The Calumet news., 1912-08-03
Progressive Convention Will As
sembIe In Chicago Monday
to Nominate T. R.
TO NOTIFY WILSON WEDNESDAY
Primaries viii be Held In Kansas,
Oklahoma and Missouri

! Washington, ID. c.. Aug. 3.-Ther'
| promises to be more doing In the fielS
Of politics during the coming week
ment Of the Baltimore convention
| First on the political calendar viii bt
the third party national convention
which is to assemble in Chicago Men
day. With the conventions Domina
lion of Theodore Roosevelt for Presi-
on the Progressive ticket the entries
will close IN the grand presidential
| sweepstakes
Governor Woodrow Wilson VIII re-
ceive formal notice that he is the
Democratic candidate for President OH
Wednesday, at o'clock in the ar
ternoon, when the ffty-two members
of the notification committee, with Ci-
lie James, permanent chairman of the
baltimore convention. at its head, will
To him. Then Governor Wilson viii
make his keystone" speech
All parties in Kansas are To engage
in state primary Tuesday for the se.
lection of candidates for governor and
other State officers. members of the
legislature and county officers The
parties also will express their pre-
ferences for United states senator co
succeed Charles Curtis. ~whOse tern
will expire next March Senator Cur
|,i 10 "a ..ap1f1ata In election md
is opposed ON the Republican side bS
Governor Stuots. who is making mis-
fight on progressive platr
Whether Senator Robert l.. owen Of
oklahoma is to have another term will
be settled in the general primaries In
that State Tuesday. The opposing
Democratic candidate is former Cover
nor Charles ". Haskell. Five Repub-
licans are contesting Tor seratorship.
Chief interest in the Missouri prim-
aries To be held Tuesday centers Ina the
Democratic contest for the GuberLa
torial nomination in which the leading
candidates are former Congressman
William 5. Cowherd and Attorney Gen
eral Elliott w. Major.
Indiana Republicans will hold their
State convention in indianapolis Tues
day for the adoption of platform
and the selection OF candidates for
governor and other State officers To-
he voted for in November.
The Democrats Of Colorado will hold
their State Assembly In Pueblo Tues
day to select the names of candidates
to go ON the ballots in the State pri-
mary next month.
Other Events OF Week.
Events of the week in other lands
Will include the celebration of the
Krupp centennial at Essen which -
TO be attended by Emperor William;
the dedication of the Danish Ameri-
can National Park" in the province of
Jutland, Denmark. the celebration IL
Rome Of the ninth anniversary of the
coronation of Pope Plus ": the seven
teenth International Congress of Medi-
cine. which is To he held IN London,
and the celebration of the opening of
the great railway across the Andes.
from. Africa to La Paz.
Among the important conventions of
the week will be the meeting of the
supreme lodge Of the Knights of ry-
thias I'm Denver. the Southern Mer-
chants Convention i'm Atlanta, the an
nual convention of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America, at No
tire Dame Ind; the meeting of the
Pacific Highway Association in Si.n
Francisco. the annual convention of the
National Association OF Organists. at
Ocean Grove. n. j.. and the annual
meeting of the Canadian Medical As3o.
citation at Edmonton.