New Britain herald., 1916-07-29
COLBY SENDS CALL FOR MOOSE HERD|NG
PrOgreSSiVeS to Gather in Indian
 apolis Next Thursday

New York, July 29-Matthew Hale acting chairman of the progressive national committee, has sent out a call for conference of progressives to be held in Indianapolis next Thurs day, August 3. At this conference, which will be attended by Bull Moose leaders from all parts of the country, it will be decided whether a new and superseding national convention should be held to substitute a candi- date for president in the place of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
 There is sharp division of opinion among the Bull Moose leaders as to the advisability of a third national ticket. Some believe the only way the party could be kept alive through this crucial year would be by naming new candidate for president. Others believe that the party has been so badly shot to pieces that this would be absolutely impra ble. The third party machinery in many states is in the hands of organizations which, following the leadership of George w. Perkins, have become reconciled to e' picS olu IllNolNIllB pISIS SUI render to the republicans.
 That the Indianapolis conference may bring on another spectacular fight is not at all unlikely. The call has included the entire membership of the progressive national commit tee, the insurgents as well as those who voted to indorse Hughes.
 Any progressive will be welcome at the conference" said Bainbridge Colby. "The attendance of members of the republican campaign commit tee will not be insisted upon, nor that of other progressives who have left the party" he added somewhat testify
 Three Courses Open.
 There are three courses open to the 1nsurgent element in the progressives' national organization.
 A third ticket could be named, in which event, it is believed, the candi dates would be Bainbridge Colby of this state and John M. Parker of Louisiana, with Colonel Parker pos sibly moved into first place on the ticket for purely sentimental reasons.
 A resolution might be adopted leav ing progressives free to vote in the coming presidential election accord- ing to the dictates of their consciences and judgment
 The insurgent faction might be lined up in a body behind President Wilson.
 Some very potent influences are at work at present paving the way for a Wilson indorsem ent. A cting Chairman Matthew Hale has been a visitor at democratic national hea dquarters, where he has conferred with chairman Vance c. Mccormick on more than one occasion.
 That proposal looking to a united indorsement of President Wilson will be made before the Indiana polls con- ference is almost certain. New Jer- sey, the Presidents home state it is expected, will lead this movement The progressive state committee of New Jersey recently voted down a resolution to indorse Hughes and J. A. H. Hopkins the progressive state chairman of New Jersey is ardently antt-Hughes and has pro- Wilson leanings. If the democratic plans go through the New Jersey proposal will be seconded either by the progressive organization of Indiana, which is con- trolled by the insurgents, or by the in- surgent element from this state
 "ScandalOus Situation"
 Bainbridge Colby said last night that in his opinion a third ticket would not be practicable this year, because in many states-even where the rank and file of the progressives have re- pudiated the endorsement of Hughes party officials under the thumb of MT. Perkins were resolved to take ad- vantage of their positions in the party councils to block any move for an in- dependent cour,e.
 '"This is a scandalous situation," said MT. Colby, but it presents obstacles to a third ticket which are insur- mountable, as, indeed, they are in tended to be. My idea is that the conference will issue an address to the prOgressives, rehearsing the hid den strategy in our convention, the traitorous action of our national com- mittee, and it's subsequent repudia- tion in all the states where there was free expression of opinion. I think we should place the responsibility for tho party's unhappy plight just where 1t belongs, and take such steps as are possible for assembling the party's representatives after election day, and then taking measures for the cOntin- uation and renewal of the party.
 Should the conference give up the idea of holding a convention the ac-