New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-10

| the Colonel. The leaders made every
effort at first TO prevent paraders from
going across the platform, but through
! out the hall the delegates showed their
| temper. and when the band struck NJ
Marching Through Georgia they
] finally pushed through the opposition
! and marched 20 the rostrum.
The hall was waving mass Of flags
and banners. with delegates standing
on or airs. i'm the aisles. on the stage
and everywhere hut in the ir seats.
John Browns Body" caught their
/ fancy as a marching song. As the band
| struggled 10 make its = trains heard
the crowd tried just as hard TO drown
! Il out.
When the outburst had been going
/ on unchecked for eight minutes Chair
man Robins raped for order.
/ George w. Perkins. the last speaker
/ spoke hopefully of the conference TO
| follow, and called upon the chairmen
of the various delegations 70 meet him
ut 3 in the morning.
The convention then adjourned. TO
meet tomorrow half an hour before
the Republicans come to order.
Prohibition Stirs Progressives.
Prohibition had the Progressive CON
vention "all het up" for "a while this
afternoon. a man from Kansas taking
advantage Of the programme to do
nothing but mark time pending action
by the conference committee to slip in
motion committing the party TO Will
lam J. Bryan's latest cause. The mo-
ton was finally tabled by a vote of 526
TO So.
This was the one time in the three
sessions OF the convention that the
Perkins programme of "do nothing
threatened TO be shattered, and the
vote showed il TO be a false alarm,
most of the delegates who favor pro-
hibition yielding to the advice of the
leaders that they do nothing which
might sidetrack the great issues" for
which the party had stood
The opening session found the con-
vention nervously awaiting the report
of the conference committee. with many
of the delegates apparently Of the opin-
ion that an attempt might be made 20
Jam through compromise of some
sort. Chairman Robins assured all
that there would be no attempt TO jam
anything through, and by way of en-
phasis pounded the table with a heavy
machinist's hammer, the ordinary gavel
not being heavy enough for his pur-
pose and no bungstarter being avail
able.
This done, the platform was taken
up plank by plank, the first move to
amend being on the plank referring TO
Mexican atrocities. A line was in
serted denouncing the sinking OF the
Lusitania. and the plank as amended
was accepted, only handful of dele
gates voting no.
Jewish Passport Issue Up.
This out Of the way, the Jewish pass
mort question came up when the plank
relative 20 new treaty with Russia
WAS reached. Judge William y. Ran
som, of New York, moved an amend
ment by which the party would stand
pledged against any treaty with Russia
under which she might be permitted 10
discriminate among American citizens
on account of race or religion. The
amendment was agreed to after Or.
Henry Moskowitz denounced as coward
~ any treaty which would permit tho
continuance Of old practices.
An effort 10 amend the navy plank
was under discussion when the confer
ence committee, headed by George w.
Perkins, appeared on the platform. Mr..
Perkins read the report OF the Prog
ressive conferrees, and then that of the
Republicans. He was in poor voice and
the majority Of the delegates under
stood HIM 20 report that the Republi-
cans favored Roosevelt When the