The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
The Widest of the Wild Bull Moose are Deter
mined to Have Him as Candidate
on Third Ticket.
POLICEMEN AS PREPAREDNESS MEASURE
Come When They Can Whoop 'er
Up for T. r.
[By H. L. Rennick, United Press staff
Carraonordopt

[By H. L. Rennick, United Press Stat
Correspondent
CHICAGO, June 9.-The progress
sive national convention convened al
| 1926 a. m. today, facing fight tc
nominate Roosevelt Immediately after
the conference committee reported on
! its peace move with the republicans
! conservative leaders, however, agreed
to force the platform before the con
vention today and hold the radicals tc
this plan.
4 The radicals, however. viii begir
their fight to nominate imrleGiatel'
upon receipt of news TINT ballotins
has begun at the republican conven
tion.
| Before the convention opened, some
Of the radicals. mad as hornets. con
sidered the convention had not passed
! the Rubicon, in failing to nominate
Colonel Roosevelt yesterday.
There's no use now; it's only a
dicker," one of them said.
At the same time, 1t was reported
many of the delegates have been won
over to Hughes and would accept
him if Colonel Roosevelt endorses
the justice.
Others insisted the republicans
must at least recognize a progress sive
Ierhaps Gov. Hiram johnson of CAL
fornia, with the vice presidency. John.
son, it was reported, would not ac-
cept any republican honors.
For the first time in the conven-
ton, the platform was guarded by
policemen.
Henry J. Allen Of Kansas, radical
leader. said his faction had deter
mined to delay the nomination of
Roosevelt until the conference colr-
mittee had more time to act.
1--WE will start, though, the minute
the republicans begin balloting." he
said
The delegates were cheering AMI
singing, as usual, when they entered
the Auditorium.
Rabbi Joseph Stolz delivered the in
vocation today. While the confer
ence committee delayed their arrival
several delegates, including Chas. f
Mason of Maine, were permitted to
speak to take up time.
The crowd cheered Delegate Hut
chens of Georgia, when he shouted:
I'VE would rather fight and lose than
not to fight at ALL
While the conference committee
was reported still debating the con-
vention went ahead with considera-
ton Of the platform, paragraph by
paragraph.
To take up more time, Georgia
started parade.
Dean Lewis, of Pennsylvania uni
read the platform.
A direct attack upon the undersea
policy of the central powers was in
corporated in the platform.
Then Ed Lewis Of Indianapolis,
seconded the amendment Of the plat
form relating to the murder of
Am merican citizens in h,exico, with the
addition of a sentence protesting
against the murder of American citi-
zens on the high seas.
John McGrath, the coloners secre-
,ary, William Loeb, former secretary,
tary, and William Loeb, former sec
retary. held a brief conference while
he resolutions were being read.
The progressive peace committee
made the following report to the con-
Report Of Committee.
ITO the progressive national con- |
7ention: Your committee appointed i
to the resolution adopted at
session, met in conference
With the committee representing the
rational republican convention last
evening. The committee of the con-
erence representing the republican
consisted of Messrs. Reed,
smoot, W. Murray. Crane, VIM. E.
3orah, Nicholas Murray Butler and
\. R. Johnson.
"The conferences was most friendly.