Harmony Outlook Over party unity at Chicago conventions
Perkins hears from Roosevelt and says prospects are good for United Party. Rain-soaked Coliseum and Auditorium greet delegates as police and medical staff prepare for emergencies amid hopes of easing longtime Republican tensions. Borah leads harmonizing poll of western delegates amid reports of possible détente.
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United Party
Colonel May
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Harmony
Hughes
Borah
William I. Borah
Linho
California
Washington
Oregon
Lodge Chosen Chairman of Resolutions Committee
Coliseum Chicago June 7 After adjournment of the convention the resolutions committee elected Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as chairman and Delegate Charles F Scott of Kansas as secretary A nine member sub committee to draft a platform was announced including Lodge Borah Sutherland Fall Madden Howland Oliver Wadsworth and Charles F Clark
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Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
New York
Charles Ff. Clark
Connecticut
Henry Ford denies Hughes story in Michigan vote
Henry Ford's secretary denied a report that Ford told the Michigan Republican delegation to back Justice Hughes after they supported Ford on the first ballot. The denial clarifies the presidential ally's direction amid party polling.
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HUGHES
West Virginians Attend Delegation at Primary Chicago
West Virginia delegates stayed home for the June 7 primaries then traveled to Chicago by night. They arrived early, took breakfast on the train, and settled in the convention hall planning to caucus from their seats.
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CHICAGO
West Virginia
Moran First Woman To Receive Official Honors
Mrs. T. F. Moran of Nevada becomes the first woman to gain official recognition at the Republican national convention. At the Nevada delegates caucus she was chosen as a committee member to notify the vice presidential nomine e of its selection. The state also named H. G. Humphrey of Reno as national committeeman and Samuel Platt to the resolutions committee.
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CHICAGO
T. F. Moran
Nevada
H. G. Humphrey
Reno
H. U. Mauxson
Samuel Platt
cammittes
No outward change at Republican and Progressive conventions
Chicago June 7 Republican and Progressive conventions opened with no clear plan for united support of a single candidate. Overnight talks produced talk of peace and conference committees. Leaders said nominations might slip to Friday or Saturday or even next week as harmony talks continue. Hughes gains some strength while favorite son booms remain mostly unchanged.
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Hughes
favorite son booms
BULL MOOSE HOLD OFF FOR DAY AT PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION
Chicago June 7 Delegates and guests arrived slowly for the opening session of the Progressive convention with little enthusiasm. The band played at 11 but the wings quit after the first number as delegates settled into their places. No massed entry or strong demonstrations occurred before Raymond Robins delivered the keynote. Perkins suppresses talk of Roosevelt nomination while noting no snap judgment. Weather with Colonel noted.
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Chicago
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Perkins
T. R. Boom
Col. Roosevelt
Progressive Preparedness Draft Outlines 1912 Platform
Chicago June 7 tentative draft from two committees presents preparedness as the party’s main appeal with Americanism as its base. The three headings are Military Spirit and Industrial. Tariff social reform and WPI concerns appear, with notable framers including Draper Lewis Rowell Garfield Pinchot Smith Foulke and White. It will go to regulations and likely to the convention in near shape.
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CHICAGO
William Draper Lewis
University of Pennsylvania
Chester Rowell
California
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Herbert Knox Smith
William Dudley Foulke
William Allen White
regulations committee
Colonel Roosevelt Pans Hughes Flag Day Speech
Oyster Bay June 7 Col Roosevelt dislikes Justice Hughes flag speech calling it a Fourth of July address with no value He sees it as evidence of pussy footing and expects a broadside to erase Hughes and other candidates he views as weak today his hopes for nomination improve.
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Harding Hints at Reunion at Republican Convention
Chicago June 7 United States Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio as temporary chairman opened the Republican national convention urging party unity and reconstruction not recrimination He criticized Democratic policy as disappointing and distressing and called Mexican negotiations the greatest fiasco in American foreign relations He praised Americanism of foreign birth and urged a fraternity of republics under the Monroe Doctrine
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CHICAGO
United States
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harding
Roosevelt Favors Strong Preparedness Theme for Platform
Chicago June 7 The resolutions committee moves toward an elimination style platform shaped to echo Theodore Roosevelt and his followers. Leaders say they will stress preparedness and Americanism, trimming dissenting voices to secure broad support for the nomination and policy outline.
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CTMICAGO
resolutions committee
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Smoot
Oyster Bay Rumor on Roosevelt Hughes Nomination
In Oyster Bay sources say Col. Roosevelt opposes Justice Hughes and would run if Hughes is nominated. He avoids public statements while a private line to Chicago party HQ stays open. Roosevelt’s inner circle says Chicago reports favor his candidacy. talks are tightly controlled to prevent leaks.
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Progressive party
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Rainy opening of Republican national convention in Chicago
Rain fell as ticket holders queued at the Chicago convention hall. Officials and police ensured orderly seating while delegates from Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Iowa filled the floor. Hughes supporters claimed platform defense and neutrality. Hilles announced no harmony conference talks as Chauncey Depew arrived amid applause.
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assi
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Missouri
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New York
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Iowa
isles
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Reynolds
Chauncey Depew
Cor telyou joins steering committee for Roosevelt in Chicago
George B. Cortelyou of New York arrived in Chicago to join former Roosevelt aides as a steering committee to look after the colonel's behalf at the Republican convention. He evaded reporters and went quietly to a hotel forenoon June 7.
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CHICAGO
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Col Roonevelt
Whitman Sees Oyster Bay Rumors as Not Bad News
CHICAGO June 7 New York Republicans backing Justice Hughes said reliable sources two days ago warned Col Roosevelt would not support Hughes if nominated. Gov Whitman smiled at the report saying not bad news, believing Hughes would be nominated and elected with about 38 votes short of a majority on the second ballot. He said he knew nothing of a possible Hughes decline if no third ticket entered.
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New York
CHICAGO
Col. Roosevlt
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Hughes
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Whitman
Roosevelt
Dupont Fails to Win Old Place on Committee
In Chicago on June 7, opposition to Coleman Dupont's bid for re-election as national committeeman from Delaware emerged at a late delegates caucus. Dupont earned three votes, tied by Charles Warner at three votes.
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