Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-07-17
OTHER LEADERS ARE THERE
Thomas ]. Ryan, Perry Belmont Also
Call on Governor.
Twenty Members Of Committee Call
at Indianapolis.
TOM TAGGART Is SPOKESMAN
He Addresses the Governor as Mex,
Vice President of the United
States - Candidate Also
Makes Address.


TRENTON, N. j.. Jucy 1s.-oscar w
Underwood Of the house of representa-,
tives met Governor Wilson for the frs,
| time shortly after noon today at the
state house and went Immediately into q
conference with the nominee, with whom
he lunched later in the afternoon. Mr.
Underwood met also at the governors
office Perry Belmont. Thomas ]. Ryan
and Charles P. Donnelly. the latter two
democratic leaders of Philadelphia
Committeeman Call ON Marshall.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 16.-Governor
Thomas r. Marshall, democratic candi.
date for vice president, today received a,
the state capitol twenty members of the
democratic national committee who
stopped here on their way home from the
reorganization meeting at Chicago.
I'VE are here representing the ma
tional committee to pay it's respects to
you. governor, as the next vice president
of the United States." said Thomas Tag.
gart. Indiana committeeman. &
Speeches pledgipg enthusiastic co-opera-
ton during the campaign were made by
Martin J. Wade of Iowa and others.
In responding. Governor Marshall said
he did not know whether he was pro.
gressive' or not" and continued There
are many kinds Of 'progressives' nova,
days. One believes In taking the tariff
off Iowa products and putting 1t on
Indiana products, and another supports
the opposite policy. am not that kind
Of a progressive. But II the term means
to believe that the democratic party
should meet changing conditions in pro-
tecting. the people, against special inter-
ests, am progressive
Thanking the committee for their visit
the governor said:
L do not know what can do for the
success Of the ticket, though 1 know IL
will be successful My petty hopes and
ambitions are not worth considering. II
their sacrifice could elevate Woodrow
Wilson to the presidency would make
1t now. I am his to command to the
attermost Of my power. I" /, ~. /, ,5..sE
The committeeman departed this after.
noon and several accompanied Mr.. Tag.
gart to French Lick Springs as his guests.
Roosevelt Convention I'm Illinois.
CHICAGO, July 16.-All plans for avoid.
ing the use Of a third presidential ticket
In Illinois by placing the names of both
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt at
the head Of the republican ticket were
declared by Medil Mccormick, head OF
the Roosevelt forces, today to have been
abandoned
William M White, former mayor of
Peoria, and George Fitch of Peoria said
emphatically they were opposed to any
Roosevelt-Taft combination
What we want" said Mr.. Allen, 'is a
specific statement from Governor Deneen
as to his position regarding Taft and
Roosevelt. Until then we will be in con-
siderable doubt on the advsabiHty of
putting up complete state ticket The
progressives throughout the state want
to keep the ticket entirely Independent,
but many of the state progressive Off
GERS were nominated on the republican
ticket and to get on third ticket they
would have to withdraw from the regular
republican ranks"
The announcement came lust before a
meeting of Roosevelt men called to con.
slider plans for the Roosevelt Organization
oy arranging for a state convention.
Roosevelt leaders came from all parts of
the state.
The doWn-state men came to Chicago
In response to a call sent out some days
ago by Mr.. Mccormick for a conference
to make plans for state convention to
select delegates to the national progress
sive convention, set for August S.
"A committee composed Of one member
from each congressional district in the
state was appointed to draft call for a
state convention and to report to the
meeting later in the day.
The convention will be held either at
Springfield or Chicago. 1t was believed
that Chicago would be selected and the
time set for a few days before the ma
tional convention, August 5. The call
for the state convention Is to be similar
to that for the national convention.
Fifteen Illinois republican editors con.
ferred here today and later telegraphed
to Medill Mccormick at Chicago a pro-
test against the proposed launching of a
third party state ticket in Illinois. After
their meeting the editors called on Gov
ernor Dineen. The advisablity of calling
a conference Of all republican editors of
the state was discussed.