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Show MURDOCK HEADS THE M80SEJIIIITEE Session Is Stormy; Meeting to Be Held in Chicago June 25. CHICAGO, June 10. After a stormy session lasting over three hours, the Progressive national committee organized organ-ized tonight by re-electing Victor Murdock Mur-dock of Kansas chairman and O. K. Davis secretary. Matthew Hale of Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts was chosen vice chairman and E. H. Hooker of New York treasurer. treas-urer. The national committee elected an executive committee and decided unanimously unan-imously to hold another meeting, June 25, in Chicago. Although members refused re-fused to discuss the meeting, announcement announce-ment of the fact that another is to be held was taken as an indication that no settlement had been reached as to whether Colonel Roosevelt's name would remain on the ticket. The executive committeemen are: George W. Perkins of New York, William Wil-liam Flinn of Pennsylvania, Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, Harold L. Ickes of Illinois, William Allen White of Kansas, Pearl Wight of Louisiana, Chester Ches-ter H. Rowell of California, Everett Colby of New Jersey and C. D. Polk of Michigan. Only tho perfunctory announcement of the routine business, which was transacted, was made by Secretary Davis. Da-vis. While tho committee was in session ses-sion the corridors near by were crowded with excited delegates, aud many expressions ex-pressions of feeling were heard as groups formed, discussed the events of the day and dispersed only to form airain in groups, which aain discussed the momentous question, "What will be the result ? ' |