Arizona republican., 1913-02-25
.PR0CRESSIVES
 OF MARYLAND
They Are Perfecting an Organization W it h o u t Thought of Amalgama- tion With Either of the Old Parties

] manent organization of the party in | their state and prepare for the inn i portant campaigns ahead of them. 1 Among the Maryland progressiVes, there is no more question of amalga ; nation or fusion with either of the i old gangster parties than there is in l other progressive organizations. The l progressives will be the first in the l political arena in Maryland this year. l They will hold state convention in 1 Baltimore on March 26, at which will 1 be fired the first guns of their state l campaign. At this convention the 1 constitution to regulate the party. i government will he adopted
 A committee of nine with Charle.; J. BOnaparte as chairman. appointed by a conference of progressives or the city of Baltimore and later endorsed 1 by the executive committee of the 1 party for the state and also h., i largely attended conference of pro-
 gressives from all parts of the state, met Jl General Bonaparte's office n 1 Baltimore, Wednesday afternoon. Feb 1 ruary 18th. and completed the draft of the proposed constitution for the gov | ernment of the progressive party in Maryland
 The committee also by authority of the several conferences referred to,
 determined upon March 26th as the
 date for a representative state con- vention of the party. the purpose of
 which is to effect permanent organ
 izatiOn throughout Maryland to eX-
 press the attitude of the party upon
 state issues in part and incidentally ! "a older nplitipa1 If
 the state. The proposed constitution provides for a party membership com
 posed of all legal voters of Mary
 land affiliated on the registration lists
 ss prOgressives, or who voted on l November 9th, 1912. for Roosevelt and
 Johnson. and all citizens of Maryland
 who have heretofore signified or 1 shall hereafter signify their belief in
 the principles and their sympathy with
 the purposes of the progressive party
 The constitution declares that the r progressive party of Maryland en-
 dorses all the principles and policies
 of the national progressive party ad- 1 vocated by Theodore Roosevelt and i Iiram w. Johnson during the political . campaign of 1912 It declares that
 the will of the American people must , be respected and Obeyed by all Ameri- . cans: that theft of a public office . or d nomination for such office is q f grave crime against the sovereignty f of the people: that the people should . 1 be masters of their constitutions. their , laws. their courts. and of their public
 servants: that no distinctions not , clearly and indisputably founded in , necessity and demanded by the pub lie good should be tolerated in the | personal economic. civil or political
 rights or public duties of American 1 citizens. and that the political powers 4 1 of the federal and state governments should be lberally construed and freely exercised in order to give full Q effect to the peoples will. It de- 6 mands that in the state of Maryland 1 there shall be free and fair elections n affOrding every legal voter an oppor- il tunitv to cast a ballot as dictated by 1 conscience and an assurance that this k l ballot will be counted IS east; that Q nominations by political parties for t all public offices in the gift of the Q people shall be made in primaries con r. ducted with all of the safe guards : afforded by the law to elections SC
 as to assure the nomination of those . persons desired as candidates by the
 largest number of the partys voters
 that the parties of the state shall a.
 ways express in fairly conducted pri Ie marieS their choice as to United
 States senator who should be elected
 by direct vote of the people ard T that the principles Of the initiative )r ard referendum. shall be furthef a. " Co:pOrated !l the state cOnStitatior IS rs fI" and as soon as may be prac- s, ticable.
 Id The constitution provides that the
 affairs of the progressive party ot ,t Maryland shall be managed by a state -b central committee which shall con- 2 ! sist of a chairman, the chairman o1 T., the county committees, the chairman n i of the city committee for the city oi e Baltimore and four sub chairman oi m the legislative districts of the city ,d of Baltimore. The affairs of the ,s party in the counties will be man. 70 aged by county committees composed ,o of q county chairman and one com mitteeman for each voting district II 70 the county The affairs of the party ,, in the city of Baltimore will be man ,o | aged hy a city committee composed 70 of a city chairman and seven per
 sons from each of the four Legislative ,,, distri,,s of the city. These commit .o tees will lave authority to appoint . "a ! finan"a ccnimittee. a campaign com
 mittee, a legal committee and an ad n, 1 visory committee in such numbers ant c in such manner as they deem proper
 Until the organization is completed
 under the proposed constitution, tn - | present state and county committees = shall continue to act. 7, The intention of the party leader
 who are engaged in this work of per 7 manent organization is to maintain
 an independent party organization O m permanent character with a viev Q to future success at the polls, as wei e as immediate influence upon legisla Q. tive and party action in the state CARD OF THANKS
 ; Not being able to thank each one O