The sun., 1916-08-20
Veteran Leaders Confident
Hughes VIII Be Victor
in November.
~PROGRESSIvES IN FOLD
Call Wilson Campaign Lame
Because Of Failure to
Capture Moose.

ciently detached from the routine work
a headquarters 70 form an independent
Judgment have not hestitated In the
last few days TO express their positive
belief that Charles E. Hughes 70 to
. win next November.
TIA assertion Of the Democratic man.
ayers that the Hughes campaign already
has . bad limp exc,tes nothing but
stdtouls from these men. A. a matter
u fact they feel 1t is the Wilson cam
palgn which has developed lamensss
because OF the failure to make even .
fair sized bag Of Progressives. without
WON they cannot win. This was shown.
they say. when the Democratic managers
pue Svary Progressive leader Of any size
~ all ON the Progressive campaign
committee. That committee consisted Of
osven men.
Reports coming in to these Republican
'~stsrans confirm the reports given out
for publication At Republican national
headquarters that the schlsm Of 1919 N
virtually healed n that The Progress
9iVes a. . body. save for irr~ecOncilabls
fragments here and there. in every State
Of the Union are behind Nr. Hughes.
q Their optimism Is based therefore or the
Simple arithmetic Of the situation.
Some Criticism Found.
Along with the confidence they express
IN the outcome next November there Is
rome criticism, to be sure. II hal CEN
tred chiefly around the apparent delay
IN perfecting An effective organization
At national headquarters to handle The
multitudinous details Of the campaign.
Those who make this charge. rs a rule,
do not place the blame on Chairman
Wilcox. They say II Is due to tn
enormity Of the hrst task confrcEtins
him when he started in to run ths cam
paign.
. That was the bringing together al
once Of the Republicans n Progessives
that they might work unitedly for the
election Of Mr.. Hughes. Until this was &C.
complished details generally attended to
BY now have had to wait. As a har-
moniser these old time Republicans are
frank to say Mr.. Wilcox has accom-.
plished wonders. hut now that he has
his task virtually accomplished there
are many Republicans who are hoping
that Mr.. Wilcox will turn his m to
Strengthening out the kinks and getting
down to an efficiency basis. a feature
generally OF Republican campaigns.
WIZ. q ias "a ktOuoiCs
than merely that Of bringing together
the Republicans and Progressives. DIFF
ferent factions into which the Old Guard
has split hav attempted to maui and
haul him this way and that In thu selec.
ton OF men for important work in the
campaign. All this has delayed mat.
teW.
May Use Hitchcock.
II is almost certain now that Mr.
Wilcox will avail himself Of the services
Of Frank Fl. Hitchcock In meeting SOM
Of the problems which are before him
Reports from Chicago last night wer,
that Mr.. Hitchcock was to be one o.
the nine men whom Mr.. Wilcox IL Il
name to help him run the campaign
Some OF the men on this committed ar,
TO be business men of large experience
Others will belong more to the elias,
Of politicians. But all are to be mer
Of national prominence whose name
will be synonymous for efficiency an,
Organization
Chairman Wilcox. according to re
ports last night. will announce thii
committee to-day or tomorrow. On thi
committee the Progresslves are to re
ceive substantial recognition. just a
they did on the campaign committee
Raymond Robins, 1t il said, will be
member Of 1t representing the Progress
sives.
Upon the nine men OF the committe
will rest the duty Of arranging. unde
Mr.. willcox's supervision. the bushes
OF running the campaign on IN ef
dciency basis. They will advise wit
regard to the work at the Chicag
headquarters just as with the work here
A. least some OF the members are ex
pected TO put in their entire time her
helping Mr.. Wilcox.
The advisory committee Is entirely dis
tinct from the campaign committe,
formed some weeks ago. The member
OF that committee have already ha,
specific work assigned to them and hav
been distributed bet the two head
quarters. Members of this committe
now working at New York headquarters
are Fred d.. Estabrook, Herbert Parson.
Everett Colby, Alva Martin, Charles "
Warren n George W. Perkins. At tn
Western headquarters are James r. Gar
field. assigned specially e woman sui
frage; Harold Ickes, John T. Adami
James A. Hemenway IND II. n. Howell
Slap At enNtO Murray Crane.
The selection OF Frank Hitchcock a
. member Of the new consulting boar
or cabinet will be accepted by many a
. direct slap. at Senator Murray Gran
ana his friends. Their influence wa
exerted recently to keep Mr.. Hitchcoc
from getting the Chicago post. HOY
ever, In this matter of picking the me
who are to he his close advisers In tn
next two months of the battle, Mr.. VIII
COX, it Is said. has been actuated solel
by the desire to get the men best ftte
for the work in hand and has not a
lowed old antagonisms to sway him froi
this purpose.
With the appointment OF this CON
mittee the Republican campaign Is e,
pected to move forward at a fast pac
A.l the committee will be still flu
tier evidence OF the manner in whic
Progressives and Republicans have con
binod to elect Mr.. Hughes.
As "A sample Of what some OF u
leading Progressives are doing out in u
field. this list OF Progrcsslves Who a
to speak in Maine this week was give
yesterday: Ex-senator Joseph NJ. Dix
of Montana. Representative Chandler
New York, Henry }. Allen OF Kansa
Charles Sumner Bird of M~assachuset
Arthur l.. Garford Of Ohio, Medili NJ
Cormlck and Raymond Robins of Iilino
ana L. c. Toner of Indiana.