The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06
County Committee Votes to
Keep Up Party Despite Ham,
lin and Davenport.
THE VOTE Is 48 TO II
National Committeeman Says
Barnes Can't Be Ousted From
Within q. o. p.


OF New York, chairman of the execu-
tive committee OF the National Progress
sive party. extended himself tonight In
an effort to prevent the disintegration
OF his party in Erie county and won.
Frederick NJ. Davenport. Bull Moose
candidate for Governor last year. did
what he could to wreck the local organ
ization.
Perkins and Davenport led opposing
sides in the fight before the Erie county
committee which resulted from Chair
man Chauncey J. Hamlins endeavor to
lead an ZEN masse" movement back to
the Republican party. The meeting at
midnight voted As to Il TO maintain
the Erie county Progressive organiza-
tion.
While the majority OF the committee
men present resolved to maintain an or
ganiZation, Hamlin and several COM
mitteemen resigned and will return 20
the Republican party. The resolution
which Hamlin had proposed to introduce
at the meeting was no: presented
through an agreement arrived at early
in the evening after Hamlin had called
on Perkins at the hotel.
Hamlin also refrained from filing
proxies. although II was said that he had
| i0+ of them. or the a40 members OF
! the county committee only l02 answered
| when the first roll was called.
r. u. Loves Deserters.
! Ex-senator Davenport and Mr.. Per-
kins clashed over the attitude OF Col.
| Roosevelt toward the Progressive party.
| The former said that he had talked with
! the Colonel and that he knew positively
| that the Bull Moose chieftain loved those
ProGressives who are enrolling as Re-
publicans quite as much as he loved
those who choose to remain In the third
party.
Il feel 1t necessary to take sharr
issue with Mr.. Davenport on one point.
said Mr.. Perkins II regret that Col
Roosevelts name has been dragged into
this local dispute. but | must remint
you that he said recently that any one
who quoted him was not authorised tc
do 20 and that when the time came HI
would say what he-had TO say about
politics over his own name.
IL would further remind YOU that N
said on last Monday that he would en-
roll as a Progressive and that he would
tell others who sought his advice to d.
likewise"
This declaration brought forth the big
gest demonstration of the meeting.
Mr.. Davenport said that the real issu
next year would be the defeat of William
Barnes and the breaking of his powe
for all time
Mr.. Perkins. when he got a chance (,
- N 4.
Progressive party should continue to ex
list not AS a party of protest but as
party OF principle. and declared it as hi
honest conviction that the Progressive
had the right end of the biggest issu
before the people.
AssaiIs Republican Party.
Then he went into history OF IN
Barnes Roosevelt fight since the tim
the latter returned from Africa II
said It was wholly impossible for tn
Progressivcs to accomplish the downfa
of Mr.. Barnes by permitting themselve
, to be swallowed up b. the Republica
party. which. in his opinion, is no NOR
responsive to the desires OF the pel
Pile than II was in 1912.
The Progressive plan to establish
: tariff commission is the big nations
issue ana tne oHly ShlNdtioll ol III
country following the suspension OF hoi
: t!lities in Europe. Mr. Perkins declare,
. when the war broke out our bushes
, here was on the toboggan slide as fas
as it could CO." he asserted, presto
, change, we began to get these miserabl
war orders. Now we have an era {
& false prosperity as a result Of the wa
. But that will stop. When the war end
! the men In the European armies wi
q return to the factories at low wage
\ They will begin turning out large quaint
= ties of manufactured articles.
. And here Is where we will feel
We have more Of Europe's gold no
I than ever before. Europe has got to x
!, back that gold--must get II. The Euro
u pear nations will begin to put the
goods into this country under the Wi
e son tariff and then our workingmen al
b going back to idleness at a rapid rate.
THE Progressives are trying to wo'
y out the idea OF the tariff commissio
u the Democrats are helping to col
siderable degree but the Republican
!, are saying: Don't touch that, YOU a
= taking away our great argument f
:, next year When we get in power v
a will revise the tarir to suit us ana th'
4 establish a tar'f commission,
a Thus we Hnd the Republicans st
n keeping uppermost their selfish, sord
d personal wishes
. Thirty-fiye OF the Progressive commi
o tee men left the meeting before the lol
e speeches were over and only sixty-h
t voted on the resolution to maintain t
party machine in Erie county.
:. MORE MOOSE TO QUIT