The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-22
MOOSE EXPECTED TO OPPOSE PLAN
 FOR HUGHES AID
Legal Battle May Follow Meeting of New York
 Committee Today.

COmm1ttee T0day.
 Syracuse, July 22-It became quite apparent here today that, no matter what the Progressive State Committee may do in the matter of indorsing Charles E. Hughes for the Presidency, the Bull Moose organization is in for a deal of trouble, with legal tangle in prospect that the courts will not be able to handle probably much be- fore Election Day.
 If, as appears likely, the State Committee indorses Hughes and pro- ceeds to put into effect its indorse- ment by naming Hughes electors, an injunction will be sought at once, and the firm belief of the Colby 'O'Connel1 faction. opposed to Hughes, is that the writ will be granted and that the courts will sustain the con- |tention of the applicants.
 John J. O'Connell of New York arr rived here early last evening with Michael Schaaps, William Halpin, number of other Progressives and big bag of proxies. Bainbridge Colby is expected later.
 O'ConneII Tells of Project.
 Walter Johnson, State Chairman, and William H. Hotchkiss are here representing the Hughes side, and it is said George w. Perkins is not looming but will leave the necessary manipulation to those now here and to Horace Wilkinson, who lives here.
 The fact that MT. O'Connell preached the possibility of legal ac- [tion as soon as he arrived was taken las indicate that he sees little chance of defeating the resolution indorsing Hughes. MT. O'Conne11 said:
 ..Seabury is safe, and the vote on the go-as-you-please resolution will be close. If Hughes is indorsed we will go to the courts at once and an injunction will be granted. as quick as flash. The National Convention |of the party named two candidates. One declined, the other is still can- didate. Under the peculiar laws of this State 1t is the duty of the State Comnnittee of the party to name cleo tors for the candidates chosen by the National Convention. If the State Committee therefore fails to name electors for John M Parker, the cam didate for yice-President, it will be enjoin it.
 Can't Throw Parker Overboard.<
 .fThe state committee has no pow CT to name electors for candidates oth- CT than those chosen by the National |Convention any more than the Ma tional Committee had any right to do other than name a substitute for the candidate that declined. Under the state law the Progressive party must have an electoral ticket for MT. Parker, whose name would have to go 1t the head of the column on the iballot." iss The situation is, therefore, that if Hughes is indorsed the state commit tee must name joint electors with the Republicans in order to make the in dorsement effective. If this is att tempted the courts will be appealed to, and should the O'Cbnnell conten- ton prevail the state committee would have to name new set of electors and run third ticket anyhow. Obviously there would be violent protest from the Republicans if the Progressive electors served Hughes for President and MT. Parker for Vice President. This would leave the Fairbanks candidacy in a bad way in the state.
 11OD<.AAAAU9 OQE0 nU8ne9s MT. O'Connell was reticent as to the proxies he brought. and would not talk about the possible strength of the anti-Hughes element up the state. The news reached here, how ever, that the Buffalo delegation will oppose Hughes. There are nine votes in the state committees from the Buff falo districts, so that, if the represen- tatives from New York city with their 63 votes stood together-as they will
 not-they might make the going very
 hard for the opposition, as there are
 only 15o votes in the committee. MT. Hotchkins, who also has a
 satchel of proxies. is sure Hughes
 will be indorsed. He put his proxies
 in the hotel safe at the Onondaga.
 MT. O'Connell took his to- his room. l There were 50 few Progressives here
 last night that handy hurglar-tRe- publican or otherwise could prevent
 any action being taken by stealing the l quorum.
 Fairbanks Is Another Matter.
 '.T have not the slightest doubt that
 MT. Hughes will be indorsed," said Mr. Hotchlkill. "It should be re- memIbered that many of the men who
 joined the party originally. especial ly from, the upstate districts. were
 Hughes men. As far as MT. Fair
 banks is concerned. that is another
 matter. If any one tried to put
 through a Fairbanks resolution here he would be beaten"
 "But in indorsing MT. Hughes the
 party naturally favors MT. Fairbanks.
 as the two go together"
 "Yes, I know that" said MT. Hotch-
 kiss. we have no program. The | county committeeman will get to-
 Ksther in the morning and talk over tho procedure"
 The O'ConneTl faction fears there
 may be an effort to throw out anti Hughes men.
 I The new apportionment bill and the Walters Knight bill are responsi- ble for this apprehension. The latter
 necessitated tho etection of Q number of new state cosnxnitteemen in New
 York few days ago and O'Connell
 thinks the Perkins faction may try
 to unseat some of these men,. | A