The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

Attorney Henry B. Stoddard of Bridgeport does not desire the Prov gressive nomination for Congress from the Fourth Congressional dis trict but he is -'una1terably opposed' to any endorsement of B. J. Hill of NorwaIk by the Progressives, In a statement to The Farmer today Att torney Stoddard said:
 sI have opposed and will oppose any effort on the part of the Progress sivesA to endorse E. J. Hill of Norwalk as a candidate for Congress from this district. MT. Hill and the Progr essive party have nothing in common I have not been asked to be cAndi- date for the nomination and I am not a candidatet If any of my friends have mentioned me I am deeply conscious of the honor they Acandidate's
 Attorney .stoddard said he. had heard of the candidacy of George F. Shepard Of Bethel and he thought MT Shepard would make an ideal cam didate.
 Yesterday afternoon, Samuel E.. Vincent. Progressive candidate for Congress in 1919, Horace H. Jackson, candidate for mayor at the last cleo ton. Attorney Stoddard and Ferdi- hand Fox. treasurer of the Progress sive town committee received tele- grams from Arthur RupIey, secretary of the Progressive Congressional com n1fttee at Washington congratulating them on their stand against Hill. The telegram follows:
 Congratulate you on your stand. For sake of Progressive movement in the nation don't endorse Hill, reac- MOnaIsy and standpatter. Might as well endorse Penrosc, ForaISer. AId- rich or Cannon. Would hurt ticket in every state. Get in touch with us.
 7o- <7 that MT. Vincent had expressed him self as favorable to Mir. Hill.
 Regarding the telegram from Secre- tary Rupley, MT. Fox said today:
 When representatives of our con- gressional comimttee met in the Strat- field hotel Tuesday night not one of them favored MT. Hill. No man or set of men can endorse any candidate for us. We don't have any bosses in our party. The only way any man can get nomination for Congress in our party Is by getting it from the m srn- bers of the party at large. No clique can get together and hand hirn nom nation or an endorsement. He must go before the members of the party and have each and every one of them express their choice in the matter.
 i.'The Republicans and Progressfves have nothing in common. They are as far apart as are the Republicans and the Socialists. We would endorse a Socialist for congressman I think sooner than we would endorse MT. Hill He is a. reactionary. He is, not in sympathy with the principles or the ideals of the Progressive party and I am telling you only the simple truth when I say that he could not get an endorsement from the Progress sives of the Fourth congressional dis trict''
 Another prominent Progressive said today:
 .eHill is disliked by the workingmen of Bridgeport and unpopular with them. The Progressive party couldn't afford to nominate him. I know at least a. score in Wheeler,s shop who will vote our ticket but they won't vote for Hill I never saw a candi- stump which p. J. Hfll received when he spoke at the factories in the last campaign he made here.''
 MT Shepard, whose Progressive townmen some time ago began a movement to nominate him for Con gress, was asked by The Farmer to- day for a statement regarding the sit ua ation After a consultation with George A Romans one of the leading Progressives of Danbury, MT. Shepard dictated the following:
 ssOn Aug. 19, 1914 nineteen Progress sives of the Fourth congressional dis triet met at the Hotel Stratfield in Bridgeport. These men came together as individuals, and not in any official capacity, nor as official representa- tives of the Progressive party in the district, nor were they in any way an- thorized to act for the Progressive party. They met solely to express eheir individual sentiments regarding