The Holt County sentinel., 1912-08-09
NEGRO DELEGATES
ARE TURNED DOWN
Progressives Adopted Report Of Com.
mittee Without Debate.
GREAT CROWD HEARD ROOSEVELT
Greeted by Demonstration Lasting 81
Minutes-convention Adjourned
TIL Morning Without Com.
pletins Organization.

the Progressive national conventich
opened with a well defined fight ovei
the negro question vieing for mrs.
interest with Col. Theodore. Roose
velt's delivery Of his confession OF
faith" to his followers in the progress.
sive cause.
Some OF the delegates declared that
the elimination OF the Southern negro
from participation in the formation OF
mount issue Of the convention. East
ern negroes Joined with their brothers
from the South in denunciation of Ger.
tain things that occurred al an all
night meeting Of the credentials com
mittee. when the last of the southern
negro delegates was barred from the
floor of the convention in close vote.
Blacks Indignant
excitab'y vCluble throughout the SEES
sion of the committee. which began
NJ \ y. m. AID continued until nearly
daybreak. The Mississippi contest
was the last TO be taken up and II WAS
begun shortly after midnight.
The vote In the committee stood II
TO iG against the negroes. those from
Mississippi. and Immediately julius r.
Mitchell OF Rhode Island and other
Eastern negroes Joined In crying that
questionable proxy on the committee
Fairly suffering indignation. the ne.
groes announced they would carry the
matter to Col. Roosevelt for a personal
ruling on the point
The vote on the Mississippi case
came in secret session of the com.
mittec az 3 In the morning. few
hours after both white and negro dele.
cations from Florida had been barred.
Roosevelt Holds Reception.
when Col. Theodore. Roosevelt ap.
peared on the stage OF the convention
In the afternoon 10 make his comics.
sion of faith" address. he faced one of
the greatest audiences ever gathered
in the big Coliseum building.
The demonstration OF delegate. and
spectators that greeted him lasted =,
minutes
The coiunci had an improptu re-.
ception durI!g the enthusiastic noise
making and was stll broadly smiling
his appreciation when senator icve.
ridge Introduced him. lie began his
speech ~ las O'Clock.
Col. Roosevelt continually departed
from his prepared speech, intcrpOla,.
Ing many side remarks and skipping
over portions OF the printed speech.
lie spoke somewhat slowly, with great
emphasis and was constantly inter.
ruptcd hy applause aud cheers.
There was no question Oi Roose.
v'l's hurpiuoFs. li's face radia,cd II
and rs he nodded 20 the blue uni.
lu"m"l @, A. Il. drum corps as It came
across the stage AMI RANGED Itself IN
& somi-circ.c about the speakers
stand
creets Confederate General.
ROos welt CRASHED each of the yetcr.
ans by IN" hand, shook II warmly and
NN''Ns '' 'liF fN--'F'A'lls 'hiNN tNl w " " u
Il wild marching tame. The blaro OF
the Gfcs and the boom of the drums
aided TIE enthusiast and rs the music
died down Gen. Mcdowell of Tenncs
see, veteran OF the Conicdcracy
passed forward and Roosevelt shook
him warmly by the hand and pattcd
him on the back
Roosevelt finally swung into the
spirit of the enthusiasm himself and
waved his arms and cheered.
The demonstration was the most re-,
markable yet rendered to Roosevelt
during the present campaign. Not n
person was In his seat, even the
women and the galleries standing on
their chairs to contribute to the un
dulating sea Of color made by the wav,
ing bandanas. From the rear OF the
stage many pressed forward to shake
, hands with the colonel.
Shook Hands With Negro Delegates
Two negroes. wearing delegates
badges. climbed to the stage. The
critical negro question was In the
minds of the crowd and as the colonel
reached out hand to each of the ne
groes. those around them fell back
| For minute the three stood In q
little knot, The colonel gesticulated
and talked, the negroes listening. theil
faces serious. As the colonel con
cluded one OF the negroes reached over
and pounded him on the shoulder The
three stood hand In hand and the
! crowd yelled, The negroes were dele
gates from West Virginia.
When Col Roosevelt had left the
Coliseum the business of the conven
ton was resumed. The report OF the
credentials committee unseating the
negro delegates from the South wa,
considered.
The report OF the committee on ere
dentials was adopted without debate
and without dissenting voice.
Without affecting permanent organi
zatiOn the conventiO at 1865 O'Clock