White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-28

In a state convention of the Ma
tional Progressive party, at Reno
Tuesday, three delegates and three
we're chosen to attend th'
national convention in Chicago oil
August 5th.
Three presidential electors wer'
named and former Republican Ma
tional Committeeman p. L. Flani
gan of Reno was named as nationa
committeeman in the new parry
Twelve of the sixteen counties o
Nevada We're represented.
During the convention the follow
ing telegram was read by Col. C. r
Reeves while presiding at the open
ing of the meeting:
New York, July 22.-The Ne
vada Progressive convention,
care Charles r. Reeves, Reno.
Nevada:
Through you l extend hearty
greeting to the progressiyes of
Nevada. The time has come
when the old parties, boss-rid-
den and controlled by privilege,
are useless as instruments
through which the people can
work out their destiny.
The National Progressive
party appeals to all men re-
gardless of sectional differ
ences or past political history
to join in the fight for genuine
popular rule and social and in
dustrial justice obtained
through that popular rule.
THEo. ROOSEVELT.
Delegates selected to go to Chi
cago were: p. L. Flanagan, Reno
Sardis Summerfield Reno, and Geo
Springmeyer, Carson. Alternates
Peter Anker, Lovelock; DR.. NJ. A
Reno, and ]. B. kaufman
Yerington.
H. b. Linde of Goldheld wa
elected state chairman and stat,
central committee consisting of on,
member from each county represent
ed was named.
The platform, which was entitled
a "Foreword of Nevada Progress
siyes," voices emphatic views on |
OF public questions. 1t awaits
the promulgation of the nationa
platform at Chicago, but is particu
larly devoted to a denunciation o
President Taft, his Administrative,
acts and the manner in which he OBJ
tanned his second nomination. Tn,
second paragraph of the platform
is as follows:
I'VE denounce as treason to oul
form and principles of government
the larceny of the mock nomination
of President Taft for a succeeding
term as president of the United
States. and express the hope tha
not only the recipient of that pre-
tended nomination but also all who
either eontrived, executed or con.
done that brazen reputation of the
peoples emphatically expressed
choice will be promptly relegated tC
the wailing place of the political un
clean, in order that government oi
the people. by the people and for the
people may not perish from the
earth.'"
The proceedings of the convention
while revealing diversity of opinion
and ambition from the beginning
were orderly. The dispute over the
basis of representation was the basis
Of contention throughout the session
which lasted from 2 o'clock in tn,
to Gas In the evening. Or
the basis of representation depended
the question of the control of tn,
and as it happened Sardii
Summerfield and George Springmyel
held the whip hand. while Colone
Reeves who issued the call, got nons
of the major positions of honor ant
finally refused his name to be Offered
for the state chairmanship, dubbint
the convention a "Springmeyer-Sum
convention, and refusing tt
affiliate further with it. Reeves sale
he could not tolerate the steam rollel
and refused to vote on the chair
because the convention wa'
a packed convention.
The dispute over the apportion