Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Indiana Progressive Hughes Committee Incorporates. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Progressive Hughes Committee Incorporates.

Indianapolis, July 17. —On the eve of the state (convention of Ed Lee’s “party,” articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state by the Indiana Progressive Hughes Committee. As the name indicates, this committee, which expects to organize branches in each county in the state, will be made up of former progressives who feel that the needs of the nation demand the overthrow of the present democratic national administration. The following resolution, showing the aims ahd purposes of the organizers, is set forth in the articles of incorporate*: “Whereas in our opinion the United States'of America has reached a most critical stage* in both its international

and domestic affairs, and ■Whereas the country is in need of the best equipped leadership possible for the ensuing four years, Be it therefore resolved by this committee that in our judgment Charles E. Hughes, the republican candidate for president, ought to be elected to the presidency at the coming election and we, therefore,-give to him our hearty endorsement, and pledge our support in November at the polls.” Clarence R. Martin, of Indianapolis, who was chairman of the Marion county progressive committee during the 1914 campaign, is secretary of the organization. —Mr. Martin was one of the most active and most practical men who wei e identified with the Indiana progressive mo vementTMtr. Martin, who is very earnest in his support of Hughes and Fairbanks, will begin active organization work for the Indiana Progressive Hughes Committee immediately after the adjournment of Ed Lee’s state convention.