Chicago Gears Up For A Week Of Conventions
Chicago prepares for a week of major conventions with 350000 visitors expected. Delegates from states like Louisiana and Alabama travel by rail, with hotels and private homes rented at high rates. The city hosts Republican Progressive and Woman’s suffrage gatherings, plus the National Republican League meeting, while tensions and parade displays heighten the political atmosphere.
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John Wanamaker
Henry Cabot Lodge
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Michigan Avenue
California
Montana
Oman's Party
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Repblicans
Progressives
Chicago
Roosevelt Replies To Chicago Challenge Amid Delegates Hope
The article sketches reactions to Justice Hughes in Oyster Bay and Roosevelt's stance on Chicago delegates. Roosevelt dismisses plans to attend Chicago while letters from Edward L. Hearn urge support for a Roosevelt Non-Partisan League advisory role and a national convention nomination. Col Roosevelt greets visitors and notes no crucial political note from Chicago.
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Justice Hughes
Chicago
Roosevelt
Hughes
North Sea
Chicam Ie
Thomas Desmond
Roosevelt Non-Partisan League
Edward L., Hear
Roosevelt Non- Partisan League
Nationalepublican
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward L. Hearn
Ten Carloads Go to Chicago for Roosevelt Rally
About 150 prominent Progressive Party members depart Grand Central Terminal in ten car train for Chicago to back Colonel Roosevelt. Leaders cite Roosevelt as the sole candidate to represent progressive labor interests and to win nationally.
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Roosevelt
Ciis
Grand Central Terminal
Chicago
John J. O'Connell
New York County
Progressive Party
Colonel Roosevelt
Convention Week Sidelights at Chicago Delegates
Readers found pockets stuffed with blue tickets urging overcoats and Hughes. Roosevelt supporters circulated petitions while Republican delegates split over nominating Roosevelt. Washington and California figures drew attention among diverse visitors at the convention in Chicago.
Banner of Lincoln Nominated Presidency Finds New Home
In Sangamon County Mrs. Jacob Fullenwider preserves a Civil War era banner linked to Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 nomination. The item, housed in the Gold Room, is guarded by a special officer and valued by Senator Sherman supporters with a $10 pledge for its return.
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Sherman
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Jacob Fullenwider
Mechanicsburg
Sangamon County
Louisiana Delegations Seat Half Votes In Settlement
The Louisiana delegate contest was settled with both delegations seated and each member given half a vote. Victor Loisel to resign as National Committeeman. Armand Romain seen as likely replacement. Intermediary efforts by Estabrook Niedringhaus and Williams helped end the dispute.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Victor Loisel
Armand Romain
New Orleans
Fred W. Estabrook
New Hampshire
T. K. Niedringhaus
Missouri
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
The
Nations] Committee
Lily
Jackson
District of Columbia
Texas
Carlson Unable to Attend Republican National Convention
Governor George Carlson is critically ill and cannot serve as a delegate at large at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. His secretary announced tonight after Carlson suffered a severe attack of tonsillitis.
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Heusband
Michigan Avenue
Carlson
Chicago
Denver
George Carlson
Progressives for Roosevelt Lead New York Delegates
New York delegates on the Progressive Special include Kingsbury Johnson O Connell Moskowitz Davis Hooker Alice Carpenter and Francia deL Hyde. Hamilton Fish Jr says Roosevelt will be nominated at Chicago. Anne Morgan seeks enrollment in the Women's Roosevelt League as Straus or O Connell may chair the New York State delegation.
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New Mexico
O'Connell
Timothy Healy
Richard A. Purdy
Progressive County Committee
Charles H. Hyde
William Halpin
John A. Kingsbury
William J. Millard
Frank D. Cunniffe
Roosevelt
United States
Leonard M. Wallstein
Kingsbury
Chicago
Harry KK
Thaw
Frank K. Johnston
Cleveland
Jacob Cash
America
Europe
New York Times
Progressive Special
Utica
New York
Walters. Johnson
Rman
State Committee
O’connell
Francia del. Hyde
New Jersy
Eastern State Commission
West Woman's League
Hamilton Fish, Jr
General Wood
Justice Hughes
Wilson
Alice Carpenter
Anne Morgan
French Lick Springs
Women’s
Roosevelt League
Oscar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
Chairman O'Connell
Ex Governors Back Prohibition Drive to Influence Party Platforms
An independent movement led by four former governors and other prominent officials aims to push prohibition into Chicago or St. Louis party platforms. They pledge up to 3,000,000 votes for any party adopting prohibition amid wartime preparedness concerns.
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St. Louis
Working Committee of
Prohibition Party
Prohibition
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Samuel R. van Sant
Minnesota
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Haven Simerson
New York
Jacques Koeb
Rockefeller Institute For Medica Research
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive
En B. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Olonel L. M. Maus
Theuberculosis Commission
Frankfort
J. M. Hurty
Irving Fisher
Yale University
E. A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Wilson backs Glynn for temporary and James for permanent chair
In a telegram to William F. McCombs Wilson approves ex governor Martin Glynn of New York as temporary Chairman and endorses United States Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky for permanent Chairman of the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis. Wilson notes a strong opinion favors James, who previously chaired the Baltimore convention.
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New York Times
Washington
Martin H. Glynn
New York
United States
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
St. Louis
Wilson
William F. McCombs
Tumulty
Ollie James Porrmanent
Democratic Party Shows Uneasy Victory Path
The draft notes that nominated President Wilson faces unusual dynamics as the Democratic Party considers the rare case of a single man presiding over two consecutive National Conventions. The piece signals party backbone strains and leadership continuity questions amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Wilson
Democratic Party
Patriotism Planks Urged for Chicago Platform by American Society
The American Society led by Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich will present planks to the Republican Convention in Chicago urging full and loyal recognition of naturalized citizens duties akin to native born, urging unwavering support of the United States and full adherence to its language and institutions. It denounces citizens who fail to display allegiance and calls for upholding constitutional principles. This summary reflects planks drawn from two sections of the Republican platform.
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American Society
Caspar F. Goodrich
Resolutions Committee
Seaio A
Chicago
United ‘Non of America
United States
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