On May 7, the Swedish-American Progressive League was organized at a meeting at Hotel La Salle. The following officers were elected: president: Charles E. Schlytern, Chicago; vice-president: Edw. O. Petterson, Aurora; and J. E. Johnson, De Kalb, secretary: Albert O. Anderson, Chicago; treasurer: Gustaf Soderstrom, Geneva; sergeant-at-arms: A. Fredrikson, Rockford; and Edward Christianson of Chicago, is chairman of the committees of by-laws. Mr. Schlytern is president of the Union Bank in Chicago. The league is of a political nature.