The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-25
WE'LL BURN BARN 10 KILL RATS, IS ALSOP'S THREAT Progressive Leaders Decide
 Upon Full Ticket Tn
 Fall Election
 NO FUSION. OR MERGER WITH OTHER PARTIES State Central Committee Votes to. Favor State Wide
 Direct Primaries


 we have decided to burn the barn to kill the rat.s, said former senator Joseph w. Alsop Of Avon. at the ban quet Of the Ninth Ward Progressive club in New Haven, last night.
 .sAnd,s' he added q am taking about the Republican party. 2
 More than a score of Progressives whose enthusiasm for the principles Of the party had led them to attend an affair originally Intended for New
 Havenites only. heartily eIlooTsed Mr- A1sop's sentiments. Among the lBridgeport Progr essiyes who were present at the dinner were John Tay- Tor Attorney Henry B. Stoddard. Town Chairman George H. Zink, John Fl. F1ood James H. Redden. charles A. Kirkha1n, James U- Samnais, Hen Try C.. Freshon and J. A. Merson.
 En the afternoon, previous to the dinner, there was meeting Of the state central committee of the party at the Hotel Taft at which. without q 1issa1affng voice, the committee vot- ed hnequivocally for the nopination Of d complete state ticket from United States Senator down. for state wide direct primaries for all nominations, and eznpsi atieally against coalition with any other party. Se The committee decided to call an advfsory state convention at Hart ford June 4 to further advise the state central committee as to the pro-. gram for the coming campaign For mer Senator Alsop who is chairman Of the state central corarnit tee, presided and there were few absentees-
 ssResolved, That the state central committee Of the Progressive party issue the following statement to the Prosr essires Of ConnectIc cit
 The connnittee is unanimously in favor of the nomination of Progress sive candidates for United States Sem ators, for Rsbresent tatives in Congress for a full state ticket and for state Senators and Representatives in the coming campaign. That there shall be no compronn- iise coalition or lamalgamation on the part of the Progressive party with any other party in the. political affairs of state or nation aThe Repub Iicans Have attempted to Bfing about such coalition in many in stances with candidates for state off, oes. Their sole purpose in doing 50 is to save the Republican party and: it's leaders and officers from certain
 political defeat They cannot win without the Progressives and they know 1t: and they cannot long sur vive without winning. The Repub1i- can party and their leaders are des-z perate.
 Their national comnittee recently at washington confessed to the guilt Of their party on all counts charg- EETOSESSAlfe5 convention and appeafed to make all the reforms called for, Sxcept the one vital change in the personnel and manner Of selection of the dominant national committee itself, which is the only power that can enforce these re forms. Their situation is hopeless, but. true to the tradition of their lead CTS, they seek only political rehabilita- ton and not reform and seek 1t only by promises and not performance.
 saThe path of the Progressive party l lies plain and straight before 1t For ultimate victory 1t needs only to hold fast, to ma1nfaIn it's separate political 1 integrity as the second party in the country; and the third party. the Re-
 pubHcan, will disappear
 l e. A. Romans, Danbury; Prof Yam 1 dell Henderson, New Haven; Joseph yy. AIsop, Avon; H. R. Branche, Nor wich, and A. ". Otis. Stamford, were named the committee to arrange for
 the convention in June. Most of those present at the meet l ing of the nommittee remained for the
 Ninth ward club banquet at the Cafe Mellone in the evening". Perhaps the most remarkable speech made at the dinner was that of President F1aye1
 s. Luther of Trinity college He said that the dead hand of the past rested too heavily on the country, that Geo. iWashingfon could not have kl1own
 or foreseen anything concerning 20th Icentury conditions and that 1t was up to the ProgressiHes to brush some of the cobwebs from the legislative halls and temples Of justice. He said labor unions had done little harm and much good but that the solution of things was to come not from the labor unions Tor the employers but from the peo- Iple themselves Former Senator fFrank S. Butterworth was toastmaS lter at the banquet- Prof. Willard B. Fisher of Middietown and MT. Alsop also spoke Dr. Delmar E. Croft of New Haven. lwho on last Friday at the Hotel Taft tstarted a movement which it is be- l1ieyed was for coalition, was pres ent but did not speak Among the Re- IpubIscans present were Seymour L. IJudd chairman of the Republican town committee of New Haven. for Inaer CongressHhan John o. T7lson; Town Clerk Fred Whitaker and AL iderman Joseph F. Morrissey. Demo crats Comptro11er, Arthur D. Null len; Eugene R. sHubbard president of the board of aldermen and Se1ectman IT. L. Short.
 About 100 members of the club at tended the banquet and in addition Ito the Bridgeporters these guests from Iother cities:
 Charles A. Crouch, Branford; Edgar H. Allen, Norwich; Hubert M. SedE- wick Frank Eiwood Brown James F. Ebert R. Branche, Norwich; F. E. Duf- fly. West Hartford; Henry F. Sage, J. 1C. Schenk, Jr-. Meriden: George A 1Romans, Danbury; G. L. Hewitt, Nor wic11; George F. shephard Bethel; IGutzon Borg1um, Stamford; Cecil tHod gn1an, stamford; D. McMil1an, New Britain; F. N. Wall, Torrington; Jas. lB. Smith, West Haven; F.. " Rei- mann Hartford; w. E. Atwood, Man Ichester; Warren L. Hall Waterbury;
 Arthur J. Birdseye Farmingtofl; Ed I ward M Rose1le, Hartford; Herbert lO Daniels Middletown.
 Charging that her husba put her lin "soaks w11en he left her as hostage for hotel bill fn BuffaIo and that d Islster .'re1eemeds' her. Mrs. Jane Eoyle Tor Detroit is suing for divorce.