Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
NORWICH PRoGREssIvEs q
 HOLD THEIR PRIMARY
Also EectedI Town Committee and
 Delegations to Conventions.

The progressive party in Norwich held their primary in the town hall on Friday evening. voting on the can- didates for the state ticket, electing a town committee and doing other
 business embraced in the call for the meeting
 Town Committee Chairman Wood bury O. Rogers called the mesting to order at 8 o'clock and asked the 29 members of the party before him to nominate chairman. William T. Lane was voted into this place amid ap- plause and pr. R. R. Kinkead was elected clerk and was also applauded as he took his place at the desk
 Chairman Lane addressed the meet ing briefly, saying that they could feel that they were on the right road and were bound to win in the end. Henry
 W. Branche and M. F. Palmer were elected tellers and the printed primary
 ballots for the state ticket were dis tributed and the meeting proceeded to
 vote after Clerk Kinkead had read a letter from state headquarters notify ing the members of the party that Gutzon Borglum of Stamford had withdrawn his name from the primary ballot as a candidate for lieutenant governor
 The primary ballots were collected
 by the tellers ana will be forwarded
 to the state headquarters, no tally of the voting being taken here. It was the regular primary ballot as already announced by the state headquarters of the progressives. On it for state
 treasurer were the names of Horace G. Hoadley of Waterbury, Zebulon R.
 Robbins of Norwich. and Henry P.
 Sage of New Haven.
 On the primary ballot for state cen
 tral committeeman from the 18th sen
 atorial district was only the name of Herbert R. Branche
 Before the vote was taken Edgar
 H. Allen asked for information as to
 the name of John H. Light for attor-
 ney general, saying that Mr.\Light
 had also been before the republicans
 H. R. Branche answered that Charles $. Hamilton of New Haven was a regular progressive, and Warren Davis said that Henry B. Stoddard of Bridge
 port was another name for attorney general who was a shining progress
 sive light, not simply luminous, but an incandescent.
 For two representatives from the second congressional district Herman Gobbs and Herman Alofsin were elect ed on nomination of H. R. Branche and Edgar H. Allen. respectively. The town committee was elected as follows: Edgar H. Allen, E. Walter Phillips and H. c. Lane from the first district; Clarence D. Carpenter 2nd district; Charles H. Raynes. .Srd dis  liam Kinder. 5th district; G. Warren Davis. 9th district
 Delegates to the minor conventions were elected as follows: Senatorial-W. O. Rogers, Rev. L. ". Frink, Gilbert L. Hewitt and e. W. Davis.
 County-z. R. Robbins, W. T. Lane, Edgar H. Allen and Mrs. N. B. Smith. Probate-Henry c. Lane. George W. Matherson. Henry W. Branche and Clarence E. Carpenter
 Edgar H. Allen invited contributions. either. in money or pledges, for the party treasury and at the close of the
 meeting it was announced that S22.5O had been received.
 Chairman Lane spoke of the meet ing Tn Hartford where Col. Theodore Roosevelt spoke and of the enthusias. tic way contributions were made from S5,O0O to S6,000 having been received | in few minutes.
 NIT. Branche also mentioned what he had seen O fthis enthusiastic meet ing and told how the greenbacks that
 came in quickly filled flour bag, While the money rained in on the stage | from the ladies who sat in the boxes 1 and a larger bag that was secured was olsa quickly filled and bulged out with the bills that were put into it Gilbert L. Hewitt came forward with
 a contribution, saying that there were 1 some printing bills to be paid and he wanted to take care of those for he | thought then they might get a good report from the papers.
 Chairman Lane called upon MT. Rob- 1 bins for remarks. His response was | received with applause as he said he could speak just as loudly and en- | thusiastically as if he were sure he were going to be elected. It was not case of being elected, but of stand ing by principles. The progressive l party he said. stands for the right and | 1t will educate the people up to real l ize and understand what it is that the party stands for. The meeting adjourned at $40 o'clock.
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