New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
Waiting for the Platform.

Waiting for the Platform.
Chairman Beveridge announced tina, the
convention would listen 10 speech b.
william II. Hotchkiss, state chairman OF
New York. and would take recess 20
await the platform. Meantime the vote on
the rules was put over until after the
recess
Mr.. Hotchliss was cheered as he reviewed
tho work Of organizing the third termers
In New York.
The people OF New York, boss ridden
and fettered by Barnes and Murphy" he
said, "aro today az free as California and
as progressive as Kansas"
Mr.. IIotchkiss asserted that tho Pro.
gressiyes would poll 90 10 80 per cent OF
the Tammany vote in New York, and con-
cluded with prediction Of certain victory
In November.
A motion 10 take a. recess until 1I5
o'clock evoked tho first note Of opposi-
| ton 10 the plans of the lenders. 4 chorus
OF 'Noes"' greeted the motion.
Henry J. Allen. Of Kansas. moved al a
substitute that the convention proceed
| with the nominations without awaiting
the platform. Chairman Beyeridgo ruled
| this out Of order. as the rules OF the
! convention provided for tho adoption of
the platform. Allen then moved 10 sus-
pend the rules and proceed TO nominate
BY second Of two thirds OF tho Kan
sas delegation the motion was recognized.
and two more states seconded Il.
Timothy Woodruff made n brief speech
opposing Aliens motion. William Finn
Of Pennsylvania, said that N recess at this
time would delay things.
MANY Of the delegates have arranged
TO go home at 3 80 o'clock this after
noon" said Finn. land II is not right to
| waste the time and keep them here"
Ex-Governor Fort Of New Jersey moved
as an amendment that the convention re-
7 cess until 1 o'clock and after some dis
| cussion this was adopted
When / o'clock arrived there were many
vacant seats on the floor. The musical
director tried to get the delegates TO sing
my Old Kentucky Home" but the sing
ing was not much Of success. Nor wac
the "Suwanee River" next attempted
The band. however, whiied away tho time
until Chairman Beveridge dropped his
savel
MediIl Mccormick then presented
changes IN the code OF rules for the new
party. The amended rules changed the
basis Of representation I'm the national
convention from one delegate for each 49,
| 900 votes cast for the Progressive candi-
| dates at previous elections, 10 one dele
gate for each 5000 voters. The rules were
also changed to allow any state repre-
scented in this convention TO run n Pro-
gressive ticket under any other party
name when the exigencies Of the political
situation made It advisable. A special
rule presented by II. Lee Mitchell recog-
mixing the Washington party in Pennsyl-
vania as the Progressive party was added
Women on National Committee.
An amendment adding four women to
the national committee as members-at-
large was greeted with applause and the
rules were adopted without debate.
Henry J. Allen. announcing that the
platform would not DO ready for an hour
and a half, renewed the motion to sus-
pend the rules and proceed to nominate
This time the motion went through with
! out serious objection.
'The clerk will call the roll OF states for
nominations for President OF tho United
States" announced Chairman Beveridge
AS Alabama was called j. o. Thomp-
son announced that the state would yield
to New York, but William Prendergast. Of
New York. scheduled TO nominate Roose-
welt, was not In the hall. Searchers hur-
ried out to find him, and tho band filled
In the wait.
The delegates grew impatient, and the
various delegations did some cheering TO
| keep themselves occupied. After the hunt
for Prendergast had been on for twenty
minutes the musical director resumed the