The Calumet news., 1912-07-27
President viii Be Officially Mott
fled OF Nomination by Com
mittee Next Thursday
INTERESTING POLITICAL EVENTS
Numerous State Conventions OF
Pr0gressives Next Week
WILSON WILL MEET LEADERS

Washington. ID. c.. July 27.-Prosi-
dent Taft will be officially notified OF
his nomination at the White House
on Thursday. According To- presen;
plans, Mr.. Taft will receive the nOtifi-
cation committee on the rear portico OF
the executive mansion. which overloolis
the ellipse. He will speak from the
portico, with the committeeman
grouped about him on the lawn. The
president will probably leave for his
summer home at Beverly Immediately
after the notification meeting.
State conventions of the Progressive
party durins- the week viii include
the following: Montana, at Helena,
New Mexico, at Albuquerque: Louisia-
ma. at New Orleans; Arkansas, at Lit
tie Rock Illinois. at Chicago; Tennes~
see, at Nashville: Colorado. at Denver.
Indiana. at indianapolis; Virginia, at
Roanoke; Minnesota, at st. Paul; Mis-
souri,, at Kansas CITY and Connecticut,
at New Haven.
presidential nominee Of the Democrat
ic parry, expects To continue at hls
summer home at Sea Girt during tho
week, receiving visits from the party
leaders and putting the finishing
touches to his notification address.
Republicans and pemocrats OF Ne
braska, i'm accordance with the pri
mary law, will hold their state conven-
ton Tuesday, the former meeting at
Lincoln and the latter at Grand ISL
and. As the nominations were made
I'm the primaries the work of the con
Vention Will be confined principally 10
the adoption e the party platforms.
The rivalry of the two factions in the
Republican party is expected to cause
a lively convention.
Five aspirants are contesting for the
Democrats gubernatorial nomination
IN Tennessee which will be settled in
state primary Thursday. Former GOV
ernor Benton McMillin is among those
who aspire To head the state ticket
Other Events of Week.
Democrats of Kentucky will selec,
their candidates for representatives in
Congress in the state wide primary to
be held Saturday.
4 state ASSEMBLY" os the Republi
cans of Colorado will be held IL Den
yer Wednesday to nominate presiden-
iial electors and select the names 10
be placed on the primary ballot. The |
state assemblies are a new feature in
Colorado politics. In some ways they |
correspond TO the old state conVen- |
tions. but they are designed To el.miu-
ate the bitter contests that frequent
~ marked the conventions. The assem-
lilies take only one ballot on cand-
dates for each Office to be fllcC and |
anyone receiving 10 per cent of the |
total vote in the assembly is entitled |
to have his or her name on the phi
mary ballot.
a notable conference for The discus
sion of modern journalism. its ideals.
trend and its existing condition il To
assemble at the University of Wiscon
sin Monday. The conference mas
prominent speakers among |
them being Melville f.. Stone. VIII
lam j. Bryan, William Allen White.
Norman lIapgood. Charles IA. Grasty
Of Baltimore and Fremont Older of
san Francisco.
Other events that will figure in the
news of the week will be the national i
open golf championship at Buffalo, the
of Western States COVER
ha m
regatta at St GATHERINGS. and
the reception of the American Olympic
team upon its arrival In New York.