Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-12
Bull MOOSE TO
Defend EDITORS
PfOgressives Will Stand by Men
Who Criticised Idaho
Courts.
SELECT NEW YORK AS
PARTY HEADQUARTERS
ecall Idea to Be Applied to
National Committee
Members.

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Althoush the
progressive conference closed official
~ last night, the majority of the
visitors did not leave Chicago until
Today The extended session of the
national committee yesterday caused
many from New England to miss a
special train on which they had pre-
pared to embark, and others from va
rlous sections of the country re-
manned over to hear the report of the
committee, which was given to the
public in an open meeting last night
The action of the New Jersey State
COMMITTEE in electing Borden Whit
ing as a member of the national COM
nittee to succeed former Governor
5ohn T. Fort was ratified.
Colonel Roosevelt left for New
York at 10:s0 O'Clock. He retired
early last night in order to be well
rested before starting his journey.
Chairman Joseph NJ. Dixon and
pther Progressive leaders expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
conference and its results.
Mr. Dixon expected to take some
action today regarding the case Of
The Capital News. of Boise, Idaho,
fhe publisher, r. S. Sheridan, and
several editors of which have been
cited TO appear before the Supreme
Court of that State next Friday and
show cause why they should not be
bed in contempt. 1t was reported
that Mr.. Sheridan would be in Chi
cago today, and Mr.. Dixon planned
IN hold a -. Frr1.-
national committee yesterday gave
s Mr.. Dixon permission to supply MIR.
Sheridan with counsel or financial
assistance for fighting the case.
81 One report last night was that AL
bert J. Beveridge. formerly United
81 States senator from Indiana, might
be sent to Idaho to represent the
defendants. The senator said he had
heard nothing of the plan.
Headquarters In New York.
New York was selected as the
permanent headquarters of the ex-
+ ecutive committee last night after
? fight. in which delegates to the
conference from several States sought
to have the headquarters located
4 Elsewhere The vote stood 80 to IL.
Chief opposition to the selection of
New York came from Colorado, Flor
+ ida Idaho, Louisiana, Texas and
n Wyoming.
Chairman Dixon announced that
the national committee had put into
effect the recall in its own affairs
through a resolution presented by
Mr.. Hale, which provides:
That 25 per cent. of the member
ship of the national committee may
join in a petition requesting the
chairman of executive committee to
adopt some certain policy or motion.
and if said chairman or executive
committee fails or refuses to accept
Fsuchs recommendations. the petition
ing members may call upon the Sec
retary of the committee to issue a
call for a meeting of the national
committee to be held within not to
exceed thirty days. for the purpose
of acting upon such recommenda-
ton.
Further, that any officer or COM
mittee of the Progressive national
party may be recalled by a ma
Jority vote of the entire committee.
A special meeting for the purpose
of acting upon such recall shall be
called by the secretary upon request
OF the chairman or 25 per cent. of
the membership of such committee.
At the conclusion of the meeting
last night George w. Perkins, chair
man of the executive committee, an
nounced that the committee would
meet in the Hotel Manhattan, New
York, on Wednesday, December 1s.
The work that is being done by
Miss Jane Adams and other workers
in Hull House was pointed out last
night by Colonel Roosevelt as what
the Progressive party would do on
a broad scale
Burton Vance, of Louisville, came
forward with proposition to estab-.
lish night schools for Progressive
workers. This plan, he said, had been
adopted in Louisville.
Criticisms of members of the Re-
publican party did not appeal to Les
ter A Pease. of New York, and when
he obtained the floor during the day
session he trained his guns on some
of the speakers who had preceded
him
If we prOgressives expect to win
we must do SO by hard, earnest work
and teaching. We never can win by
abuse
Colonel Roosevelt later in the eve-.
ring addressed gathering of Pro-
gressives in the assembly room at
the La Sale Hotel
1T has been called to my attention
that an effort has been made to form
clubs under the name of Roosevelt
Progressive clubs. ask you not to
do It, This is not a one-man move
ment, but a movement for a prin-
ciple. Don't ever name any Pro
gressive club after man who is not
dead. AS soon as he is dead he ceases
to excite antagonism We are not in
tbs hight to further the fortunes of
any one man.
The colonePs remarks were greeted
with cheers.