The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-09-06
STATE Central
COMMITTEE
Of the Progressive Party
Organizes.
". S. Lawwill, Of Danville,
=. Chairman, and Only One = =
District Absent.

Louisville. KY, Sept 3W. s. Law
viii. Of Dan,alle, was el,cted chairman
OF the Progressive Party Stau. cen-
ira, Committee. and a picture nf lsoose-
ve't Was adapted as the party emble:n,
n, "a mae,ing held at the Cat House
yesterday afternoon. I'd. work of Or
GanzaEon OF the Progressive party was
fnaiy perfooted and hhe now Jn,ty
IL now on an equal fbo;ing with the
two Cd pplrrios. From precinct and
county to district and State the orgali-
zatLon is complete and .he on'y, thing
/, cure the npcaSsnry signatures to get
r1he various candblai on the harot.
Aside from the c'colon nj Mr.. Law
Will as Chairman the committee trans
aotei no md OF othsr business Two
cs-otons from tn Statr-e,t- argc wl,are
selected. George W. JoFy. Of Owens
horo. ami w. +. ANton. Of Louisville.
b,ng namcI for those places. Louis
vie was selected as rarity headquarters
and GtmpSgn headquarters for the Pro-
gr sssIve and Burton Vance. w. l..
Anton and Matt Holt were namai IS
members OF committee to select
suitable offices.
or the eleven districts the sixth
DISTRICT WIS the only one not rerres at, 4
The Stat conNcnt!on had previously
conferred the power ON les lie NJ Combs
the national oommi, toeman and pro-
ytstonal chairman to name four mcmbe .
Of the committee from the s,at'-a,-
large. When the committee met vest ar
tte appointment of c. NJ. Barnett. of
Hart ford; Thomas L. Wa kcr. of Laxing-
ton; W. +. Anton and Aiatt Hot. of
Louisville, as the four members OF ;ha
committee.
Taiis announcement rekind'sh , the
flames and again brought to the front
tte differences existing between Mlat
Hot on one slide and BURTON Vance
and w. +. Anton on ahe other. It was
apparent 70 al that THE blttsr political
bates of the past were to he fought
Over and there were many who pre-
Sdicted a spit din the Louisville ansan-
zatton.
che breach. He has tpied TO harmonic
both factions by appointing leader
of each SIDE TO an inypor.l mt pace IN
the party organization. When he
rall.sd that he had failed, Mr.. Combs
Withdrew the appointments and re-
'Quested the committeeman. elected by
the Nnters from the various districts,
to se'eot ahe four commt.t eqnen -Ir-
large
There were no nominations, the
various committeeman voting for whom
severe they wanted to. The FIRST ballot
taloan resuaed lin the eleotion OF c. NJ.
Ranneat, T. Lwaiker. Matt Hot and
II, II. Owens. the catter of Rarbour-
ville. Mr.. Anton faied OF e'eotion by
two votes, whsle two VOTES were cast for
George w. Jolly.
This action ON the pant of Mr.. Ombs
In dslegating hs power to the COM
ndttesl itself proved to be happy |
harmnrNzer and when the mestiny
adjourned the hest of feeling pnev,ired
AL AROUND.
Provisional Chairman Combs called
the meettng to order and hhe rollcalr els.
closed the fact that every district was
represented except the sixth District |
With the e,eotion of the -four cammiutee-
men from the State-at-arge he personncr
ntttee II as follows:
First Distriot-r. N. Hazeilp. of Pa
.duaah.
Second District-w. q. Barrett, OF
Greensboro.
y Third Dssrtiict-c. u. Kerr, of Bowl
ing Green.
Fourth District-w. f. Neiksrk. of
Springfield.
Fifth Distriat-Burton Vance OF
Louisville.
<sisa{ Dist'fct---
Seventh Dtstrlct-Prentice O'Rar. of
Frankfort.
EslAh uismict-W. s. I.awwilL Of
.Danville.
Ninth .Distrct-Dr. w. n. Salisbury,