The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-05

TWO
or today a. declarations Of independ-
~ncc Armed nj the steel and harvester
trusts. Of both OF which concerns Ar.
Perkins, was once an honorcd mem
Der.
one favors forsidding congress
xtonai candidate receiving hnahciAI
contributions outside his district; the
SECOND declares that the State eaEht
TO pay all the expenses OF direct pri-
mary nominations,
There will be objection To both these
pianks, hut they are likely to be adopt
ed tuss the same.
Woodruff With the Ladies,
Another plank, which does Tot please
all the faithful who are TO take part
in the proceedings, Ia the woman suf-
frage plank that Is certain TO be IN
corporated. Women are mingling free
~ IN the deliberations. Two of them,
Miss Drefer and Miss Keller, are on
the New York delegation Others ARE
Mrs. Lewis Johnson, wife IF HAr-
ward professor; Miss Helen Temple, OF
wellesley: Miss Eiinor Garrison,
granddaughter OF william Lloyd Gar
rison. and Mrs. VIM. Grant Brown. who
was secretary OF the New York state
convention.
Timothy woodruff, after oommunlca-
tion with number OF women dele
gates of which Mrs, Woodruff is one
came out in statement today proInls-
inG them suffrage amendment IN Ne"
York State, ard he meant IL, too.
The corridors 81 the Congress hotei
where the Bun Moosers are now doing
most Of their browsing. were h!lea
all day with auiet bat an earnest
crowd,
There IN much speculation on the
TaTt IT ttTe -1rt-f'7et~- itta-t r. Ii
marty IL going 70 sc. \ great many
more II Them come from that region
which lies south OF Iona and between
1llinoix and Kansas than are accredited
from there
Thtv huttouhoIc other delegates and
ask them for news They inquire OK
leaders ard ask strangers what the
party is thought 81. And never aid
r multitude ~ politicians So eagcrY
read the newspa pers.
Outside the Brsass"erks,
And well may they be anxious, Every
man IN this convention save post
hlv Rui Plinn, OF pennsylvania, has
burned his ship behind him To smut
the metaphor. he has climbed outside
the breastaorks uf the Grand old Par
~. He has left his political brothers
Of other days, despised hopes Of I'M
mediate office and started headiong
on the trail that the wide antiered ba3l
Moose is now bus!ly blazing. And IN
I'll the Bull Moose himself gets some
where, the entire company can on1F
chant. I'VE don't know where were
going. bur we are on cwr way.
The barring NJ all negroes ha(ling
from south Of Mason ard Dtxon's line
led bs, r. W. Howard, coloree- 81 Aie-
sissippi. 10 utter bitter words this AZ
fernoon.
Lincoln gave the negroes the fran
chise,9 said Howard. Roosevelt claims
10 be another Lincoln, anu he taxes
it away from them"
After that Howard went back to
Mississippi. allowing that hc, two Of
his brothers. three cousing and four
other relatives were gong to vote for
Taft.
Voting BY Fractions.
There Will he 5aI votes IN the cen
yention To save expense the deIts&.
fions were cut 10 half the number 81
the old parties But many progress
sive natrlofs went down into their
clothes and dug up passage money IN
Chicago. and an such viii be admitted
ms delegates with fractional votes Inc
forty nine delegates from Connerutat
will have half a vote each, ne Az"
from Missouri Viii have eighteen ofl"-
hundred and thirds Of a vote each.
This would make trouble II there
was going 10 I've a tight for the nom
tnetfbr. hut there is not going TO Dc
Mrs Wt}i Davis. the Barbara
Frejtchie Of the regular convention,
who started an hours demonstration
~ waving a picture Of the coloh@i,
was seen in the ofting TINS Afternoon
She may get the gallery again this
week but II will not bo at a pSycho-
logical moment.
The clock OF the Coliseum vii not
retsixter a psvcholoEical moment at the