The Washington herald., 1912-04-22
SHORT AND UGLY"
PASSED AT SESSION
7. c. Parsons Brands Statement in
Progressive Bulletin as
Falsehood.

The short and ugly was passed at th'
regular monthly meeting Of Colurnbis
Typographical Union. No. 1Ol. yesterday
afternoon in Typographical Temple, wheT
T. C. Parsons. a former president. de
nounced a statement circulated by o. T
Pierce. through the Progressive Bulletin
as maliciousIy untrue.
The Bulletin is the campaign pubiIca,
ton of the Barker forces. those who
favor the election Of Fred Barker. Of
Spokane. as president OF the Interna.
tionaI typographical Union. The articlt
which proved offensive to Parsons wa,
one accredited to him by a local paper
himself with the hackers Of the anti.
Barker faction.
Mr.. Barker addressed the meeting and
discussed his platform. In his address
he condemned the existence of an al
legged inner circle in the ranks of the
union known as the '"wahnetas'' and
which admits only advocates Of the pres
ent administration as members. He also
declared against the perpetuation Of in
dustrial oligarchy. saying that II II ia
not abolished and disintegrated Il will
mean the dissolution OF the union. Mr..
Barker carried New York. Boston, and
st. Louis in the primaries" and is
confident OF being chosen as leader of
the typos"
The situation in Washington is very
close. Lynch was indorsed at the meet
ing OF February IS last by a majority
Of only seventeen votes, and the PRO
gressive" faction. led by Frank NJ. Hat
ley, claims that many Of those who
voted for the administration will cast
their ballot against Lynch in the coming
election.
Mr.. Barker will leave for Baltimore
tonight. and from there will go to Bos-
ton, Buffalo. Pittsburg. and the cities
OF the Middle West, winding I'd in
Omaha on May II, the day before the
election He is accompanied on his cam
paign tour by James NJ Duncan, who
is running for first vice president on
the progressive" ticket, and Charles E.
Hawkes.. former first vice president, both
of New York
Frank NJ. Hatley, who has been con-
Quoting the Barker campaign here. oc-
cJpied the chair at yesterdays meeting
and introduced several speakers. who in
cluded Baker, Duncan. Hawkes., A. c.
Knight. and Charles B. Huse, the two
last named being members OF the Barker
campaign committee in Washington
Officers for the Columbia Typograph-
ical Union, No. l0l, who will be voted
for by a referendum on the same day
the national officers are chosen, were
nominated at yesterdays meeting. They
are as follows:
John B. Dickman and Edmund A
Hutchinson. for president; John T. Her
bert and Eugene F. Smith. for vice
president; George G. Seibold and Tim
othy NJ. Ring. for secretary: Jerome V
johnson. for treasurer; Eugene Conner
and Alpheus Sholl, for sergeant-at-arms
y. c. Stoops. for doOrkeeper; Charles c.
Thompson and Levi II. Patterson, for
trustees; George H. Ball. Charles w.
Radkey. Louis c. Vogt, Edgar P. Ben
net, Oscar W. LArnan, James W. Car
ter. George r. Boone. and Percy ]. Lowe
for auditors; Joseph B. Skelly, Howard
A Harrison, Orton T Pierce
and Robert E. Sanders. for mem
bers OF the executive commit
tee; Edwin A. Fraser, George B. Wood
and Harry T. Knapp. for newspaper COM
mittee; John R Purdis, Edward W Nor
cock. Albert c. knight. Charles E
Holmes, William r. Love. Charles W.
Paf1ow, John O'Donoghue. Joseph E.
Cotton, Marsh A. Dodenhamer, Joseph y.
Hallan. and William S. FIJI, for book
and job Offices; Wilson II. Cook. Vincent
S. Marion. and Robert J. Bell. for ma