New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-12
NEW PARTY BORN HERE
'TW|XT SKY AND EARTH
National Progressive Launching
in Empire State Is Staged on
TWenty-f0urth Floor.
H0TCHKISS AT THE HELM
Roosevelt Adherents from
Twenty Counties Attend-To
Nominate a Municipal
Ticket Here.

II have the pleasure TO announce that
the National Progressive party in the State
Of New York has now been born
This statement was made by William
Hotchkiss before Q conference Of support
ers Of the new movement from twenty
counties in the state at Al o'clock yester-
day afternoon and was followed by an out
burst Of such hearty cheering that It might
have drifted down from the room on the
twenty-fourth floor of the Metropolitan
tower and been heard In the street.
The announcement followed the adoption
of resolutions Of which the following were
the essential features:
Resolved. That the National Progressive
party be and is hereby declared TO be,
Separate and distinct political organization
for the purpose Of promoting and securing
social and industrial justice ana ponucal
liberty in nation and state.
Resolved That the National Progressive
party place candidates in nomination for
sionaI, state. county and municipal
Resolved. That forty-three OF the dele
gates to be sent TO the NatlonaI FrosLeS
sive Party's National Convention IN Chl-
rago be chosen by Congressional districts.
EXCEPT that in counties contalIlng t"p o.
more complete Congressional dlsnLCISi VI
districts NAV be chosen at large in the
county Such forty-three delegates SO
chosen shall elect the TWO delesH'es az
large.
No State Convention.
The choice of Mr.. Hotchkiss as chair
man of the provisional committee was con-
ARMED 1t was decided, however, not 10
have state convention. as it was deemed
better TO have each Congress District elect
Its own delegate to the national convention
Mr.. Hotchkiss was authorized 10 appoint
provisional county chairmen, and, whenever
necessary, provisional committees for the
several counties These chairmen VIII issue
n call for county or Assembly district con
Nsntions 10 choose the delegates TO the
Congress District conventions, which snail
elect the delegates 10 the national conNen-
hon
II was generally believed last night that
acolonel Roosevelt aud Controller Prender-
HAST would probably be the national dele
gates-at-large from this state
Each Assembly District convention will
chose representative for the state COM
nntttee. and this body will formulate rules
Yor the further conduct Of the party. Pend
ing the organization OF such committee Mr..
Hotchkiss will appoint provisional rules
and law committees. the latter to wrestle
with the intricacies of the election law.
The gathering yesterday was in response
10 kilograms that had been sent out by
Mr. Hotchkiss He asks that any persons
interested IN the movement who live in
counties not represented communicate with
him in regard to organizing in their locali-
ties
Among those present when the meeting
was called 10 order by counties were
NEW YoRK-General Daniel z. siekles,
sss 'f to ehii % Dean g " KIRtHwEY. If the
Columbia Law School; Assemblyman Andrew
D Murray and former Assemblyman James
KiNGs-Timothy l. woodruff. ex-senator
Reuben l. Gledhih; former Assemblyman
George A. Green, Jacob L. Holtzmann, Ethan
Allen Doty and Judge Gerald q Van "drt
QUEENS-Robert Price Bell. Alfred Emo
and Frank a. Leete.
sUFFOLK-Regis H Post, former Gov
srnor Of Porto Rico; Alexander E. Blue and
MASS AT~Frederick A. Ware and william
RicHMoND-vnHsm Writ Mills and
MISREPRESENTATION A. Bruce and j A.
f-TCHEss-Augustus B Gray.
LEWIS-O. r. Philips. OF Lowvine.
WAYNE. NJ Blakely.
oNEIDA--Ex- Senator Frederick NJ Daven-
port and ex-Assemblyman Merwin K. Hart
OTSEGO-A. c. Shipman. William L. Nc
Evan and Frederick Taber
rehabilitation Fish. jr.; H. z. Craft,
sr, and William Rogers.
ST. LAWRENCE-Hugh Abbott.
SARATOGA. B. Tucker and william n.
sCHoHARIE-H. s. Manning. L. a. Holmes
and Lymon S. Holmes.
D.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Alfred Hayes Of the
wAsH1NGTOE-Judge s z. Evsts and
C r. Parker.