The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-13
DENY WILCOX IS
 TO QUIT JOB AS
 COP. CHAIRMAN
Frederick C. Tanner and Per- kins Rally to Defense of
 DirectOr-GeneraI.

New York, Sept. 13.-Apparer1tly Republican campaign headquarters likes Chairman William R. Wilcox better than it used to, or else it re- serves to itself thei exclusive right to attack his campaign methods. Pub lished reports that he was to be su- perseded as chairman of the National Republican Committee and generalis- simo of the Hugfihes campaign brought a number of Republican and Progressive leaders to his defence yesterday. It appears that there is no reason whatever to expect a new campaign general manager.
 Mir, Wilcox was in Syracuse yester- day, where MT. Hughes is to deliver his first 1916 campaign speech in New York state. Headquarters workers who used to complain that the activ- ities of ''the best campaign personnel on earth" were nullified by bad gen. eralship were all quite friendly In their comments on MT. Wilcox. This change of feeling was attributed to 8 new optimism flooding the head quarters,
 One of the most active and experi- enced officers of the National Com mittee complimented MT. Wilcox highly for smoothing out Bull Moose Republican differences, and called him the human lubricator. Frederick c. Tanner, State chairman, and Geo. W. Perkins, ex-Progressive, expressed the views of the two headquarters faction on MT. Willcox's capacity.
 fThe chairman of any political cam paign committee is criticized" re- marked Tanner feenngly.A Tanner di- rected the Whitman campaign of 1914 and last spring found himself facing serious opposition when the time came for his reelection. He pulled through however. His spoken comment on the attacks on MT. Wilcox carried the sympathy of experience. gro be criticised is part of the job. of being chairman. The Democratic papers are very industrious in circulating stories of discomfort within Republican cam paign organization. Chairman Will cox is conducting a good campaign and it is getting better every day"
 MT. Perkins, chairman of the exc cutive committee of the Progressive National Committee, who had large experience in forming the Bull Moose party and conducting campaign that gave that. party more votes than the Republican party. came to Mr. Will cox's defense. As an expert on con- ducting campaigns MT. Perkins en- dorsed the Wilcox tactics and said he was satisfied with results.
 Chairman Wilcox has done splen- did work in getting together the work ing organization of the Republican and Progressive parties'' said Mr. Per- kins. There are many differences in many states and in many sections of the various states, but Mr. Will cox has been very generous in his wei come to Progressive workers and has | showed greatest consideration to their points of view and to the principles they stood for. This attitude on the chairman's part has met with the greatest success.
 The campaign has been under way only five or six weeks and in a tenn perature varying from 90 to 110 de- grees- A great deal of preparatory work has been successfully accom- plished. People without experience in campaign work do not realize that the magnitude of the undertaking in- yolved in launching a national cam paign. It takes several weeks to gath CT staff to man the various depart ments of a headquarters like these. It is not easy to find capable men who will give up their occupations for tenn porary activities of campaign. This great work of organization MT. Will cox has accomplished, and such bu- reaus as the publicity, advertising and | speakers, bureaus will give a-.good l account of themselves."