The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-08-01
PR0CRESS|VES
IN CONVENTION
Missouri Roosevelt Followers Meet
at Kansas City,
STATE TICKET NOT DECIDED ON
Presidential Electors Chosen and
State Central Committee Sc.
lected for Coming
Campaign.
STATE TICKET NOT DECIDED ON


2.--Henry F. Meier, Paris.
al. c. Howell, Bethany.
Al. B. Purdue, st. Joseph.
5.--Charles f. RAIDER, Kansas City.
CLARK Wix, Butler.
&c. III. Haskell, Glasgow.
S.-Manuel braun, Columbia.
9.-George Lee. Bowling Green.
1O.-F. w. Brockman, st. Louis.
11.-Claude Muse, st. Louis.
12.-Dr. Ferdinand Bartel, st. Louis.
I'D. j. Doughty Pennington.
14.--W. A. Holcomb Poplar Bluff.
15.--D b. Norris Racine
16-James f.. Fulkerson, Lebanon.
Kansas City, July 31.-The state
convention of the Progressive party
convened at 4:30 p. m. and Judge AL
bert y. Nortoni of the st. Louis court
of appeals, elected temporary chair
man, called the convention to order.
1t sat patiently through a hot sum-
mer day and with directness, har-
mony and singleness of purpose more
characteristic of crusaders than OF
delegates to a political convention, did
the work that was waiting.
There was not a discordant note
from the time the delegates marched
into the Shukert theater, coats on
arms, cheering for Roosevelt, until
they adjourned.
Flags Were Everywhere.
The Shukert theater was profusely
decorated with hogs. No political con-
vention ever had more beautiful set
ting.
There were differences of opinion in
the convention. Many delegates
wanted to nominate a state ticket
Many wanted to adopt complete plat
form of principles. But on all essen
tial points of Progressvism the dele
gates were a unit and did what they
came to do with fervor that was
little less than eXaltation.
For Woman Suffrage.
When the convention adjourned it
had nominated presidential electors
instructed to vote for Theodore Roos>
welt for president. 1t had elected
delegates to the national convention
of the Progressive party in Chicago
August ), instructed to vote for his
nomination. 1t had selected a state
central committee, which is to orga-
nize the Progressive party in Missouri
and place the names Of it's candidates
on the ballots. 1t had adopted resolu-
lions in the spirit of Roosevelt's decla-
rations for social and Industrial JUS
tice and adopted a declaration of prn-
ciples that placed it squarely in line
with the Roosevelt program. That
declaration even included an indorse-
ment of suffrage for women.
Turned Down Taft EIector.
So with the initiative. referendum
and recall. A delegate rose to say
there were those who wouldn't hest
tate at the initiative or referendum,
but who somewhat doubted the wis
dom of incorporating the recall at this
time. But the convention wanted
them all, and said so, and on the adop-
ton of the resolutions as a whole
there was no dissenting voice.
There was manifested with all the
cheerful harmony and spirit of fellow
ship a certain sternness of purpose in
the convention that could not fail to
be noticed. Chiefly it was in evidgfice
in the insistent refusal of the dele
gates to permit a Taft elector to go on
the Roosevelt ticket, although it was
known that the elector in question was
prepared to vote for Roosevelt The
convention would accept no explana-
ton on that point. It would listen to |
no compromise. 1t stood out against |
all argument until it had its will, and |
then all it's good nature came back |
in a twinkling.
Adjourned Till Morning.
When the convention began to |
wrestle with the vital problem of !,
or not state, congressional |
and county Progressive tickets should |
be placed in the field for the Novem-
Der election, ex-senator Rollins of
st. Louis said it involved so many
issues vital to success of the Progress
sive party the convention should ad-
journ until morning. After several
motions it was finally decided to dis.
cuss the question for an hour and then
adjourn until morning.
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