The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-17
TAFT REPUD|ATED
BY ILLINOIS men
Convention Called by Pro-
gressives to Place Third
Party in the Field.
National News Association

National News Association
CHICAGO, July 17.-Proclaiming
that the nomination of William II.
Taft was effected by fraud and that
Theodore Roosevelt was the choice Of
a majority of thes legally elected dele
gates to that convention, progressive
Republicans of Illinois yesterday repu-
dated the Taft nomination. In resolu-
tions it was declared:
1.-THE Republicans of Illinois do not
recognize such nomination as valid
or binding upon them.
The Progressive conference, made
up of 100 strong Roosevelt men from
all over the state, thereupon directed
that a state convention be called in
Illinois, to take. official action in send
ing the states lquota of delegates to
the national progressive convention in
Chicago on Aug 5.
Call Approved by Leaders.
The state convention will be held
in Chicago at 11to'clock in the morn
ing of Saturday, Aug. g. The call for
the new party wastissued at o'clock
last night by the provisional state
GIL Mccormick is theschairman.
It had received thea approval of the
progressive leaders representing each
of the congressional districts in the
state, who had been in session all
through the day at thesCongress no.
tel
The state. convention lis called for
the purpose of electing' the Illinois
delegation of twenty-nine, and the
same number of alternates, to the ma
tional convention. 1t also will choose
Twenty-Five presidential electors, and
a state committee, and elect a nation
al committeeman.
Mass conventions to select dele
gates to the state convention will be
held in the several counties and in
the Chicago wards on July q.
+, Against Nominating State Ticket.
The state convention, in all 1ikeli-
hood, will not nominate a state ticket
BY special votes of fifteen congress
sional districts 'toiten, after a heated
debate, an amendment to the call Of
fered by Donaldt r. Richberg of Hyde
Park, directing sthe nomination of a
1ulI state JlckeC,lmet deTeat.
This was followed by the immedi-
ate withdrawal of Charles E. Merri-
man from further deliberations in the
conference. Four of the committee
who had signed the call as it was pre-
pared in the committee room, followed
Mr.. Merriman's lead and withdrew
their names from the call. The four
are John Simon of Chicago of the
Fifth district; Julian Kespohl of Quin-
cy, representing the Fifteenth district;
DR.. John Doyle of Springfield. of the
Twenty-first district; and Fred S. Will
bur of East st. Louis, of the Twenty
second district.
The call as issued provides that the
state convention may determine to
nominate state ticket in this clause:
"And for the nomination of such other
candidates as the state convention
may deem proper"
Committee Will Wait on Candidates.
Between now and next Tuesday, a
committee of five, authorized by the
conference and to be named by Chair
man Mccormick, will wait upon Gov
Deneen, Lawrence Y. Sherman, and
other candidates on the Republican
state ticket, and attempted to obtain
from them an expression as to wheth-
er they expect to support, Taft or
Roosevelt for the presidency.
Failure of the governor to espouse
openly the Roosevelt cause would be
used undoubtedly bytsome of the more
radical in the state, convention as an
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party gubernatorial. candidate and a
full state ticket.
The action of the conference yes
,terday in refusing sdirectly to insert
such provision in the convention call
and the subsequent bolt of the Mer-
lriam faction, which fought all day for
"a complete new ticket, is figured gen.
orally as decisive of the ultimate re-
suit and as indicating .the state con-
iyopfion will determipoSpo third state