Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-23
PROGRESSIVES issue CALL
Committee Asks Delegates to Meet
: in Lincoln September 8,
WILL NOMINATE NEW TICKET
Plan Is to select Presidential
Electors and Candidates All Down
Line for State Office--EDper-
son Picks Vice Chairman.
tFrom a staff Correspondent }


LINCOLN, Aug. 22.-tSpecial. .)-After
nearly an all.night session Wednesday
the executive committee, composed of j.
L. McBrien Of Lincoln, Nathan Merriam
Of Omaha, John c. Sprecher OF Schuyler
and c. B. Manuel of Kearney, with the
assistance a portion Of the evening OF F.
P. Corrick and Nels P. Hansen Of lAn-
coin and -. c. Pratt and g. l.. Knngbeil
of Omaha, decided upon a line OF action
in the formation of the new progressive
party and issued the following call for a
convention to be held in Lincoln, Sep
tember g. On account of sickness Judge
Arthur G. Wray. who called the first
meeting and who Is chairman OF the Or
ganization in this state, was not present;
To All Prog essise Voters in Nebraska
Pursuant to the recess taken at the pro-
gressive mass state convention held IN
Lincoln, Neb., July 81, call Is hereby
made for said convention to reeonvene
and come to order at the City Auditorium,
Lincoln, Neb, at IL o'clock m, TUESDAY,
September 3, to transact the following
business, In accoi dance with sections
5905 and 5sll, chapter 16, of Cobbeys An An
notated Statutes Of Nebraska for 1911,
providing for the formation Of new
| party, towit:
/. The formation of new party.
q The adoption of party name.
| g. The nomination of eight presidential
electors.
4. The nomination of United States
senator the nomination of candidates for
state officers as follows: Governor, feu-
| tenant governor, secretary of state, aud
itor of public accounts, state treasurer
superintendent of public instruction, at
| torney general. commissioner Of pblit
lands and buildings, and railway commits
sioner. est
| 5. The election of state central CON-
rnittee. "a, rs< Il ~
| s. And for the transaction of such other
business as may come before the con-
| vention. s..-s- si
Also at said time and place the electors
of the various congressional districts ,oi
the state Of Nebraska are hereby called
to hold mass congressional ditrict con
ventions pursuant to and in accordance
with the provisions of the laws Of the
state of Nebraska above cited) for the
purpose Of nominating one candidate fol
congress from each of the congressional
| districts Of the state of Nebraska. for the
selection of congressional comcittees ano
| for the transaction Of such other husl'
ness as may properly come before sale
| district conventions. ..-.. &.
In the language of Senator Beveridge
ito carry out our principles we have
plain program of constructive; reform
We mean to tear down only that which
Is wrong and out Of date; and where wt
| tear down we mean to build what is right
and fitted to the times. We harken Il
| the call Of the present. We mean II
make laws fit conditions as they art
and meet the needs of the people ,wht
are on earth today. That we may dt
this we found a party through which al
who believe with us can work with u.s. or
rather, We declare our allegiance to .tht
party which the people themselves
| founded
A special and cordial invitation is ex
tended to the women of Nebraska to b.
present in the council and thus lenc
our cause their uplifting influence.
Jane Adams Of Hull house fame, il
seeonding the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt, SAID "A great party ha
pledged itself to the protection bof chill
dren, to the care of the aged, to the re
liefs OK overworked girls, to the safe
guarding the burdened men. Committed
evitable-y that such parry should ap
peal to women should seek TO draw
i upon the great reservoir of their norma
tenergy so long undesired and unutilizet
in practical politics-one is the corollar!
or the other a. program Of human wei
fare, the participation OF women in poll
/ tical life ''
We are pleased to announce that Gov
ernor Hiram w. Johnson and Jane Ad
dams will be present and deliver ad
dresses at said convention.
! JOHN C. SPRECHER. Secretary
Lincoln, Neb.. August g. 1912.