Arizona republican., 1913-01-22
PR0CRESS|vES
 OF CHICAGO
Banquet Tonight Where Eminent Speakers Will Appear. An Outline of the Work of the Chicago Progressive Club

There will be an important pro- SreSsiVe meeting tonight at d ban Quet of the Progressive Club of Chi cago. given at the Hotel sherman, the first of series of monthly meet ings arranged by the club at it's or sanzation on December 3. The speakers tonight will be former Unit ed States Senator Beveridge. Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York, Mediu Mccormick, vice. chairman of the progressive national committee, and E. F. Harris of Champaign, III. Operatic selections will be rendered by Miss Jennie Dufau of the Chicago Grand Opera company The follow ing is a statement concerning the history of the Chicago Progressive club, outlining the scope of it's work:
 The Chicago Progressive club is the outgroWth of q meeting of progress sives held on December 3, 1912, at tho La Sale hotel.
 The purpose of this club is to give every man and woman with progress sive ideas an opportunity to meet in q club home on a basis of absolute equality with progressivcs of city, state and nation for the purpose of exchanging ideas and fitting them selves by hearing speakers of promi- hence and Uf rational reputation. and by reading progressive literature. to become familiar with principles of progrcssivism and imbued with pro gressiVe enthusiasm as prOmul gated by the progressive party. The loop district has been thoroughly can vasSed for such q club home and an announcement win be made upon this subject in the near future The working scope of this organization is far reaching, as can be seen by a glance at our twenty-five committees.
 Any man or woman over twenty one years of age. affiliated with the progressive party may become a member by getting the indorsement of any member of the club and upon the payment of $10 initiation fee and $10 d year dues for active members and g. initiation fee and S5 year dues for associate membership. the 1 initiation fee being waived for the first 1000. The club has been organ iZed but a month and has already a membership Of 1000 men and 200 women and it is confidently expected that long before the year is over it will number at least 5000.
 \ popular price banquet will be ar ranged for at least once q month, at which well known speakers will be heard
 The following are the standing committees. with their chairmen ap- pointed thus far:
 PoliI al action committee of nine meLLber-. Charles Ringer; committee cnS national legislation of ten mem bers, Fletcher Dobyns: committee on state legislation of ten members. Charles r.. Merriam; committee on lorn government of ten members, AnNinette Funk: committee on labor leSisINAi,n of five members. William! J I.acY: committee on municipal pro- gram Of five members. Willard NJ. McEWen: civil service committee of five members. not yet appointed; committee on vocational training of five members. Rev. R. A. White: committee on education and lectures of five members, Dr. C. E. Strouse: committee on penOlogy of five mem 1 bers. not vet appointed: committee or  l immigration and naturalization Oi 1 fifteen members, Charles Raggio; l committee on municipal markets, five 1 members, not yet appointed; building 1 committee of five members, Victor ] Ifalkenau: ways and means commit i tee of five members, not yet appoint 1 ed; house committee of five mem i bers, not vet appointed; audit com | mittee of five members, not vet ap- pointed; library and publications 1 committee of five members not ye 1 appointed; press committee of five | members. Julian Mason; entertain ment committee of five members. no yet appointed; music committee O | ten members. Mrs. J. F. PresneIl membership committee (men) of fiv, | members. W. D. Pennington: mem bership committee (women of fiv' l members. Mrs. John E. CoonIey: re 1 Cruiting committee men of tel | members, William Elmer Jones: re l Cruiting committee (womem of tel members, Mrs. John F. Bass: com mittee on relations with kindred ! clubs of five members. not yet ap
 rointed reception committee of no
 less than twenty-five members, no
 vet appointed