Evening journal., 1912-08-05

CONVENTION
BEGINS WORK
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son should be nominated for legisla-
tive or executive Offices in New York
who was not regularly enrolled in the
Progressive party.
Delegate Curran Of Brooklyn, pre-
cipitated a bitter and long continued
debate when he tried to amend the
resolution by having the judiciary in
cluded Woodruff and a dozen other
delegates said that the judiciary had
been purposely left out becase in GER
tain sections, fusion might be neces-
sary." Curran bitterly resented this
statement.
III Colonel Roosevelt can make a
fight alone for principle" said Curran,
80 can any other man, even though
he is a Judge"
Curran declared that County Judge
Facette. of Kings, although not
Progressive. as hoping for nomina-
ton for the supreme court Dench III
Kings county district, and he pledged
himself 10 work against his being en-
dorsed by any Of the Progressiyes, un-
less he enrolled as regular memner
Of the organization.
The debate over the resolution was
protracted aud at times bitter but the
original resolution which LETT the
question OF judicial fusion 10 the
party was adopted.
The motion to include the judiciary
in the anti-fusion motion was de-
feated. 80 TO %.
Within On hour after the arrival oi
Colonel Roosevelt, the committee OF
the Progressive party decided upon a
settlement of the Florida contests by
voting to seat the negro delegates as
"supplemental delegates allowing
them to work on committees and take
part in debates on the convention
floor, but having no right TO vote.
IL was stated that the contests from
| Mississippi, where negro delegates
are claiming seats in the convention
would be settled in the same manner.
About the doors of the committee
room at the time the decision was an
nounced were several OF the negroes
claiming to be the real Florida and
Mississippi delegates They said
they would not accept the decision OF
! the commission and said they would
insist upon being allowed all the priv
ileges Of the regularly seated dele
| gates.
The provisional committee seated
the Lightner delegation from the first
and second districts in Ohio. The
contests were thrown out by the COM
mittee upon the evidence presented
that the Cox machine in Cincinnati
| had put up the four contesting dele
gates. The men seated were OTTO G.
/ Ihghtner, A. o. Sewick, -. II. Farr
and John G. Reed.
The program for today called foi
the perfecting of the temporary or
ganization, the delivery Of the speech
OF Senator A. J. Beveridge as temper
airy chairman, the appointment of the
committees and adjournment until to-
morrow. The plan to have Beveridgt
act as both temporary and permanent
chairman was being so generally
criticised today that it was expected
It would be abandoned and Colone
Parker, OF New Orleans, named fol
the position
Colonel Roosevelt arrived thi
morning from New York, and pro
eeeded at once in an automobile L
the Congress hotel In the crow
which welcomed Roosevelt at the II
Sale street station were many won
en- wearing Votes for Women badge
They were enthusiastic in their par
of the reception.
Colonel Roosevelt in an automobile
with Frank H. Funk Progressive
nominee for governor of Illinois an,
Colonel Chauncey Dewey led pa
rade of automobiles TO the Congress
Standing in the automobile Colo
hotel
mel Roosevelt made short speech L
the crowd. in which he said:
MY friends, It is a great pleasur
10 be here in Chicago again, and thi
time to be present at the birth of
new party and not at the deah Of al
old one. Let our opponents make m
misake. This fight is going TO b
made by the people for their own I'm
terests BY the first of November tn
ticket which was nominated here ST
weeks ago will no longer be a facto
IN the contest The American PEG
pie will not stand for fraud an
theft at the expense OF the people
, The day OF the boss. and the crooke
} inancier behind the boss is past"