New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-01
THIRD PARTY CHOOSES
DELEGATES To CHICAGO
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marked the meeting from beginning
to end. American flags hung every
where. In the middle Of the stage
stood a life-sIze bull moose, with a
background Of woodland scenery
while Just behind where the footlights
usually shine, to the left Of the stage
sat a dozen or so fair suffragettes,
each armed with a real T. r. bandanna,
which she waived every time the suff-
rage doctrine received a boost.
There was an orchestra, too, and
Max somebody or other Of the Metro
poltan Opera House. who drowned 1t
out singing a new Roosevelt hymn en-
titled. "A Battle Cry for Progress.
Professor kirehwey Speaks.
Professor Kirchwey. of Columbia
later to become one Of the delegates
TO Chicago, entertained the audience
with Progressive sentiments while the
committee on credentials, Of which Ar
thur McKeever was chairman, consid-
tu NObNCSN III tiiC - ~ ~NoSS''''S
District Mr. Kirchwey said he would
a great deal rather be a socialist or an
anarchist "of a mild type" than a re-
dictionary or "stand-patter.' OF the
Democratic party he said:
There is nothing Democratic about
it except some hampering traditions OF
an earlier era. They mouth the name
of Thomas Jefferson. and it needed Mr..
Dooley to remind us that even Thomas
Jefferson lived and died before the era
OF open plumbing"
In this period Of suspense. also. Mrs.
Martha Wentworth Suffern, vice. chair
man of the Women's Suffrage Party,
addressed the gathering, much to the
edification of both. In the sea OF faces
below her she saw only one sister, Miss
Bertha NJ Rembaugh, a member Of the
provisional county committee and dele
gate to the county convention from the
80 Assembly District, but her male
audience gave her all the encourage
ment she could have hoped for.
The committee OH credentials settled
the contest by giving the delegates
temporarily seated and the contestants
half vote each
The platform adopted begins by an
nouncing that the old parties have out
lived their usefulness, adding:
The development Of our nation demands
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civilization In a spirit OF humanity and
service, and 10 see to IL that hereafter
the government OF the United states shall
be conducted in the interests OF the whole
people OF the United States. We there
fore pledge ourselves TO support the Pro-
gressive party, and We recommend that
10 further its purposes and to fulnll the
great task that our-SOuntry demands shall
be fulfilled by the Progressive party the
delegates elected BY this convention shall
support the nomination for President Of
The Cntel States of Theodore Roosevelt.
who has been and Is the most consistent
exponent OF Progressive principles
Resolved, We recommend that the qucs-
ton of giving the ballot 10 women be sub
mitted t. the voters OF the individual
states AZ the earliest possible moment.
The delegates Will depart for Chicago
on the special train which leaves the
Grand Central Station at 0:Oi p. m.
tomorrow. They will halt in Buffalo.
and there on Saturday forenoon at :
o'clock hold brief state convention AT
the Saranac Hotel, together with the
delegates from the other parts OF the
state, and will elect four delegates-a; l.
large. one OF which is likely to bt a
woman. and four alternates