New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
HARD TO HOLD KINGS
PROCRESS|vES TOGETHER
Woodruff PaCifies Disputants
and Civil Service Employees
Will Not Be Asked to Give.
PLANS FOR DESIGNATIONS
Committee of SO Resolves That
No Recruit Shall Have Any.
thing to Do with the
Old Parties.

81 Timothy L. Woodruff. the leader ~
the ~ National Progressives in Kings
County had hard time yesterday after.
noon holding tho committee Of sixty.
nine in line when draft Of letter
from the finance committee was read In
which no reference was made that con
| tributions would not be solicited from
! civil service employees
The following draft of letter was
| read as the one which the finance com
mittee should have recommended as the
proper communication to send out for
funds:
The National Progressive party has
nominated its candidates for President
and Vice President and adopted plat
Welt calls "a contract with the people.
to the fulfilment of which he and the
party have unequivOcaily pledged them
selves.
At the state convention to be held in
Syracuse September the National Pro
gressive party CT the State OF New York
will nominate candidates for Governor
Lieutenant Governor and all other state
Offices including candidates for the two
vacancies about 70 occur IN the Court ot
Appeals At this convention a platform
Viii he adonted and candidates presented
to us that will he a profound protect
against the corrupt machine work cr
Tammany Hall and the reactionary ma
chine rule Of the Republican party.
Here in the city of New York. where
the press is in large degree oontroHed by
the special Interests, we nn1 o. ouiIseiVes iG -
means of extensive distribution Of h.-
erature and by mass meetings which VIII
be held In every part OF the city and oe
addressed by the best speakers Of the
country No money Will be required by
us 10, manning or watching the polls ON
election day or for the many other per-
sonal purposes for which the old parties
have required large contributions. We
have already enough volunteers who are
which machine politicians demand pay.
But printing, meetings and the adver-
tising thereof cost money, and for these
legitimate purposes or the campaign We
respectfully appeal 10 you TO aid with as
liberal a contribution as you feel JUS
titled in making
We do not solicit contributions from or
accept contributions of corporations.
As soon as the draft had been read
Jacob L. Hoffman was on his feet with
an amendment. 1t hadybesring upon the
civil service employees. When It WAS
pointed out tina; it would be embarrassing
treasurer IItlluFl rdsAr
II the letter should not specifically men,
ton that civil service employees We're not
solicited to contribute, Mr.. Woodruff de-
oided that after all something should be
included in the letter covering that point.
and a phrase was then added to the
draft
The question of resignng from the r..
publican County Committee and entirely
Withdrawing from either Of the old par
ties was then discussed 1t was decided
that each man should decide what he
thought best. However, a motion was
passed that no member of the Progres-
sive party should have anything TO do
with either of the old parties that mem
bers may have been affiliated with prior
TO the formation of the new party.
1t was decided that the designatins
committee. which will name delegates 10
be voted upon at the fall primaries for
the Assembly convention, should meet
August D. Senate designating commit
tees on Friday, August 2. and the Con-
gress designating committees on Satur-
day, August "a.
It was announced that Bourke Cochran
would be one OF the orators at the state
convention, to be held in Syracuse on
September .