The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08

| audience. 1t was renewed wnen ne
said:
I'VE stand for mutual helpfuiness
instead OF mutual hatred"
{ When he declared the Progressive
party was going to set the south men
free from sectionalism the delegates
stood up and yelled.
Tariff Question Brings Jeers.
Hoots and jeers greeted the men
ton OF President Taft's name when
Mr.. Beverage referred to the presi-
dcEt's stand on the tariff question.
Who has forgotten the Payne-Ald-
rich law, which Mr.. Taft says Is the
best ever nader" Mr., Beveridge
asked.
If all others have forgotten its
iniquities. the interests which made
millions by 1t have not" he declared.
He arraigned the Republican and
Democratic parties for their attitude
on the tariff He told what would be
the stand Of the national Progressive
party. The audience without discrim-
iuation greeted 1t with a chorus OF
"boos"
The boots were renewed when the
Indiana man referred to President
Yaft's declarations in his speech OF
acceptance when he said the Progress
i've movement was socialistic.
When Mr. Beveridge finished the
floor and galleries were on their feet
cheering The fife and drum corps
joined in the din. In the band stand
the cornet started up My Country,
lis Of Thee" to an accompaniment
of Roosevelt shouts.
Sing the Republics Hymn.
Gaping the climax OF enthusiasm,
the delegates and spectators stood en-
masse and sang the Battle Hymn OF
the Republic"
John l.. Hamilton of Hoopeston, H.,
was then recognized to read the rules
of the temporary organization. Call
of the roll by states was ordered for
each chairman to report the members
of the various standing committees.
Mr. Roosevelt was invited TO address
the convention Tuesday at II o'clock.
James r. Garfield of Ohio made the
motion. 1t was put and declared car
ried committee of fifteen to in
vite the colonel was authorized.
AT 1887 p. m. adjournment was
taken
Temporary Officers Named.
Temporary officers Of the conven-
ton were as follows:
Temporary Chairman-Albert J.
Beverage.
General Secretary-O. X. Davis.
Washington, ID. c.
Chief Assistant Secretary-Wilson
Brooks, Chicago.
Assistant cretaries-Willlam AL
len White, Emporia, Kan; Judson C.
Welliver Washington. D. c.; John
Callan O'Laughlin, Chicago; George e.
Miller. Detroit; Angus McSween, Phil
adelphia E. A. Dickson. Los Angeles;
Harry J. Haskell, Kansas City, Mo-;
Edward b. Clark. Chicago; c. P. Con.
molly, New York City; George Odell,
New York City, and Charles C. Hart,
SPOKANE, WASH.
Sergeant at Arms-Colonel Chaun-
cey Dewey Of Illinois,
Chief Assistant Sergeant at Arms
Captain Granville Fortescue
Official Reporter-G. Russell Leo
nard
Reading Clerks-Henry F. Cochems,
Milwaukee, Wis, and J. II. Gregory.
Jr. Key West, Fla.
Scores of men whose names are
known from coast to coast and who
have been leaders in former years In
the two old parties were present at
the convention as leaders, delegates,
or visitors.
Never in the history of American
politics has there been convention
attended by so many delegates.
From New York state 200 visitors
and delegates were In attendance.
Former Democrats lined up for Roose-
welt from the Empire state are: Gen.
Daniel e. Sickles, Francis ]. Lantry
and Ernest HavIer. Timothy Wood
ruff, chairman Of the delegation, de-
clared 1t to be the most representa-
tive body of men ever sent by his
state anywhere.
Blue and Gray Represented.
Among the fifty delegates from Ten
nessee are two men who strikingly
portray the makeup Of the new party
In that state. Maj.-Gen. Hugh Nc
Dowell, commanding the United Con-
federate Veterans of Tennessee, ar
rived arm-in-arm with L. j. Boyn.on
Of Lawrenceburg, a former officer in
the Federal army.
William Finn OF Pittsburg arrived
late with the last Of the large dele
cation from his state. The enthusiasm
of Pennsylvania delegates was charac-
teristic Of that of other eastern states.
Missouri, with a quota of sixteen
delegates, sent sixty-four members of
the new party. All asked to be seated
as delegates. Oklahoma. with an al
lotment of ten delegates, had forty
registered at its headquarters Kan
sas gent only a few more than its
quota, because nearly every Progress
i've of the state remained to engage
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