Tennessee recruits organize progressive party in Louisiana
In New Orleans on August 2 supporters of Colonel Roosevelt formed the Louisiana progressive party. They plan to send 20 delegates per state with half votes to Chicago, with Parker and Wight likely delegates and a push for a lily white slate, no state ticket to be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Louisiana
Chicago
John M. Parker
Pearl Wight
Parker
Indiana Progressives Nominate Ticket At State Convention
Indiana progressives in Indianapolis yesterday named a full state ticket led by A. J. Beveridge for governor and Frederick K. Landis for lieutenant governor. They elected six delegates at large to the national convention in Chicago and two electors at large. The platform backed initiative referendum recall direct election of U S senators woman suffrage and primary nomination of all elective officials. The bull moose became the party emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United States
A. J. Beveridge
Frederick K. Landis
Chicago
Roosevelt to Deliver His Most Important Address in Chicago
Roosevelt will speak in Chicago in what he calls his most important address. He will reserve comment on Taft's acceptance speech until then. His stance on the negro question will be released Saturday. It is unlikely southern negro delegates will be seated at the progressive convention, though northern delegates are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Aus
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
State Ticket Proposed by Roosevelt Progressives in Tennessee
Recruits of Roosevelt's Progressive Party in Tennessee meet in Nashville to select a delegation for Chicago's national convention on August 5. Leaders aim to declare a Tennessee state ticket, with Chattanooga and Memphis sending large delegations, while existing parties react. In Pennsylvania, the Roosevelt campaign adopts the Washington party name, with preemptions filed across most districts and for the state at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Chicago
Chattanooga
Memphis
Washington Party
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New Party Formed in North Carolina as Roosevelts Backed
In Greensboro on August 2 fifty former Republicans from across North Carolina formed a new party named the National Progressive Party. Delegates were chosen for a state progressive party convention and for the national progressive convention in Chicago on August 5. Roosevelt was endorsed and delegates instructed to vote for him. Julius M. Oppenheimer, chairman of the Fourteenth Congressional committee, calls a meeting in San Antonio Texas on August 7 to set the district convention date for August 24, 1912. Political advertising. Riebe Undertaking Co. auto ambulance service 221 E. Commerce. Phone 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Sty
National Progressive Party
Progressive Party
Chicago
Roosevelt
Republican Congressional Committee
Fourteenth District
Congressional Committee
French Building
San Antonio
Texas
Julius M. Oppenheimer
Fourteenth Congressional Committee
Riebe Undertaking Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Milwaukee Beer Co
el Paso St
Tex
T.h.little
Layne
Jefferson St
Reliable Union
West Commerce
Wright
Mark Wright
Wight Bros
Electrical Contractors
Main Ave
Fred Hummert
Wald Paper, Paint and Artists
Commerce Street
LE Dertists
London Bridge
A. H. Jones
THE
Citizens’ League
Louisana
Beveridge
Tennessee
Fletcher
Wolfson’s
Madras
Regul &Lor
Paola
G&s
Saul Wolfson
Gqdids
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!