The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-06

ton OF the Zuara Oasis The Turks made
little resistance. and the operations con-
tinue.
Pariss-The Echo de Paris says that
Russia has consented to sign an agree
ment with France, binding herself not to
treat with Germany on any European
question without having previously dis
cussed it and come to an agreement with
France.
Chicago.-A record price for cattle on
the Chicago market was established today
when a carload of steers from Tuscola.,
ILL.,. sold for SOLO hundred. Bidding
for them was brisk despite the nigh price.
Marseilles.-rhe Messageries Maritimes
steamer Portugal which has been refitt-
Ing here was badly damaged by fire to-
day.
Boston.-Josah C. Coburn. charter
member of the National American Cotton
Manufacturers association and president
Of the First City Council of Lewiston, Me-.
died in Newton today, aged 80 years.
been the regularly chosen delegates to
the republican national convention, but
We're steam rollered," appeared and
asked to be recognized as delegates to
the convention. The committee decided
to seat the two men and to leave it to
the convention to determine whether
they should have votes.
There is also a question as to whether
the District of Columbia and Hawaii shall
have a voting voice in the new party's
councils.
The Ohio contests were passed, and the
committee plunged into the Florida cases
Forty-ffve minutes was allowed each side
Crowds Are Noisy
Crowds in the hotel corridors and
lob bies tonight were nearly as large
and quite as noisy as those during the
republican national convention.
Hundreds of delegates and their
friends Enthusiastically bedecked with
bandanna handkerchiefs and pictures
of Colonel Roosevelt marched about
songine Roosevelt songs and shouting
Roosevelt yells.
AT times the marchers would pause
for a moment, form in circle and then
with Joined hands dance about some
leader who held aloft miniature re-
production Of bull moose or a large
picture of Colonel Roosevelt Although
there seemed to be but few brass bands
in action, the noise at many points fire.
quently rose to a din.
There were comparatively few argu-
ments. but several times the police were
called upon to intercede when some en-
thusiast became too yociferous in his
of the new cause.
Many women waited patiently in cor
ridors of the headquarters hotel for
an opportunity to see Colonel Roose
Welt for a moment as he made one of
his quick sallies from his apartments
to some committee room. The colonel
was cheered loudly each time he APP
peared.
New Method of Seating Delegates
A radical departure from the &C
cepted basis of representation in ma
tiona1 conventions was proposed to-
hight at a meeting of the committee on
rules, with the approval of coloneI
Roosevelt 1t is planned that In future
national conventions instead OF seating
a delegate from each congressional dis
trict. and one for each United States
there shall be one delegate
from each district, and an additional
delegate from each 10000 votes cast in
the previous election for the national
ticket. Late tonight the
still was in session and no
final action had been taken, but it was
said the proposal had met with favor.
The plan is designed to prevent the
existence within the now party of con-
ditions such as have obtained within
the old parties. whereby sections of
the county in which the parties have
little or no strength are represented
in the convention on the same basis as
the strong republican democratic
states. Colonel Roosevelt contends
that republican delegates from south
ern states in which the party has only
a nominal existence were used IN the
convention last June to de-
feat the wishes of the party in the
strong republican states, as expressed
at the primaries.