The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-26
Committee Meets Today in Chi
cagO for Final Action.
Parker, Vice President Candi'
date, Leads "Anti" Faction.
HOLD ALL NIGHT CONFERENCE
Perkins and Flynn Want Pro-
gressives for Hughes.
Southern Wing of Party Is for
War to Hit.

Chicago, June 26.-John M Parker
of Louisiana Progressive nominee for
vice president and the national COM
mitteemen from six states bolted the
meeting of the national committee this
afternoon after Colonel Roosevelts
letter supporting Charles E. Hughes
was read.
Parker left the committee room
followed by Henry F. Kochens of Wis
consin, A T. Moon of Utah, j. M. In
gersol of Idaho, Judge H. D.. Norton
of St. Louis, who held a North Caro-
lima proxy Burton Vance of Ken
lucky, and cambridge Colby of New
York They refused, they said, to pc
come participants to a secret session
of the committee. They had been Vot-
ed down by a large majority on reso-
luton to make the meeting open The
secrecy was imposed, it was rumoreo,
when Geo. W. Perkins intimated he
had confidential message from
Hughes to the ProgresslVes
Demand Open Meeting.
Parker and his adherents were SAID
to be ready to return to the meeting
at anv time it was made an open one
Matthew Hale, of Massachusetts,, acted
as chairman of the committee. Chair-
man Victor Murdoch is in California
Parker made public kilograms be-
fore he left the session showing Roose-
Welt had asked him to confer with him
public a letter offering to Withdraw
from the vice presidential candidacy
in event the Progressives would name
a strong ticket"
May Call for State Vote
Chicago, June 26.-State committee
organizations may be called upon to
determine what is to be the attitude
of the Progressive party with refer
ence to the candidacy of Charles f.
Hughes the Republican nominee for
president. This was indicated prior to
the meeting of the Progressive nation
al committee today. That the leaders
were very much divided as to the
dent in their statement and also in the
numerous conferences held
On one hand George W. Perkins of
New York and William Flynn of
Pennsylvania appeared to be ready to
indofse the, Hughes candidacy. On
the other hand, John M. Parker of
Louisiana, Progressive nominee for
vice president, led a contingent of ma
tional committeeman who were said to
have declared unequivocally that they
would not under any circumstances
vote for Mr.. Hughes.
Would Sub Hughes for Roosevelt.
The conference continued practi-
cally all night long and incidentally
the Hobbies of the Blackstone and Au-
ditorium hotels were reminder of the
scenes attendant upon recent national
conventions. Mr.. Perkins called the
principal conference in his rooms, but
no announcement as to what occurred
was available at an carry hour.
It was stated, however, that a plan
offered provided for the maintenance
of the Progressive p3rty as a political
unit in the nation and that Mr.. Hughes
may be placed at the head of the Pro-
gressive party ticket. 1t was also sug-
.geSted that there be the same set of
electors on both the Republican and
Progressive tickets.
The reading of Colonel Roosevelt's
letter is expected to be the signal for
the lively fight said to be or the pro-
gram. The meeting was presided over
by Mr.. Perkins, in the absence of
tiona1 committee.
/ Tom johnson for President.
| A conference of representatives of
the conservative and radical elements
in the Progressive national committee
was held this morning and it was an
nounced that no agreement had been
reached. John NJ. Parker of Louis
lana, Progressive nominee for vice.
president, and Matthew Hale of Mas
sachusetts announced before they went
into the meeting of the committee
this morning that they were still op-
posed to any plan for endorsing or
say whether they would make fight
for a third party ticket
There were many advocates of q
third party ticket in the committee,
however, and the name they most
frequently mentioned as a candidate
for president was Governor Hiram
Johnson of California