The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-16
State Chairman of the New
ly Organized Party Sum-
mons Delegates to the
State Convention.
LEEDS HOME FROM
A DISTRICT TOUR
Finds Progressives in New
Castle and Connersville
Enthusiastic Over Forming
Third Party.

r. G.. Leeds, provisional district
chairman of the Progressive party,
stated this morning that his trip into
Henry and Fayette counties has prov
ed a revelation to him of the wide
spread sympathy for the Progressive
movement. In both counties he found
the Progressives anxious to proceed
with the work of organization and
enthusiastic in the belief that the Pro-
gressive party would rank very high
in the support accorded it in the COM
ing campaign in this state.
After comforting with a number of
the Progressive workers of Henry
county at Newcastle yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. Leeds appointed as their
choice for county chairman. w. r. VIII
son. Mr.. Wilson was recommended as
a man who was well known through
out Henry county as a Progressive,
having been prominently identified
with the struggle in the spring to
wrest control of the organization from
the reactionaries, and as a man who
had considerable experience in politi-
cal organization work.
Yesterday afternoon was spent by
Mr.. Leeds in conference with Fayette
county Progressives at Connersville.
He found Fayette county every whit
as progressive in sentiment as her sis
ter county. The Progressives there are
going to have a large meeting
of known Progressives at Corners
vile on Wednesday evening at
which time they will decide on the
man they wish appointed as county
chairman of the new party organiza
ton. s--
Tomorrow will probably be spent by
Mr.. Leeds in organization work in Un
ion and Franklin counties He has al
ready been assured that the progress
sive sentiment is strong in those two
sections and that an organization is
all that is now wanted by the Progress
sives of those two counties behind
which to concentrate the Progressive
strength.
The call of Edwin NJ. Lee. chairman
of the state provisional committee OF
the Progressive party, has been re
ceived and reads in part as follows:
Thou shalt not steal"
Call for Organization and State Con
vention.
To the Citizens of the State of Indi
ana:
In compliance with and pursuant to
the call issued by the Provisional
Committee of the National Progress
sive Party for a convention at Chi
cago, on August 5, 1912, for the pur
pose of nominating President and
Vice-Presidential candidates. the Pro
visional Executive Committee of In
diana Progressives. authorized by a
mass conference at Indianapolis July
3, 1912, hereby announces the plan fol
State, District, County and Precinct
organization.
Organization.
For the purpose of quickly creating
an effective organization of the Pro
gressives of Indiana, the Executive
Committee has adopted the following
plan:
County Chairmen will be named In
each county of the State, by the Ex
ecutive Committee for such district
by and with the council and advice Of
known and active Progressives Of
such counties. Each County Chairman
will appoint one member from each
precinct in his county to form a Coun
ty Central Committee.
This plan of organization has beer
adopted first, because IL can be per
fected in the shortest possible time
and second, because ii insures an or
ganization composed of men who are
known to be loyal to the progressive
principles that have called into exist
ence this party.
1t is well known to the voters o
this state that members of one poll
/ tical party have participated in the
primaries of an opposing political par
ty for the purpose of assisting disor
ganiZation, boss rule, and the selection
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