The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
BULL MOOSE CONVENTION
 OPENS IN CHICAGO TODAY
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S
 Woodruff and a dozen other dele-
 gates said that the Judiciary had been
 purposeIy left out because in certain
 sections fusion might be necessary.
 Curran bitterly resented this state
 ment. He said. that the Supreme
 Court of New York state is corrupt in
 spots and many of the judges are mo-
 toriously incompetent.
 "If Colonel Roosevelt can make a
 fight alone fOr1pr1ncip1e, he said, so
 can any other man even though he is
 a judge"
 in the anti-fusion motion was defeat
 ed s82 to 23.
 Because Timothy L. Woodruff qui- ety celebrated his forty fourth birth
 day yesterday the members of the
 Kings County delegation who found it
 out, as Woodruff expressed it, "be-
 cause my wife talked too much,'' pur-
 ty roses which were handed him by
 Mrs. Robert L. Elder
 At HAY the Pennsylvania delegates
 headed by Big hat in the ring
 banner marched into the hall, This was the first of the state delegations to arrive and soon all of the other
 state representatives were headed hall ward. Maryland and Oregon came in singing and then came Ken
 lucky with three negroes in the dele gation. There. was a picturesque touch
 of color lent by the bright scarlet and
 white bandanas which everyone car- ried in their hands or wore festooned about their Hats, their necks or their arms. It was signifcally reminiscent of the Allan G. Thurman days and the days of the ''old Roman" were re- called by many of the older delegates. When the Ohio delegation arrived it became known that full state ticket probably headed by James R. Gar field as the gubernatorial candidate would be put in the field in the Buck eye State The delegation elected Garfield as its chairman and made John J. Sullivan of Cleveland, national committeeman It was agreed that the delegation will meet each morning and discuss its action at the coming g days session. California headed the big yellow banner made famous during the Re publican convention, marched in the hall at 1902 and paraded through the aisles to their reservation.
 As the seats filled up a Grand Army Fife and Drum Corps in uniform with three big silk American flags held by boy scouts took up a position in the front of the stage and rattled out some stirring war tunes which set feet tap ping and aroused the enthusiasm of the 0elegates. At this time the gall leries were only about one-third full, but nearly all the seats on the floor were filled and the aisles were so 1 jamn1ed that locomotion was impossi- ble.
 One of the best features of the day came when 232 women ranging from girls Of 16 to a very aged woman too feeble to walk and who rode in an automobile marched from the Art in st1tute to the convention hall. It was a really inspiring sight and the wo- 1 men were warmly greeted all along the route. All carried big yellow pen I nants, being the slogan "votes for wo- men, and they presented truly mar tial appearance. At the head of the | procession were IS Chicago women in college caps and gowns All along the route the women marchers were cheer l ed and they were applauded to the echo as they filed into the seats re- served for them. Everyone of the wo- men delegates and alternates to the 1 convention took part in the parade. A feature that caused favorable 1 comment was the silk gowns and walking suits. It was a remarkable and impressive feature of the day l that was openly praised by many who were not entirely in sympathy with l the progres of the convention.