The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-15
THE DRY PLANK
IS VOTED DOWN
ONLY 81 HRoeREssIvEs FOR 1T
r.. WITH s23 OPPOSED.
SENATOR BORAH AT MOOSE MEET
Rrogressives Greet Former Ally With
Cheers When He Appears-At- .
tempta to Get Dry Plank
In Platform Fail.

Chicago, June 1O.-The Progressive
national convention voted down a ma
tion-wide prohibition plank, 523 &c to
so 1-6, and then rose with a shout to
the last delegate to register its ap-
prCval, sympathy and support of ma
tional prohibition.
ForestaIIs Naming Of Colonel.
The convention was held together
all day by tagging routine business
and pleasant suhterfuge to forestall
the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
for president and give the Repub-
lican national convention an oppor-
tunity to consider candidates and
reach stage of business where the
conference committees Of both con-
yentions could get together in a Sec
ond attempt to agree upon candidates
and platforms. SIC.
! Paragraph by paragraph the plat
form had been taken up, amended
and approved, with frequent Interrupt
lions for speechmaking and demon
STATIONS in which the Progressive
convention of 1916 excels when the
real dynamite was tossed into the
proceedings. .f''- a'r r'~''
Delegate F. A. G. Cooper of Kan,
sasE submitted without comment the
following as plank to be inserted
in the platform: -
Chorus of Seconds to Dry Motion.
I'VE pledge ourselves to submit to
the people of the United States an
amendment to the Constitution for
bidding the sale and manufacture, i'm
portation and expectation of intoxt-
eating liquors"
A chorus of seconds to the motion
was shouted from all parts of the
theater and Immediately the conven-
ton was in an uproar. 1t was five
minutes before Chairman Robins had
restored order to the point where
he could make himself heard to make
a promise that the chair would give
the widest latitude in debate on the
prohibition plank and that every del
egate who desired to speak would be
given the opportunity. q, r., 81
b. Delegate Curtis OF New York moved
to lay the amendment on the table.
and the motion was seconded by a
delegate from Texas.a. ..., .i.: .-. .
The question was demanded and
on a viva voce vote the motion was
clearly carried but Chairman Robins
ruled that it had been lost in order
to give opportunity for debate.
Henry J. Allen or Kansas was the
principal champion of the prohibition
plank.
James R. Garfield opposed the
amendment and his speech was the
keynote of others who followed. He
held that a prohibition plank in the
platform Of the Progressive party
would become the one and only issue
of the party before the people, and
that the other issues which are so
vital to the nation and the party
would be practically eliminated by
the prohibition plank.
Borah at Moose Convention.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho,
an admirer of Roosevelt, a delegate
to the Republican convention and
member of its conference committee,
appeared before the Progressive dele
gates, who were in frenzy Of en-.
thusiasm over the sight of their old
time friend of 1912. The Republican
visitor made plea for harmony and
asked the Moosers to restrain them.
selves until the committee could
reach an understanding. -s.
Borah was given tremendous ova-
ton, the air full Of flags and noise
and. shouts of I'VE want Teddy"
At the same time the word was
passed around among some of the
delegates that the peace committee
was paving the way for the sugges-
ton that the two conventions unite
on Borah. One man jumped to his
feet and shouted: Roosevelt and
Borah."