Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-24
Democrats and Republicans
Deeply Interested in Pro-
spective Developments.
FULFILLMENT OF CLAIMS
IS SEEN BY WILSON MEN
G. O. P. Regards Outcome of Meeting
as Strengthening Argument Pro-
gressive Party Is Dead.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

BY N. o. MESSENGER.
NEW YORK, July 24.--New
York democratic and republican
managerial circles are deeply in
terested in developments expected
to follow Saturday nights pro-
gressive meeting at Syracuse
1t was fine shindy, we'll worth
the price of admission to watch
from the other side of the fence,
and the managers are wondering
what the progressives are going
to do next.
The democrats take JUNCTION unto
themselves over the outcome and the
outlook and see fulfllment of their
claims that progressives in numbers
will support President Wilson.
The republicans are rubbing their
chins thoughtfully. They are ready
enough with explanations and would
whistle the affair down the wind as
unimportant. Levity aside. however,
the republicans do see the possibility
that the fiasco will be regarded by
thoughtful progressives as SO dis
creditable that 1t will strengthen their
conclusion that the bull moose party
is a dead one, and will clinch their
support of Hughes
cambridge Colby Pleased.
Bainbridge Colby, leader of the in
surgent progressives who are refusing
to follow Col Roosevelt and George
Perkins into the republican party. is
pleased. The sore point with him has
been the coloners claim that the re-
publican party is now a reunited party.
He has insisted that the progressives
We're a separate political entity and
licans. Mr.. O'Connell is pleased be-
cause he is a former democrat.
One of the practical considerations of
the future is that the progressiyes will
presidential electors on the ballot, and
progressives will be driven to tile al
tentative of choosing between Hughes
and Wilson electors or not parttci-
pating in the presidential contest.
publicans as favoring the republican
ticket They believe that election day
the great mass OF the progressives who
were formerly republicans will vote
the straight republican ticket. An
other angle of the situation is the
likelihood that Saturday nights Incl
dent will serve to encourage the move
ment inaugurated by John NJ Parker
of Louisiana for another third party
convention to name presidential
ticket Revolt among the bull moosers
has broken out in New York, New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts,, Indiana and Mich
igan, the bitterness of which was un-
questionable, although the extent was
not demonstrated.
Slight Chance for Third Party.
red when he thinks of the coloners
abandonment of his flock, is a pretty
level-headed politician and is credited
with expressing the belief that a
third party would not poll 100000 votes
in the entire nation. He himself is
not yet ready to "go democratic" al
though he bucked against having his
antlers adorn the trophy hall Of
colonel upon the latter's return to
camp If he votes the republican ticket
it will be because he wants to. and
not because he is instructed by COM
mfttee, national btdtc-
One reason believed to have actuated
the Hughes men in adjourning Satur-
day nights meeting and allowing in
dorsement to go by the board was de-
sire to deny opportunity to the "antis"
to get off a lot of speeches in which
they would have further exploited the
delivery" so-called of the progressive
party to the republicans. 1t was felt
that the New York meeting would at
tract wide attention throughout the
country and inf1ammatory speeches
would have aroused and aggravated
in time reconcile themselves to the
old party.
Believe Progressives Are Back.
The republican managers. national
mass of the progressives have come
back" and that they will vote straight
in November. The Hughes managers
would have been gratified to have the
Endorsement. but think 1t might have
been weakened by the further stirring
up CT the senslbilities of the sensitive
moose through the vitriolic speeches
which were set for the occasion as
soon as debate opened.
The chairman of the progressive COM
mittee of the Bronx has recently
completed a poll Of enrolled progress
sives in his borough. 1t shows that out
of about 800 replies received. $500
expressed their intention to vote for
Hughes. about 1900 will vote for Will
son and the remainder prefer a moose
candidate.
The republicans are inclined to take
this poll fair indication of senti-
cent among the progressives of the