The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25
MOOSE TO HELP
 WILSON, BELIEF 1. OF NY. LEADERS
Syracuse Meeting Will Cause
 Split That Will Aid the President.

New York. July ,25-With the Pro- gressive state organization shattered as result of developments at the stormy meeting of the state commit tee in Syracuse last Saturday., the Bull Moose leaders now are trying to save tho pieces. Everything indicates that from now on the two Progressive factions will travel along different routes.
 | The insurgent element which was successful at the Syracuse meeting to the extent that they managed to pre- vent an indorsement of Hughes is making preparations for a second Bull Moose national convention in Chicago on Aug. 5, the fourth anni- versary of the Progressive party s birth.
 A conference of Progressive lead CTS from all parts of the country is day this week. The date and place ed upon. At this preliminary con- ference an inventory will be taken of the Progressive insurgent strength
 
 posed convention.
 There is little likelihood that the convention will put a third ticket in the field by providing some substitute candidate for President in the place of Colonel Roosevelt. The hat of John M. Parker of Louisiana, Bull Moose candidate for Vice President, is still in. the ring, although strong pressure has been brought to bear from influential Progressives who follow the Perkins leadership in an effort to have him withdraw his name as candidate.
 Wilson May Get Insurgent Moose.
 Bainbridgef Colby, who has been most pronounced in his opposition to the proposal for Progressive 1ndorse- ment of the Republican nominee, and who is looked to by Progressive in- surgents in all parts of the country as a probable leader in any concerted action of national-wide scope that may be decided upon by the anti Perkins element in the party. has told his friends that he regards a third ticket this year as utterly impractica- ble. In Democratic circles there is a joyful expectation that the insurgent Progressives may be induced to throw their solid support to President Will son. >
 MT. Colby said yesterday that the claim of William H. Hotchkiss and other Bull Moose leaders in favor of a Hughes indorsement-thatt they had a sufficient number of votes to put their program through-was preposter- ous.
 i'TheAmost amusing thing about the whole meeting" said MT. Colby, twas the manner in which the Perkins votes flew out of the window. At o'clock in, the morning the Perkins people were arrogant, by noon they became civil, at o'clock in the afternoon they were solicitous. At o'clock in the evening they called it day and fled the town.
 'The meeting in Syracuse was not even good sport. It was like shoot ing mackerel in a barrel. The wreck CTS of our party in their zeal to show loyalty to their new party have shown the speed of renegades and have dis played such conspicuous aptitude at disloyalty to their own party that 1t would not be surprising if the Chica- go conference, is not as well attended as it should be-
 MT. Colby announced that he was preparing to go to Chicago for the new Bull Moose convention, and that prior to that affair the New York state Progressive leaders of the anti Perkins faction would consult with the insurgept Bull Moose leaders from other states where the banner of re- volt has been raised against the Per- kins program.
 New Convention Anti-Hughes.
 One Progressive leader said yester- day that while at first the Chicago conference had been suggested largely for sentimental reasons and with a view of giving the party launched amid such burst of patriotic fervor four years ago decent burial on the anniversary of its birth. latter day de- ve1opments had wrought a change in the situation and vested the prospec- tive Bull Moose gathering at Chicago with much more importance. This leader held a Wilson indorsement by the Progressive insurgents when they meet in Chicago is not at all improb- able, and added that assurances had been received from Democratic quar- ters that Progressives turning to Will son would have no reason to regret their action.
 Walter A. Johnson, chairman of the Progressive state committee, said yes- terday that he would call a confer ence of Progressive leaders in this state for some day late this week, to determine upon some future course of action.
 q would have called it earlier, but I thought it best to give them a chance to cool off after the Syracuse meeting before bringing them togeth- er," he said.
 Chairman Johnson was very anxi- ous to have it made clear that he had nothing to do with the calling in of the police during the turmoil at the Syracuse meeting.
 'T think it was the local Police Department which decided that the presence of policemen was necessary ' said MT. Johnson.
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