Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — ANOTHER NATIONAL TICKET [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER NATIONAL TICKET

Convention Is Held in a Bedroom of a Chattanooga Hotel. Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. 9.—The “Liberal” party held its first national ♦onvention tn this city for the purpose •f putting candidates tn the field for the presidency and vice presidency o/ the United States, and the following nominations were made*. For president Sydney C. Tapp, of Atlanta, Ga.; vice president. John Maddox, of Minnesota. Maddox was chosen as chairman of the national executive committee. Th«*vonvention was called to order in a bedroom of one of the hotels, and was attended by not over a dozen persons. including the candidates. Although the leaders have made it a particular point to impress on the ladies the faet that the party is the champion of woman suffrage, there was not a woman present at the national convention. The doors were securely locked and the public was •barred from the session.