The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-08-09
To Faithful Followers In
the Ranks.
PARTY MUST Be PERPeTUATtO
Say Leaders OF the Progress
sive Cause-WiIl Keep the
Fires AgIOw.
REFUSE HUGHES ENDORSEMENT

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 4.-The
Progressive party will not have a
national ticket in the field this year.
This was decided here at the cor
ference of Progressive leaders from
many States of the country.
But the party and the cause will
rot be permitted to die. Plans for
reorganization and perpetuation of
the party were adopted.
An Executive Committee of Is
members, named by Matthew Hale,
Of Boston, Acting Chairman of the
National Committee, will cooperate
with the - members of the Nation
al Committee who refused TO vote
for the Endorsement of Charles Z.
Hughes at Chicago, June 26, in re-
Mobilization work. j. A. II. Hop
kins, o. New Jersey, was named
-Trea1urer of the new organization.
The conference, after a heated dis
cussion, decided that it would be
impracticable at this late date to
reassemble the national convention
and fill the vacancy on the national
ticket caused by Theodore Roose-
velt's declination of the nomination
for President.
Instead, the organization will put
up an Electoral ticket in every State
where there is the nucleus Of an
organization Left, bearing the name
of John M. Parker, of Louisiana,
nominee for Vice President, in the
hope of perhaps electing enough
Presidential Electors, who might
prove to be the balance Of power in
the event of close contest between
the two parties.
Among the States in which this
plan will be lcarried out are Louis
lana, Maryland, Indiana, Missouri,
Wisconsin, Michigan. Utah, North
Dakota and Minnesota.
The committee of fifteen will meet
after the November elections to for
mulate plans for the .perpetuation of
the party. These plans may include
some kind of an 'amalgamatiOn with
the Prohibition, Socialist and Wom-
ans parties.
Six of the Is were chosen here.
They are Edward M. Lee, of Indian
apolis, Chairman A. ID. Norton, of
st. Louis, Mo-; Charles F. Hoffman,
of Jackson, Mich; Howell Noise, of
New Oyleans, La, and CT. Mcclure,
of Atlanta. Ga. The remaining nine
members are to be appointed by Mr..
Hale within the next week.
The final act of the conference
was passage of a resolution calling
upon the National Committee to
turn all funds over to Hopkins. the
new treasurer. -
o. At the afternoon session the con-
ference adopted ringing resolution
repudiating the Endorsement of
Hughes's candidacy by the National
Committee in Chicago.
II was on John M. Parker's sug-
gestion that the Progressives decided
to make a fight in only few States.
Mr.. Parker was cheered Justify
when he addressed the conference.
He said:
"In the past it was charged that
We were controlled by two men, one
as leader. and the other was credit
ed with buying us. Thank God no.
body owns the Progressive party to-
day"
Mr.. Parker reviewed the history |
of the party. praised the platform
adopted at the national convention
last June and urged that steps be
taken to perpetuate the party. He
severely criticised the National Com
mittee for indorsing Hughes.
The action of the old National
,sl6mmittee In indorsing the candida
cy of Hughes was repudiated in al
most bitter terms. A resolution.
which carried a singing rebuke of
thu action of the National Commit
tee. was passed amid loud cheering
shortly after the opening of the af-
ternoon session. The conference as
serted that the action was taken
without authority from the members
of the party. and took the position