Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1914 — PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE [ARTICLE]

PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE

A Full County Ticket at Saturday’s , Convention.

The progressives of Jasper county held a very enthusiastic and largely attended county convention here last Saturady. The convention was called for the east court room but had to adjourn to the west court room because there was a greater number of seats in the latter, and many chairs were also carried therein from the east court room. James H. Chapman was chairman of the convention, and H. J. Kannal secretary, with ,H. J. Bartoo, editor of the Remington Press, as assistant secretary. All the nominations as given above were by acclamation, and all must concede that it is a very good ticket. No nominations were made for county council, the county central. jCqtpjmUee being empowered to fill out the ticket in this respect. Delegates to state convention were selected-as follows: W. B. McNeil, Wheatfield; William Wells, Demotte; J. F. Bruner, and A. S. LaFtue, Rensselaer; Emmet Fidler, Jordan; W. T. Elmore and John Nichols, Remington. The convention ; will be held "on Saturday, April 18. After the nominations were concluded the various candidates were tailed upon, one at a time, and thanked the convention for the honor conferred upon them' and made other appropriate remarks. Mr. Hobson, a farmer of Hanging Grove tp., who is a red-hot progressive, wag? also called upon antj made quite a little speech along progressive lines, which was loudly cheered. # The matter of raising funds to carry on the local campaign was taken up and contributions asked for. Quite a number responded with sums in various amounts up to $lO, there being several of the latter and perhaps between S3OO and S4OO was raised. This will be used for advertising and other legitimate expenses of the campaign, it is understood.

The following resolutions were adopted by the convention: We, the Progressives of Jasper County, Indiana, in this, our first convention assembled, do hereby declare our allegiance to the principles of The Progressive Party, as set forth in its State and National platforms of 1912. The Progressive Party in the National election of 1912, cast over four million of votes, and thus at once assumed second place as i national party, as against the Republican party, which took third place. We deny the allegation made by the Republicans generally, that the Republican and Progressive parties are the same, that their platforms are the same, and say that that there is as much difference between the platform of the Progressive Party and the Republican and Democratic Party, as there is between midnight and the noonday sun, and would respectfully urge citizens to fead and compare the respective platforms. The Progressive Party believes that a platform is a contract with the people. 1110 re solemn in its nature than a contract between men, and is not a convenience for the purpose of being elected to office. Two years ago most of us were either Democrats or Republicans, but we had lost faith in party leadership; had lost faith in the sincerity of party promises, and we saw fit to form- a new party, to deal with the new issues of a new time, and througih which to give effect to our will in new laws and institutions.

We believe in a protective tariff, which dhall equalize conditions between the United States and foreign countries, both for the farmer and the manufacturer, and which shjfll maintain for labor an adequate standard of living. In order to accomplish this, we favor the establishing of a non-partisan tariff commission, with full power, and