The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-08-04
CONTESTS ARE TAKEN UP OVER
DELEGATES TO THIRD
CONVENTION.
SENATOR DIXON pRES|DES
Negro Problem is Basis Of pispu..
Over Delegations From Several
Southern States-Whitc Delegates
From Alabama Are Seated and Ad.
journment Is Taken Until Monday.

Chicago. Aug, 3.-The provisional
committee Of the national progressive
party adjourned az ~ 20 tonight after
"a session lasting since noon today,
having acted ON u single contest, that
In Alabama, where t. white delegates
were seated over the claims of the
negro contestants. a dispute over tho
contesting negro delegation from Flor
Ida prolonged the session and finally
forced adjournment until o'clock Mon
day morning.
little argument over the negro
white delegate question In Florida sew
oral times forced the committee to
turn out the contestants and the
newspaper men and go into secret ses-
sIons, they We're fraught with wordy
battles.
the Florida contest resulted from
the sending OF separate delegations
by white and negro conventions. The
former sent six white men, the latter
five negroes ana II white man. Tho
negro delegates said that IL. l.. An
derson, provisional national commit
iee'nan from Florida, suggesten that
they hold the separate convention and
produced documents purportlng to
prove 1t. Anderson, admitting that ha
had barred the negroes from the white
convention. defended that action by
saying:
by no other course can success DO
secured IN Florida. White men will
not follow negro political LEADERS,"
This doctrine aroused considerable
opposition among northern members
OF the committee ana the argument
prolonged the session. An attempt was
made to adjourn until tomorrow, but
several committeeman objected to
meetings ON tho Sabbath. Adjourn
ment. therefore, was taken until Nom
day.
The race question proved diff
cult matter to adjust In each OF tho
contests which were heard. Chair
man Dixon, who presided, labored
nightly to prevent anything like an
open quarrel, and succeeded.
The national progressive party
emerged from It's swaddling clothes
ana got down to real political work
today. Tho provisional national conf
mittee of the new party took up tho
work of framing the temporary roll
OF delegates for tho convention that
VIII meet on Monday.
The committee settled the question
of the representation OF various ter
r.torfea and outlying possessions and
heard arguments OF various contest
Ing delegations. Tho committee, after
.wo. and half hour meeting early
IN The afternoon, resumed work at 4
O'Clock and was In session well into
tht evening.
Dixon Prssides.
There were on the committee some
30 men, representing various states.
/ senator Dixon or Montana presided.
when he called the meeting 10 order
shofiiy after noon, he made "A speech
Outlining the purposes of the meet.
'hg' and predicted great things for
the new party. He reviewed the worI,
dohe bS the Roosevelt forces after the
republican convention and up to the
time the call was issued for tho pro-
gresslye meeting here.
lhls call was signed on July So
no said. ! doubt II In the history OF
tho Anglo Saxon race there has ever
been such development. such an evo-
luton politically among 10000. 900 peo-
PIE us you have witnessed In the last
70 days.
In that time ~ Of the is states OF
'ne Union. through their representa-
yves IN mass meetings, have como
together and nation has developed. {"
senator Dixon then reviewed tho
(contiuuel nm pnpa Liu,