The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-11
PR0GRESSNE:S INSIST
THAT PERKINS MUST CO
NOTICE SERVED UPON COLONE
WHILE IN WASHINGTON
RECENTLY.

A movement has started in the
ranks of the progressive party to UNI
load George w. Perkins, who, aside
from being the chief contributor to
the bull moose strong box, is chairman
of the national executive committee of
the third party. Those opposing Per-
kins believe that he is a heavy handi-
cap, who already has done the party
harm by his prominent Identification
with its management and they want
to be rid of him before more damage
is DONE
While the conference between Col
onel Roosevelt and his third party
friends in congress was held behind
closed doors, it is stated on apparent
ly good authority that the demand
was made Of him that he get rid of
Perkins. At any rate the movement
to eliminate Perkins started among
progressives who conferred with the
colonel when he was in Washington,
and for that reason alone the pre-
sumption is strong that the colonel
heard some straight talk about the
man who became famous because or
his prominence in connection with the
harvester trust.
Call for Dixon.
There appears to be a considerable
demand for the return of ex-senator
Dixon of Montana to the active man
agement Of the affairs of the third
party, Dixon being man not open to
the criticisms made of Perkins. and
one who has never grown rich. Dix
on's management of the pary's bust
ness in the campaign of 1912 gave
general satisfaction to the rank and
file of the party and this is largely re-
sponsible for the demand that he sue
coed Perkins.
While there has always been loud
criticism of the progressive party be-
cause of the prominent part taken in
its affairs by George w. Perkins, that
criticism has been more extensive and
more violent since Mr. Perkins be-
anne involved in a public controverss
with Senator Borah of Idaho two ~
hree months ago. That little politi-
,al furry served to attract attention
Perkins record as a corporation
man, to his past performances in the
business and political world, which he
himself was carefully trying to forget.
It also served to impress upon the
public mind the fact that Perkins is
corporation methods, and that his
Jews on the trust question are much
more favorable to the corporations
han are the views of Colonel Roose-
velt and others who stood with him in
The last campaign.
Suspicious of Perkins.
And since Perkins was dragged in
TO the public eye members Of the pro-
gressive party have come to the con-
clusion that the New York financier
would like to make that party the
friend Of the trusts, playing their
game, and looking to them for iindn-
cial backing But observation Of Per
kins' course has also disclosed an
other thing; Perkins has been using
the national progressive publicity bur
eau to advertise and laud himself in
the name Of the party he processes to
lead The regular bulletin issued at
the Washington office of the progress
sive party, which is supposed to at
wise members of the progressive party
as to what is going on in its ranks
and among its leaders, has of LATE 3oh-
tanned more reference to Perkins than
to the party as a whole or to any oti-
er man in the party
Perkins as Editor.
I This Washington publicity bureau
also has been preparing and sending
out to progressive newspapers laud-
atory and eulogistic articles not only
on Perkins himself but upon the late
Z. II. Hartman and j. Pierpont Nor
gan. Such literature, when distrib-
uted in the name of the progressive
party has served to anger a good many