The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-10

the republican campaign committee
former ardent progressive and former
bitter enemy of the regulars
Rowell made special trip to ore
gon to meet Hughes and inform him
that the regulars headed by Ma
tional Committeeman William n
Crocker and former State Chairman
Francis " Keesling, planned to adopt
the candidate and guard him from
all contact with their former enemies
the progressives.
Rowell told Hughes Croker was
the same man who last December at
the meeting Of the republican COM
mittee pleaded against compromise
with the progressiyes and begged for
zone more chance to get johnson.
But Hughes adhered to his policy
of keeping hands of state rows. The
committee which met his train was
composed exclusively of regulars
with few picked rogressives-pro-
gressives whom the real progressives
refused to recognize as OF their kin.
In San Francisco it developed that
no arrangements had been made by
the Crocker-Keesling committee for
Hughes to meet Johnson. Progress
sives said they had been told they
were mot wanted" at the mass meet
ing which Hughes addressed.
To add to the mix-up, Hughes was
invited to a luncheon of the chamber
of commerce, but before the time set,
all the walters Joined strike then on
throughout the city. Union labor was
greatly ansered when Hughes attend
ed this luncheon and was served by
"scab" help. The arrangements COM
mittee kept MIN in ignorance Of the
strike and how union labor in the
city would regard his attendance at
the luncheon under such circum-
stances.
In Los Angeles the following Sun
day, Hughes motored out to Long
Beach and it wasn't until he returned
to the city that he was informed
that he had been in the same hotel
at the same time that Johnson was.
Hughes imm ediately dispatched an
emissary to see Johnson and explain
that he did not know the governor
was present - but progressives
throughout the state considered there
was slight to Johnson. knowing
mat Hughes tour through the state
was managed by Croker and KEGS
ling, Johnson's foes at heart, though
in the same party with him. Hughes
left California without seeing John
son, whose engagements to speak for
Hughes and his own senatorial candi.
dacy, took him to other parts Of the
state.
Throughout the state Hughes was
gzeeted by enormous audiences. Prob
ably the biggest meeting he had dur
ing his entire experience as a presi-
Dental campaigner was at San Diego
where there We're at least 10000
people assembled in front OF the
music pavilion. He spoke mainly on
Americanism, the tariff, the ship pur-
chase bill, and industrial efficiency.
That was before the Adamson law
was enacted.
When Hughes left the state, Ches.
ter Rowell was outspoken in his
criticism of the candidates failure to
protest against his kidnapping" as
well as against Hughes omission OF
any word of thanks for the work
which. the progressives had done
One of Rowell's condemnatory
phrases was tkat Hughes speeches
had been like feeding infant food
to real progressives."
Later came returns from the sena
torial primary showing an over
whelming plurality for johnson
Hughes from Colorado wired him
congratulations and thanks for his
speeches. This was the only com
nnnication between the two men
which found It's way into print dur
ing the campaisn.