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Show PROGRESSIVES ORGANIZING Washington, March 4 The Mary-laud Mary-laud Progressives are going ahead vigorously vig-orously to perfect the permanent organization or-ganization of the party in their state and prepare for the Important cam-' cam-' paigns ahead of them iuong i lie Maryland Progressive J there is no more question of amalga-i amalga-i mation or fusion with either of the old gangster parties than there is in other Prosrc-sivp organizations The j Progressives will be Ihe first in the, 1 political arena in Maryland this year They will hold a state convention in Baltimore on March 26 -it which Will be fired the first guns of their state campaign At this convention the constitution to regulate the party's government will be adopted A committee of nine, with Charles I Bonaparte as chairman, appointed by a conference of Progressives of the city of Baltimore and later indorsed in-dorsed by the executive committee of the party for the state and also by a largely attended conference of Pro-greaitves Pro-greaitves from nil parts of the state. I met at General Bonaparte's office In Baltimore and completed the draft of the proposed constitution for the government of the I'rogressive partj in Marv land. The committee also by authority oi the several conferences. referred to de-I de-I termined upon March 26 as ihe date ! for a representative Btato convention of the party, the purpose of which Is to effect a permanent organisation throughout Maryland to express the Attitude of the part-, upon state issues is-sues In part and Incidentally toward Ihe older political paries of the state The proposed constitution provlae for a party membership composed ol all legal voters of Maryland affiliated affili-ated on the registration lists as Progressives, Pro-gressives, or who voted on N'ovem ber 5, 1912, for Roosevelt and Johnson, John-son, and all citizens of Maryland v ho have heretofore signified or shall hereWter signify their belief in the i principles and thpir sympathy with ihe purposes of the Progressive party. The constitution declares that the Progressive party of Maryland indorses in-dorses ;iH the principles and policies of the national Progressive party advocated ad-vocated by Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W Johnson during the political polit-ical campaign of P312. It declares that tbe will of the American people-must people-must be respected and obeed by all Americans; that theft of a public of fice or a nomination for such office is a grave crime against the sovereignty sover-eignty of the people; that the people should be masters of their constitutions, constitu-tions, their laws, their courts ami of their public servants: that no distinctions dis-tinctions not clearly and indisputably founded in necestitv and demanded by the public good should be tolerated in the personal, economic, civil or political po-litical rights or public duties of American cltieens, and that the political polit-ical powers or the federal nnd state governments should be liberally construed con-strued and freely exercised In order to give full effect to the people's will It demands that in the stute of Maryland Mary-land there shall be tree and fair elections elec-tions affording every lpgal voter an opportunity to cast a ballot as dictated dictat-ed by conscience and an assurance that this ballot will be counted as ( sal that nominations by political par ties for all public offices .n the gift of the people shall be made In primaries pri-maries conducted witll all of the safe-(uards safe-(uards afforded by the law to elections elec-tions so as to assure the nomination Of those persons desired as candidates by the largest number of the party's voters, that the parties of the state shall always express in fairly conducted con-ducted primaries their choice as to United Slates senator who should be elected by a direct vote of the people and thai the principles of tbe Initiative Initia-tive and referendum shall b- further Incorporated In the state constitution as far and as soon as may be practicable practi-cable The constitution provides that the atfairs of the Progrersive party of Marv land shall be managed by a state central committee, which shall consist con-sist of a chairman, the chairmen of the county committees, tbe chairman of tbe city committee for the city of Baltimore and four subchalrmen of the legislative districts of the city of lialtimore. The affairs of the party in tbe coun-ili coun-ili will bi managed by county com-! com-! mittees composed of a county chairman chair-man and one committeeman for each voting district in the county Tbe affairs af-fairs of the partv in the city of Baltimore Balti-more will be managed by a city com-n com-n iittee composed of a city chairman and seven persons from each of the four legislative districts of the city. These committees will have authority author-ity tn appoint a finance committee. B campaign committee, a legal com-I com-I niittee and an advisory committee In I such numbers and in such manner j as they deem proper Until the organisation or-ganisation Is completed under the proposed constitution, the present state and county committees shall continue to act. The Intention of Hip puarty leaders who are engaged In ihls work of permanent per-manent organization Is to maintain an independent partv organization of a permanent character, w i 1 1 1 s view-to view-to future success at the polls, as well .is immediate influence upon legislative legisla-tive and partv action In the state. |