Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-09
Roosevelt First,
 Last, All the Time
CONN. PROGRESSIVE DELEGATES
 GET INSTRUCTIONS.
KNOX SMITH LEADER
To Vote for No One but Roosevelt Un- til He Decides the Psychological Moment" Has Come for His With drawaI.

New Haven, May S.-The progress siye party of Connecticut through its mass convention held here this after noon instructed its delegates to the national convention to be held in Chi cago next month to vote first, last and all the time" for Theodore Roose- welt for the party nomination for president.
 Leaves Psychological Moment" to
 Roosevelt.
 Another resolution offered, debated and then withdrawn after a brief one pledging the delegation to Colonel Roosevelt had been adopted would have permitted the delegates to have voted for some one else had the "psy- chological moment" arrived when the votes could have been cast for another candidate. The opinion of the con vention as expressed by several dele gates was that Colonel Roosevelt would know when the psychological moment" had arrived by declining to permit his name to be presented. May Vote for Others if Colonel With
 draws.
 One of the delegates chosen in or der to make the position of the dele gation clear asked Joseph w. Alsop, he chairman, if the instruction meant that the delegates were at liberty to vote for another candidate should Col onel Roosevelt not permit his name to be used. and he was told that the instructions would permit this.
 Resolutions Adopted.
 The resolutions adopted were as fol- lows:
 eve stand for the protection of the American and his business. For the protection of his business by a tariff established through an expert perma- nent commission and scientifically ad- justed to serve the welfare of all Americans.
 "For that control of business which shall ensure it's development and pros perity and provide for the just distri- lutfon of that prosperity among all our people. Unless our business forces are directed toward high national ends, our nation can never have it's due weight in international relations. We cannot demand justice abroad un- less we do justice at home.
 '1n our international relations this IS the year of destiny The action Of mine the long future of coming gen. erations and centuries.
 Put Honor Foremost.
 "We put foremost the honor, the strength and the leadership of the American nation in international mo- rality We demand of our govern ment, that first duty of all govern ments, the protection of it's citizens. Not otherwise can America have fu- ture of it's own; not otherwise can it have the slightest weight in deter mining the future of the world, the future which will be settled at the end of that great war.
 Will Lay Aside Partisanship.
 Recognizing these great issues, we will lay aside partisanship and party ambition; we will serve those great ends and fhnSa only Wa TUi11 fOIInTx- 9 leader whose purposes we know whose power to drive these purposes to fulflment we can continue. We will follow no man whose position on these issues we do not know, or who has not the power to make them good. The resolutions were reported by Herbert Knox Smith, former commis- sioner of corporations under Colonel Roosevelt.
 Delegates at-Large. At-large-Herber Knox Smith of Pennington and Joseph w. Alsop, of | Avon.
 Delegates by Districts.
 By districts: First, F. E. Duffy, Duffy, West Hartford; second, 2. R. ] Robbins, Norwich; third, F. s. Butter worth, New Haven; fourth. George A. | Romans, of Danbury; fifth, F. J. Erbe, of Waterbury.
 District AIternates. District alternates: First, A. w Olds of Windsor and Dugal McMillan of New Britain; second, c. P. Bonfoey of Middletown and c. B. Carpenter of | Norwich: third, J. B. Smith of Orange and J. G. Schwink, Jr., of Meriden; l fourth, Robert Scholley of Shelton and J. H. Flood of Bridgeport; fifth, John | C.. Brinsmade of Washington and F. U. Wadhams of Torrington. | Alternates- -at-large, Rev. Dr. c. F Taylor of Greenwich. Professor Yan- dell Henderson of New Haven, F. L. Leighton of New Haven and D. M Wright of Hartford.
 | The convention, with Former Sena- tor Alsop as temporary and then per manent chairman, took the entire af- ternoon for it's business as there were contests in several instances for dele gates and alternates and ballots were l necessary.