The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-03
The Elimination of Southern
Political Negro on Slate
of the Progressive Nation
al Committee.
SAYS 1T WILL BE
A BIG CONVENTION
Delegations Are Arriving
From a Large Number of
States.-Parker Mentioned
for Vice-presidency.
(Nationa1 News Association)

(National News Association)
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Elimination of
Southern political negro from the new
Progressive party was on the slate for
this afternoon. The elimination was
expected to begin when the provisional
national committee assembled at the
Congress Hotel to hear delegate con-
tests from three southern states. The
contestants in most cases are negroes.
Officially it was said that regularity"
was to be the test by which the dele
gates would find their way into their
seats. The action of the committee,
in the case of South Carolina, the
only state that will not be represented
in the national convention that meets
Monday. In South Carolina a lot of ne
gro delegates were named without the
authority of the Progressive manager.
They have been repudiated by the ma
tional committee.
The absence of the South Carolina
delegation will not be missed in the
national convention of the new party.
Far fro nit The national committee
already has more delegates than it
knows what to do with. The really big
task that confronted it before it's
meeting today was making up the tenn
porary roll of the convention. The
call provides that there shall be 534
delegates. As matter of fact the COM
mittee will have to give seats to ap-
proximately 1900 delegates-possibly
more. The fnal count is not in yet.
Double Delegation.
Many states have elected double DEB
egations. Some have elected three
times the number provided for in the
call. Connecticut enthusiastic over the
idea of the Bull Moose party, entitled
to seven delegates as the call was sent
out, elected forty nine. They will be
seated of course, and will be allowed
one seventh of vote each, which
would make the work of the tellers
pretty hard, provided there happened
to be hot fight for a nomination.
Then there are the alternates to dis
pose Of There are not quite as many
alternates as there are delegates, but
there are more than the call asked for,
and they too will be given chairs on
the convention floor. This unexpected
demand for seats from the delegates
has made the work of the arrangement
committee difficult. 1t has been neces-
sary to add to this space from time to
time. And this has been done in the
face of an unprecedented demand for
seats from spectators.
The committee in charge is nearly
hod 1u n
lican national committee at the recent
convention.
Senator Dixon, chairman of the ma
tional committee, going over details
today before the committee session.
cast an eve over the voluminous roll.
and listening to the vail of the ar
rangements committee that demanded
more seats, smiled
I'VE are going to have one of the
biggest national conventions that was
ever held" he said.
Final arrangements had to be gone
over and approved. The list of temper
airy officers, already prepared and an
nounced, was to be submitted to the
committeeman for formal approval
Parker Mentioned.
Col. John NJ. Parker of New Orleans,
who has been mentioned both as a
ce-presidential possibility and per-
manent chairman, has arrived in Chi
cago. Col. Parker announced today
that he would not accept a vice presi-
dental nomination. We're it rendered
to him. He said he hoped to see the
new party white mems" party and
hoped that it would stand for deep wa
terways. He was ready to go on the
floor Of the convention, he said. and
fight for both issues.
1t is pretty generally believed
among the delegates and leaders so
far assembled that the negro question
in the south will be solved by the
method frequently suggested in Re.
publican national conventions. A rule
will be adopted basing the represen.
tation at the convention on the vote
cast for the party. This, it is pointed
out, would effectually end negro domi
nation because the negro vote in the
south is negligible.
DELEGATES ARRIVE.
CHICAGO. Aug. 3.-The provisional
national committee of the Progressive
party went into session at noon to
day to consider delegate contests from
Z Mississippi. Georgia, Florida, Texas
and Virginia. Delegates from these