Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
HUGHES In CALTFORNI1
TO USE HIS POWERS
AS A HARMONIZER
Candidate, Confronted bv -.
tional Battle in Progressiv.
Ranks, Will Confer With
Warning Leaders
SPEECH IN SAN FRANclsco
Tonight's Address Will Furnish n.
tunity to Reconcile Hostile ''''
Elements
BY PERRY ARNOLD

SACRAMENTO Cal, Aug 1s-ch,a..
Evans Hughess capacity as a b.r..4'. .''
appeared likely to be tested IN Il.
extent today. No sooner had bo s0
the boundary line Of California than . - Il
ter factional battle intruded. Beca,,. "
Progressives-one party to the rou "
that there Is great menace in t,a a,.,.,
It appeared likely that the RepubIio,u
idential nominee would spend most :, Y
afternoon spreading the soothing hal. y
harmony on California State leaa,,.
various conferences. =
Hughes was scheduled to ro.o,
Francisco shortly after noon a n M" M psnl ~
delphia time) and will deliver H., tn'la' @
address at the civic auditorium, ,s.. "aa
tonight. Wee
on the surface the division Is s,r.....
in an effort Of two factions of the na,,, Y.
assume proprietorship of the nosui. g v
The Progressive.Repu clair, y
regulars" headed by National cor,r,,,,ll ~
man William II. Crocker. have "fr,zsn w, W.
the johnson type of Representation epubllo.a. =
and have snubbed Governor .Iohnsor -
suggesting that he should not annss. y !.
tonight's meeting The regulars deny q,
assertion and point to a big delegate, y,
Progressives who have been invited To M,
form seats tonight as well as to a numbs,
of Republicans of that type who v,S.
selected as members of the Capforr,'
reception committee, which met the Hp,h..
train early today.
Back of the surface indication ,laa q.
memory by the Progressive Reprbllcs,.
of a speech made by National Commjttss
mar Crocker at the meeting of tho n.
publican National Committee IN Wash.
ington last winter, in which they saw 4,
deprecated too much harmony and askI
one more opportunity in which to havs
n chance to defeat Hiram johnson. m.
latter Is now making campaign speech,,
not only favoring his own senatorial cau.
didacy, but boosting Hughes. Chester n
Rowell, of Fresno, a Progressive who IA,
chosen on the Republican National Cam.
paign Committee, is also working fcr
Hughes, but he admitted today when On
the train that his advice had not besn
sought in arranging the Hughes meetnu
throughout the State.
Progresslves, in asking attention, DECLARED
that at the recent primaries only $4,000 d
approximately 100000 former ProgressIy,
voters declared themselves Republicans
There are, therefore, they assert nearly
100000 former Progressives who have not
made up their minds whether TO support
Hughes with Johnson or follow the lead Of
Francis j. Heney, former Progre sslve, and
declare for Woodrow Wilson
Governor Hughes has not indicated what
course he proposes to take. Laureua
Green, Hughes's secretary, feels that he
now qualified as the crank expert Of tie
Governors encourage. An excited Indvi.
dual approached him. declaring he must "
the candidate at once.
"Why?" demanded Green.
well, I'm tho worlds greatest efictq
expert" the individual modestly respOnlk
II know he will want me to be CablA
member and l want to tell him how to n
the Government"