The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-04-02
REPUBLICANS
and PROGRESSIVES
Take Steps For Getting To-
gether In Louisville.
Equal Representation On City and
County Committee Is
Planned


Abandoning plan to reorganize
1.-The Republican party machinery in
Louisville by dividing the territory
into small districts of five precincts
and electing a member from each.
the city and County Committee of
, ihat district Tuesday night named
from it's membership subcommittee
10 confer with like committee from
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Get-to-
gether club Of Louisville relative to
the addition % twenty-three names
to the Republican city and County
Committee At present the member
shin Is twenty-one, and It is propos-
ed 20 increase II TO forty-iour.
The Gct-togcther Club, made up
larc IT, Of Progressiyes, was formed
some time ago with a view TO setting
ON FOO, plans to a union OF Republi-
cans ana Prugressiyes in this district
in Tire coming election. Edward
Hip. formerly a strong Progressive.
is president Of the club. and he ana
other members attended the meeting
las night. Mr.. Hip made it plain
that before the Republicans can eX-
poet the support of the Progressiyes
they must give equai representation
on the Republican City and County
Committee.
There was not murmur on the
part of any of the Republicans pres
ent last night against this suggestion.
il finally being concurred in unani-
mously. Those named. by the Repub-
lican City and County Committee as
members of the subcommittee to con-
fer with like committee from the
Get-together Club were Col. Albert
Scott, Joseph Conkling and Thomas
-. Ryan. The Get-together Club has
yet TO name its subcommittee OF
three. The two subcommittee are
to meet and submit their recommen-
dations to the Republican City and
.Sounty Committee within two weeks.
y As n further indication that those
composing the Republican City and
County Committee are willing to
throw down the bars and meet the
Procressives of this district more
than half way, IL necessary, the Som-
miitee, after representatives of the
Cet-together Club had departed. ell
ected II. G. Camnetz, secretary of the
'Get-tOgether Club, a member of the
Republican City and County Com
mittee to succeed Judge w. G. Dear
ing, who is now resident of Whites
burg, Ky. Judge bearing was chair
man of the City and County Com
mittee, and Arthur f. Hopkins.
young Republican attorney of Louis
Vile. will be elected to succeed him
in that capacity.
Following the meeting last night
there seemed to be some difference
OF opinion regarding whether the
twenty-three persons to be added to
tae City and County Committee shall
be Progressives. In the evnt such
is done there would be two more Pro-
aressives on the Republican commit
tee than Republicans. The general
impression among those who linger-
cd after the meeting, however, was
that both parties are to have equal
representation on the committee,
Making the membership twenty-five
Republicans and twenty-five Progress
sives.
Various objections were voiced
against the plan to divide the district
and elect, in all of the five, captains
who would compose the Fifth District
Committee. One objection was that
a reorganization thus effected would
cost considerable money, and another
was that ther might be such lack
of interest in the matter that the
vote in each of the small districts
might reflect discredit on the strength
of the Republican party at time
when It is important that the party
make as good a showing as possible.
There also seemed to be considerable
doubt as to whether Progressiyes.
under the Republican party law,
could participate in such an election
of members of the Republican City
and County Committee.
Many speeches were made at the
kneeting. the tenor of all of them be-
ing that unless the Republicans and
Progressives of this district pull to-