The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-28
DEMOCRATS OF l2TH DISTRICT PROPOSE
 PERMANENT CLUB
Systematic Organization AL ready Under Way - Many Novel Features to Be In- cIuded..
District, Largest in the City, Will Be Divided Among Thirteen Organizers.


 The Twelfth district is going to have | a new Democratic club which will be l formally organized on the evening of December 8, next, in Lavery's hall. Union and Stratford avenues. The plan of formation is to be brand new 1 in this city in so far as there is to ! be no officers of the club other than 1 secretary, a treasurer, and three trus- l tees.
 The presiding officer is to be elected | from meeting to meeting.
 1 Since last election the organization i has been planned at weekly meetings held in the Roman theatre, and after the meeting to be held on December 8th there will be 8 number of open meetings held to educate on the prop osition- Over 100 men have already signed the application slips which have been circulated, and it tis be- lieved that the club will start of with at least 200 members.
 Permanent quarters are to be rent ed, articles of incorporation to be talk en out, and from time to time during the year prominent Democrats from various parts of the country are to be invited to speak in Bridgeport under | the auspices of the club upon the principles of fundamental Democracy.
 From time to time literature deal- ing with Civic, State, and National l problems will be circulated throughout the city.
 Many of the men who have joined the club are those who helped to make l the district a Socialist stronghold a few years ago, and who are convinced that the tactics of the Socialist party applied to Democratic principles will l come nearer to giving the voter of the 7 +r-S,, 0f hi views at the ballot box than any other method.
 A member of the committee said last night: The Twelfth district is the largest in the city. We feel that despite our efforts in the past we fairs of the city we should have Mixed to be because there has been no | good way for the people to keep in touch-wfth their representatives after l they are elected. The club will pro- l vide a forum where we can get to- gether once in while and span the ichasrn that has always existed be- tween the elected and the electorate, between elections.
 1 .One feature of the club will be a labor bureau conducted for the bene- fit of every man in the district re- gardless Of his party affiliations and also chased in advances in mathemat- 
 man who can consistently affiliate with a Democratic club will attend our rally and sign his name to the roll. We want to create situation where no man or parcel of men can have the reputation of carrying the district, or any part of the district in his vest pocket
 The principal speaker at our rally l will be Hon. M. H. Ring of New York City, who has had great deal Of ex- perience in the formation of similar clubs in Greater New York. | tThe plan of the organization was mapped out by Nathan Goldman, 121 Read street. who was the pioneer member of the Loyal Order of Moose in this city, and one of the chief or ganizers and workers for the success I of Bridgeport lodge which now has 5000 members. Goldman had consid- erab1e experience in fraternal organ izing in New York and is now treas urer Of the Bridgeport Natural Han dle company with a factory on Web :, ster street. He is a past dictator of Metropolitan lodge of New York.
 s@F'or the building up. of the organt- zation there will be corps of thiE- teen organizers consisting of a chief 1 organizer and 12 assistants. After the permanent organization isa effected the memb ership will be divided into squads according to residences; and 3 I lieutenant at the n0ad or 0aCn SQudC will have the task of disseminating news andS Information to from 75 tC 100 members who will make up his 1 squad. The duty of the lieutenant also will be to look after the condi ton of the members of his squad anG report cases Of sickness well a. members who are out of work ane desire assistance from the employ ment bureau. In other words we art going to have party organization that does something for it's members through personal contact as well al socially and politically. From the ex pressions we have secured from Z large number of men in the distric we are going to succeed in a shor time for the members are going t run their own club. They think thel I can get along without officers ant bosses and from the plan that w l5have formed we believe that we cal also show cohesion, and stick to gether.''
 Among the prominent Democrat who will be invited to attend tn opening rally are Hon. John J. Phe Ian, Hon. Thomas c. Coughlin, Hon Lynn w. Wilson, Hugh Lavery, Rob ert G. DeForest, Hon. E. T. Bucking ham, Thomas M. Cullinan, Alderman Daniel E.. Walker, Alderman Franl Clancy, Michael H. Dwyer, Alderman | John H. Too1e, Alderman William Mo ran, Patrick H. Brady, Lawrence J Gill, Richard H. Murphy, Attorne, Henry E. Shannon, Hon. John H. Me
 Murray, John T. Kemple and Patricl
 Sullivan.