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Show mm m Roosevelt Leader Addresses Ad-dresses Convention HouiV State Kansas City. July 20. The first slate convention of the Progressive party in Missouri met hero to choose delegates to tho national convention, select presidential electors, name a state committee and transact any other oth-er business that the delegates deem advisable. Whilo tjio preponderance of sentiment senti-ment was In favor of placing a state ticket In nomination, the majority of the delegates appeared to believe that such action should not be taken. Judge A. D. NortonI of St. Louis, who was elected temporary chairman, brought the delegates to tihelr feot by reading the message from Colonel Roosevelt, which was in part: ' Few things give me more unal- loved satisfaction than the support I have received from Missouri In the electoral college, and I am extremely pleased hearing what .headway tho Progressive movement is making In Missouri." After tho selection of various committees, com-mittees, Henry J. Allen, of Kansas City, was introduced. "I was talking to a national banker today about the Btolen nomination in Chicago," Mr. Allen began, "and the banker exclaimed 'National conventions conven-tions havo been stealing nominations for thirty years.' " 'Yes,' I answered, 'bank thieves havo been robbing banks too during all that time and you havo been busy trying to send tihem to prison.' " Three of the four delegates-at-large to tho national convention agreed upon are: Colonol W. R. Nolson of Kansas Cit , Judge A. D. Nortoni or St Louis, and Colonel H. H. Gregg of Joplln, Mo., William II. Walker of St Louis was agreed upon for national committeeman com-mitteeman from Missouri. do |