The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10
FOR CAUSE OF
COMMON PEOPLE
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FAY Mills on local organization work,
were on the program. At banque.
In the Auditorium Hotel tonight form
! er Senator Albert ]. Beyeridge OF In
diana VIII be the chief speaker.
Chicago progressives have shown
some dissatisfaction over an arrange
ment that will keep ali but very few
from attending tonight's banquet The
arrangement committee is acmowl-
edging requests from people outside
! of Illinois first Following them in
preference comes Illinois progress.
! sives outside of Chicago. Chicago
! bull moosers come last, and as the de-
mand for plates is great, few Of the
six hundred places will be left by the
time Chicago s reached.
Delegates lihronged to the nine
teenth floor Of the La Sale hotel this,
morning awaiting the opening OF the
conference hall At 1918 eleven hun.
dred delegates had registered and the
clerks were still busy.
] Delegates quickly took their seats
/ when the doors were opened. The
hall is filled with the exception of a
few seats reserved for the state chair
man and the national committeeman.
Demonstrations were given for all the
prominent men as they entered the
hall.
/ When Miss Jane Adams entered
there was burst of applause. Ali OF
the delegates stood. Oscar Straus
had reached the center of the hall be-
fore he was discovered. He was
cheered. James r. Garfield was CIV
en- demonstration
When Miss adams was escorted to
the platform the colonel arose and
stepped across the stage to shake
her hand. There was another burst
i of cheering.
Senator Dixon called the conference
to order at 11:05.
4 In opening the convention Senator
Dixon said:
THE spirit shown here is a pretty
good indication that the cause still
! moves on. It was only 50 days from
Il the day we founded the progressive
party to the day of election. In those
9S days we organized the whole coun-
try down to the precinct and on the
fifth day of November 100000 men
and women voted for the good of the
common people. We were second No
such record-no such results-ever
was attained IN this country before.
We have called this conference to
/ place under the superstructure the
granite foundation that Is to support
the great movement.
THE news papers, many Of whom
fought US in the campaign, now are
printing in big headlines, let's get %
gether.' I remember one Sunday in
old North Carolina reading of anoth-
er get together movement Accord.
ing to that story the woman who adj
vccated that movement was kept in
her place by being turned into a
monument of salt
Eve want now to hear few words
4 from the great leader of this great
movement"
1 The conference burst into tumul-
tuous applause.
Just then Francis J. Heney of Calt-
fornia took his seat on the platform
Early in the ex-presideni's remarks
he broke away from the set speech.
4 Everyone in the republican party"
he said, -can get back to the republi-
canism OF Abraham Lincoln, If they
come into our party. If they want to
get together let them come in There
are only four or five hundred we
would bar out II they subscribe to
| our platform their votes will be count
ed. II they voted one way in the pYi.
maries their votes will not be counted
another way. They will be given q
square deal. They are not sure On
getting it in any other way"
Speaking of getting money to pay
parry expenses, from the men who
vote at the election, hope Mr.. E. n.
Hooker will tell you during this con.
ference Just how Loyalty the progress.
sive voters contributed Roosevelt
continued.
Il want to take his opportunity to
thank warmly these men who in the
absence OF any party organization
stepped forward and generously made
I It possible for us to do the things we
did"
i Then as Roosevelt named George
". Perkins, William Finn, Prank
Munsey and Governor Bird Of Massa
ehusetts, The crowd cheered.
i The colonel again diverged
i THE election in Idaho made nc
i provision for presidential electors OF
the progressive party. The highest
court Of this state construed laws to