Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-01
MISSOURI TO
HAVE EN- TIRE
THIRD TICKET
Roosevelt Convention at
Kansas City Provides for
State, Congressional and
County Nominees.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 31.-Con-
gressional and county candidates will
be nominated by the progressive party
in Missouri this year. This was or
|dered by the state progressive conven-
tion here today after stormy discus.
sion that occupied the entire morning
session. A full ticket also will be
named in the city OF St. Louis.
To Call County Conventions.
The state committee was instructed
to call congressional and county con-
ventions In the various districts and
counties to nominate the candidates.
1T was evident that the majority of the
delegates were determined that the
progressive party in Missouri should
not affiliate with any other party in
any way.
Some of the delegates contended that
the question of nominating the congress
sional ticket should be left to the sew
|eral districts. A resolution to that ef-
feet was lost by vote Of 30s to 70.
The progressive nominees for the
state, congressional and county ofnces
must pledge themselves to support
the national ticket.
Committeeman Withdrawn.
During the discussion of the resolu-
ton providing for the nomination of
the congressional ticket, r. P. An
drews, who yesterday was elected a
member of the state committee from
the sixteenth district, rendered his
resignation. He said that previous to
the national republican convention IN
Chicago he had given his pledge to
support the republican candidate for
congress from that district and that
he felt honor bound to do so.
Andrews resignation finally was &C
cepted and Columbus Bradford was ap.
pointed to the place. A committee OF
nine then 4 was appointed to take
charge Of the campaign in the city OF
st. Louis.
It was at this juncture that the con.
|vention discovered that no provision
had been made for nominating candi-
dates for state senator's and judicial
officers. An amendment was adopted
correcting the oversight
It was pointed out by some Of those
prominent in the work of the conven'
ton that the nomination OF complete
tickets In each county would arouse
more local interest than the mere Sc
lection of state ticket. 1t was ar
gued that local candidates nominated
for the smaller county officers as well
as their friends, having personal IN
terest in the outcome would feel more
like getting out and making fight
for the entire progressive ticket.
We've burned the bridges behind
us, so far as the old parties are con
cerned," said one delegate. Nov
let's nominate full tickets from gov
ernor down to constable and elect
them to show that the progressive
! pasty is not born as a mere protest
against Roosevelt's failure to gain the
nomination he earned in Chicago"
The Platform Adopted.
The platform adopted last night ad
vocated woman's suffrage, the initia
tive, referendum and recall TO the
end that the people may control" and
"also such progressive measures al
| will guarantee better government fol
the cities and break the power Of
those political manipulators who seek
to control for their financial gain and
selfish interests, municipal affairs.
A state convention OF the progres
sive party to nominate full state
ticket will be held in st. Louis Sep
tember 8. This was decided by the
progressive convention shortly before
midnight after the adoption of a reso
luton providing for the placing of 9
| full state ticket in the field.
The st. Louis convention will con
sist of one thousand delegates. This
is the legal number Of voters required
to place a state ticket in nomination
by petition, so that the delegates pres
ent will affix their names to the nom
mating petitions for the ticket named
at that time and it will be legally II
the field.
The convention went on record las
night as being In favor of making Il
clear that it did not want to control 9
Taft elector, when after an hours de
| bate the name Of M. e. Boisseau, O
| the Sixth district was stricken from
| the ticket Of Roosevelt electors be
couao he was also on the repllblfcar