Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 25 | Progressives Vote to Oust County Chairman

PROGRESSIVES VOl TO OUST CHAIRMAN H Central Committee Charges Charge Robert RODert B. B Porter Failed to Do His Duty Members Members Members' of the Progressive centra committee of Sa Salt t Lake county will wUl willon cal calon ll llon on Robert B. B Porter chairman with within n the next few days to ascertain If It h hhas he has resigned his position as count county counS chairman The Tho action is in preliminary to an effort to install a new w county chairman sand and follows charges that thai Porter has haa neglected his duties si- si I county chairman The decision was reached at a a. meetIng meet meet- ing of ot members of ot the committee in inthe the Newhouse hotel last night Josephil Joseph Jeremy il is slated to succeed Porter as s s chairman of the Salt Lake county conI com In the event that Port Porter r declines de- de clines dines to resign an effort will bo be made to declare the position va vacant ant A committee was appointed by Acting Act Act- ing mw Chairman Joseph Jeremy consistIng consisting consisting consist consist- ing of ot Parley P. P Christenson Miss Laura Hadley and Ephraim Hansen Hanson to visit Porter and o officially demand a resignation from him on the grounds that he has neglected to do dohis his duties as chairman of the committee and arid because because be be- cause of ot certain statements alleged to have been made mad by him to the effe effect that he would have hav nothing ore to todo do with the job I 1 calling for A resolution was adopted either the resignation Designation of ot Mr Porter ot declaring the position of county count chaman cha chais man vacant The next meeting of the committee will take pla place e Tuesday evening at the Newhouse hot hotel l Th The committee appointed to meet with witti Mr Porter announced that it it would b bready be b. ready by that time to recommend a definite course of ot action Joseph J Jemy Jer Jeremy emy may be named successor r t to Mi Porter as county chairman I Those who attended last lest night we were Joseph Jeremy chairman S. S R. R Marks P. P P. P Christenson John William Wil- Wil liam Hunt Thomas R R. Page R. R W W. Cook Daniel I. I Elton Miss Laura Hadley Hadley Had Had- ley W W. J. J Henley Healey and Ephraim Han IIan sen