Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-12
.B|GLOvEFEAST
BEING HELD BY
PR0GRESS|vES.
Short Talks Featured Chi
cago Gathering; Consider
Plans to Secure Wider
Publicity of New Party.

Chicago, Dec. 11.--Committee meet
ings and love feast for progressives
without Official position occupied the
time Of the new party members at the
second day Of their conference today.
Speakers from many different sec.
tons of the country made Ave minute
addresses at the love feast which was
very enthusiastic. Predictions OF
progressive victory four years hence
were greeted with cheers.
The gathering applauded and shouts
ed when Oscar r. Hundley of Alabama
declared: ~
I'm Alabama the republican party Is
marked with the brand of Cain because
1t attempted to murder its political
brother" He also declared that
Alabama now has two Lorimer sem
atOrs."
Congressman-elect Henry w. Tenn
pie, of the oath Pennsylvania district.
reviewed the tight in his state. He
declared that in the next campaign OPP
ponents Of the progressive would find
1t Impossible to put as many obstruct-
ions in the path OF the new party as
they did during the last campaign.
Plans were for the national commit.
tee to go into executive session this
afternoon and dispose of business re-
lating to finances and the spreading
of the progressive propaganda by liter.
ature and speakers. Several plans
have been outlined for the committees
consideration
Editors of newspapers today are
considering methods for obtaining
wider publicity for the party A COM.
|mittee was selected to wait on the ma
tional committee and urge the estab-
lishment Of a publicity bureau. IT. has
been suggested that bureau similar
to that conducted Ia New York during
the last campaign be perpetuated.
Plans for the establishment of new
party magazines also were discussed.
Col. Roosevelt spent the morning In
his room receiving callers. At noon
he attended luncheon OF the women's
progressive party. Mrs. John r. Bass
and Miss Jane Addams spoke.
The colonel today declared that he
had not been asked to 60 to Boise,
Idaho to testify In the contempt pro-
ceedings against the owner and sev-
eral editors Of the Canital-News.
Whether he would 60 II asked he did
not say.
+ Would stop Talk for Work.
While the executive committee Was
in session, an open meeting was held
at which various delegates spoke. Al
lison Stocker, chairman Of the state
central committee OF Colorado, sur
prised the meeting when he rose and
declared that the "gas" ought to be
shut off,
II came here with the idea that
there was work to do and that we
1 were going to do it." said Mr.. Stocker.
"but I have heard nothing but
speeches"
A. l.. Garford, national committee
man from Ohio. declared that the ex-
ecutive committee was hard at work
and that the plans which this com
mittee would suggest would be taken
up by the general meeting later.
Speaking was there-upon resumed.
! Members of two committees were
appointed as follows:
News service committee: Aiexan-
der C. Moore, Pennsylvania; g.. b.
Daniel, California; N. T. Chorson. Ne
braska; James Ferris, Illinois; Henry
j. Allen. Kansas. 8s
Publicity committee: E. A. Dickson,
California; Geo. Fitch, Illinois: VIII
liam Allen White, Kansas; Hugh Abb
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