The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-26
PROCRESSIVES
 WON'T PUT ON
 6. 0. P. HALTER
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 day that such a petition was to be started. MT. Stoddard's name does not appear on the Progressive party pTi- mary list but he is very much inter ested in the movement and was pres can leaders at the Algonquin club and later when the Progressive leaders met ia the Stratf1e1d to discuss the proposi- ton to endorse B. J. Hill.
 Prominent Progressives declared to- day that no minority report endorsing MT. Hill was submitted to the gather ing on Monday. Such report was prepared but the majority decided a report on the matter was not neces- sary and they refused to accept it. The session of the Progressives on Monday following their meeting of the Saturday before with the Republicans, endorse E. J. Hil1 was bitterly de-. nounced by a. number of those who have been most active in the Pro gfessive party propaganda Among oth CTS who sstrenuously opposed the plan was Attorney Stoddard. . When MT. stoddard had finished another member of the party got the floor and said:
 ..If you endorse E. J. Hill for Con- gress can see the beginning of the dfsintergatton of the Progressive party in Bridgeporf If any such resolution 
 club room, destroy our papers and throw our keys out of the window. There will be no more Progressive club or Progressive party in Bridge port. MT. Hill has said that his 5atti- tude toward boss rule is the same as it has been in the past and that is enough for us. You can't change a Ieopard,s spots
 Another Progressive said:
 If this resolution passes, I will pre- pare a petition to have Jeremiah Don ovan endorsed by the Progressfves of this district and will personally take the stump for him at my own ex- pense.
 The opposition to the endorsement of Hill was so strong that those who fav- pred 1t did not dare to press the ques- ton and the gathering adjourn ed without receiving any report of a. min- ority committee as has been stated or without taking any action on the resolution to endorse MT. Hill. Most Of those at the gathering consider ed they had simply gathered to see what the Republicans might have to offer in the way of co-operation in the selection of candidates which the Progresstves could support. The Pro- gressives also understood that a sim liar conference would be held with the Democrats.
 Members of the party said today LEe1sI III all 9Is0D<L014IEJAa a. p0llIlO14 4OIzs0U Progressives to have the name of Jere- miah Donovan placed on the primary ballot as candidate for Congress would be sent to Hartford from this dis trict. It is also said that probably 3 similar petition in the interest of Hill would be sent. The Progressives feel that the sentiment is strongly in favor of naming Shepard, who Is of their own party A former mem Der of the Republican town conmittee who is now a foremost Progressive party worker. said today.
 tiff the Democrats nominate Dono- van s1e will get many votes from our party for we feel that our chances of ing are rather slight and Congressn1an Donovan comes pretty near being a Progressive. [ intend to work for Don ovan if I can do so consistently and may take the stump for him.
 A meeting of the Progressives will be called some night this week at the club in the sSagaI building when g plan to bring Col. Roosevelt into the Fourth congressional district to speak particularly against E J. Hill will be discussed.
 One of the leaders of the Progress sives in Bridgeport said that the con gressional committee has no author ity to recornrnend the endorsement oI that non1instions would be made di- rectIy by vote Of the rank and file. o1 teh party registered on the primary lists and that only those names sent to the state central committee with the proper endorsement of 50 vcters each, would be placed on the primary ballots.