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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
8
Readings from a Chicago speech show Theodore Roosevelt progressive forces urging national preparedness and unity. The platform favors social and economic security, industrial reorganization, and a strong leader to guide America through wartime and postwar challenges, seeking cross party cooperation without factional domination.
The Progressive and Republican parties wrestle with platform details as leaders draft and debate planks on tariffs labor laws immigration and social reforms. Key figures including Dean Lewis and Lodge guide sessions while divisions linger over nominate strategies and policy emphases ahead of the convention.
The progressive convention faced rowdy scenes and factional tension as delegates clashed over leadership and tactics. Teddy Roosevelt supporters roared from balconies while chairs tried to quell chants. Speakers urged unity but progressives battled for a nominee, with Robins pledging swift action as the session adjourned to continue the struggle tomorrow afternoon.
Convention observers say Justice Hughes likely to receive Republican nomination as leaders abandon plea for harmony. Hughes managers remain confident, aiming to secure votes on first ballot or expect defections on second ballot to boost his chances. Roosevelt's name lingers as a possible alternative if Hughes stalls.
Chicago June 7 delegates at the Republican platform hearing pressed for a plank endorsing woman suffrage. Corrie Chapman Cannan presented a memorial urging the party to reaffirm enfranchisement and equality. Opponents argued against suffrage language while labor and diverse factions debated the issue.
Fragmentary report discusses a 1933 national convention where delegates were apportioned and a rule-based system established. It notes a significant reduction in southern state representation and outlines the four delegates per state as dictated by the convention.
At Chicago, Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio urged unity over recrimination, calling for renewed American strength in defense and a return to protective tariffs. He criticized Democratic foreign policy in Europe and Mexico, backed national defense buildup, and pressed for orderly reconciliation within the Republican Party to restore national progress.
The Republican committee on credentials settled 34 contests after hours of hearings. It sustained challenges to delegates from four contests across two congress districts, involving errors in Alabama and Arkansas. Senator Reed Smoot chaired the seven hour session, and the result affects about 687 votes in the convention.
The annual Flower Festival at Lakeside Park will be held next Saturday with elaborate ceremonies. Aanpen will be crowned queen, Gladys Recker named as queen of the occasion, followed by a procession and a pig event. Attendees are urged to arrive early for the program and festivities.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a probate notice with figures including millions in assets and transfers. Key names and dates are unclear, but indicates an estate with substantial totals and distributions.
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