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Show Jr BL y 5 H La I I ill 1 1 jl Member of W. C. T. U. 1 9 Gets Office at Dry ;!jH Party Convention ll i nm Atlantic City, N. J July 13. At a m session of the national convention of 'il the Prohibition party, which, laated ' ;SH all night and concluded today W. G. J Calderwood of Mlnne'sota was defeat- .. ,'lt ed for re-election as secretary by Mrs. ' Francis Beauchamp of the Kentucky " jw Woman's Christian Temperance un- 't Jl ion e 'rl The convention conoluded Its labors i, jj last night with the nomination of the , A party standard bearer of four years '1 ago Eugene W. Chafln of Arizona W for president and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for vico president. In each j- M, case the nomination was made by ac- '& clamation after a single ballot had In- 7 jt dicated the preference of the dele- t j)l gates. jVm Four candidates for president were e $m placed in nomination againBt Mr. ''Ijtm Chafin. They were F. W. Emerson , 0 Afl of California. Flnley C. Hendrickson ' wM of Maryland, Aaron S. Watidns of Ohio f and Andrew J. Houston of Texas, e H Each In turn withdrew hiB name af- - if ter the first ballot. ' !. Tho leading candidates against Mr. M Watkins for vice president were Mr. H Emerson of California and George E. jH Stockwell of New York. Mr. Chafin, j 1 addressing the convention, promised j iH not to stand for a third nomination. 1 H Because of a rush to adjourn the H plan to change the name of the party .' J was not taken up for general discus- ; H sion. A J. Orem of Massachusetts In 'iH a brief speech promised to pledge more money to the campaign fund ' "jl should tho name be changed, H "I believe we could make the cam- paign doubly effective if we would H adopt a new name," said Mr. Orem. M "We would be greatly aided in carry- - ing out our banner to success If wo H should adopt the name 'Progressive.' " ''H There were shouts of protest to this tH as well as to the name "Conservation iH party," suggested by Rev. S. H. Taft .1 of California. H |