Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-27
Decision to Support G. o. P. Reached After a Stormy
 Session.
RADICAL ELEMENT
 TURN TO WILSON
John M. Parker of Louisiana, Nomi- nee for Vice President, and Ba1n-
 bridge Colby Intimate They Will Support Democratic Ticket.

Chicago, June 26.--The national committee of the Progressive party to- day endorsed Charles E. Hughes, Re- publican nominee for the presidency, end the party born four years ago national political organization. The vote was 32 to 6, with nine members declining to vote.
 The decision to endorse Mr. Hughes came at the end of stormy session. The fight for Hughes endorsement was led by George w. Perkins of New York. James R. Garfield of Illinois, and M. H. Powell of California. The radical element in the committee, rep resented by John M. Parker of Louis jana, the nominee of the Progressive convention for vice president; Mathew Hale of Massachusetts, Bainbridge Colby of New York, and Henry F. Cochems of Wisconsin, vigorously pro- tested against the endorsement of any candidate for the presidency, and fought the majority at every step of the proceedings.
 Colonel Roosevelt's letter, declining the Progressive nomination and urg- ing the party to support Hughes in order to defeat President Wilson, was read, and his declination accepted at the mogping session;
 Lie" Is Passed.
 At the opening of the afternoon session, Chairman Hale ruled that the next order of business was to fill the vacancy on the ticket. Bainbridge Colby presented the name of Victor Murdock of Kansas, chairman of the national committee, who is now on his way to China. This led to clash between Raymond Robins of Illinois and MT. Colby, in which the lie was passed. Mir. Robins said MT. Mur- dock had told him he would not accept the presidential nomination. The pro- posal to run a third party ticket was then defeated, 31 to 15.
 MT. Garfield next introduced res olution endorsing Hughes for the presidency, and directing the commit tee of the Progressive party to CO., operate with the Republicans in the campaign. Chairman Hale ruled that the motion to endorse any candidate or recommend the support of any party was out of order. Finally, MT. Garfield appealed from the decision of the chair, and was sustained, B to IA.
 Two for Wilson.
 During the discussion, Raymond Robins indicated he would support President Wilson if the Progressives did not put a ticket in the filed.
 MT. Parker made a fiery protest against the endorsement of Mr. Hughes, declaring that many of the Progressives were former Democrats who Mad burned their bridges behinc them when they affiliated with the party. He intimated he might vote for President Wilson.
 Arkansas was among the states vot. ing for the endorsement of Hughes.
 Colonel Roosevelt's letter, in part says:
 Sooner or later the national prin ciples championed by the Progressive of 1912 must in their general effect b. embodied in the structure of our na tional existence. With all my heart I shall continue to work of thes great ideals, shoulder to shoulde with the men and women who m 19l championed them. Our loyalty is t. the fact, to the principle, to the idea and not merely to the name, and leas of all to the party name.
 "The Progressive movement ha been given an incalculable impetu by what the Progressive party ha done. Our strongest party antagon ists have accepted and enacted int law. or embodied in their party plat forms, very many of our most i'm portant principles. Much has bee accomplished in awakening the lubii to a better understanding of the prot lems of social and industrial welfare
 Third Party Not Wanted.
 "Yet it has become entirely evlder that the people under existing cond ticns are not prepared to accept new party.
 "It is impossible for us Progress slves to abandon our convictions. bt we are faced with the fact that a things actually are the ProgresslV national organization, no longer onel the means whereby we can maA these convictions effective in our n' tional life. Under such circumstance