials Committee Settles
Contests Brought by South
ern Negroes by Barring
Them from Convention.
C0LONEL's POSITION ON
RACE ISSUE SUSTAINED
0usted Delegations Announce
Intention of Going Against
Steam Roller on Floor Of
Convention.
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Ahl efentnh hsfatd ~ v Geese@ Wfeb
Cbl,ego. Aug g Tho second day
of the Progressive national conveu-
ton opened with the well dcfiuod
fight over the negro question Ncing
for first Interest With colonel Hoosc-
yclts delivery OF his confession ut
faith To- his followers IN the Proc
grcssiNc cause
Some of the delegates declared that
the elimination uf the southern negro
from participation In the formation ct
the new party had become the para
mount issue Of the convention Fast
crn negroes Joined with their brothers
from the south IN denunciation of ccr-
tain things that occurred al the ail-
night meeting uf the credentials COM
mittcc. when the last of the southern
negro delegates vas barred from the
The vote stood ~ 90 ~ against the
last ~ the negroes, those ffnm Mia-
HiHsippi. ana immediately julius 4.
Mitchell ana other eastern negrues
Joined in cry Ing that tho deciding
ballot had been cast by a question
able proxy on the committee.
Fairly sputturiug Indignation tho
negroes announced they would carry
the matter To- Colonel Roosevelt Tor a.
personal ruling ON the point Tbs
vote on the MiFsissippi case came in
u srurpt session ot the committee al
@ o'clock this morning, q few hours
after both white ana negro delegates
from Florida had been barred
The negroes were Indignant ttrpuRh-
uut the session OF the committees,
which began ai = O'Clock last light
and continued until nearly day bronx,
. NH .f.H. Ha.aHN /.
tu hr taken up aud II Was begun
shortly after midnight ilstf duf"u
uf the negroes told the committees
that tu scat the white delegation head
cd bN Prov isional National Commit
toomuu &c. g. Fridge Was equiyaIcnt
| tu disfranrhi-ing the negro. ih~
| Fridge delegation VAS elected "a "a
convention the rull for which was I'D
dressed tu white cliifcue ut Mt-
! sissipui The nesrues we're not al
| lowed tU take part
several uf the negroes 100 thr uuHict
/ delegation wrru among the delegate IS
! to CO., Republican national rnHN"h
J ton who stood hg Colonel ituus"Nril
aud deserted tho Republican couVrn-
| ton iu Chicago 90 attend the itrHl
! Progressive convention When plans
vcre made FOR the third parts
Aftrr a Lengthy debate Committee
man Richard " chilli uf MaHHt hu-
setts proposed seating the Fridge
dclrgstcs bw distp rowing lhc frdEr
plan uf calling white convention
Thts was done uy vote pi " ln l's
Julius r. Mitchell ~ Rhode lHlhnu
| aud Dr George H. Cannon ~ New
Jersey both negroes and mruntsH ul
tho committee. lrd the tight lor tho
negroes and they we're 600 bitter
! mood when the fight ended Mitchell
declared that the DECIDING vote In the
convention Was cast hY e. questionable"
pruN given 300 blank aud hurri'hi
secured.
Confronted with this decision ~
| IA, credentials committee and th"
WHss meeting ul Indignant negroes
beld here last night to protest against
! Colonel EpusrrNlt.s position in ihr
matter the Negro question today hhd
! tho delegates In au uprpHr Iun
colonel was determined iu sihnl nt
/ htr announced views and ih' rlr''
/ OF thir NHs seem iu the action oi mo
/ credentials committee. the tlFNl Nl"
/ hp carried tu thp floor 10 the nsgt"rt
adhrr, tu their declared Intention ~
I last night
According tu plans ~ leader for
mex IuItrd states senator Abort J.
| rrtrridgr uf Indiana VIII h" suirr tee
/ permanent chairman as AaH done ih
/ ihr yus, af Elhu Root iV ttt trpHh-
liDsn national convention.
| Judge iiou N Lindsey ut Denver
] Z" N" 'IlNNHf.I N'fN If.N NNNNNNN iNN Ntft''
/ but Is said tn have asked tu 1r r'r
urtcd because uf 300 health
The rules committee ~ the ypuN"u-
/ tion adopted the suggestion of tulourl
| Ruostytlt that the basis of repre-
| -putatuu Iu future Progressive con
| tcutIuus he changed The new rules
| provide that one delegate ho named
/ Tor each Congressman and senator
| and one additional delegate be- chosnn
! for each 10000 votes cast Tor lhe
/ PrugrossiS, party tn the last prc'ioua
3 election
The resolutions committee worked
| uu thr platform until q late hour last
| night hearing suggestions on all Va
/ retics uf plankE and discussing ths
/ platform in an executive session,
To-day it WAS expected a snb-com.
mittec ~ soVon would ho a3p, tnted
/ 90 confer with Colonel Roc eyelt
/ regarding the platform ana WIZ him
| this sub-C0mmitteo eXpoctod 20 hew
1 out the particular planks which IN
| abbreviated form viii cover tho
ground with enc nr two exceptions 0f
an the moro radical Issues,