The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-02
RADICAL PRoGRESSIVES IN NEW YORK STATE TO
 ASK FULL THIRD TICKET

New York, Aug. 2-The radicals of the Progressive party in this state contemplate naming a whole third ticket, below the governorship, with Bainbridge Colby candidate for the United States Senate, in the hope and expectation that the Democratic par ty will indorse MT. Colby, as the Pro- gressives are ready to indorse Samuel Seabury, who will probably be the Democratic nominee for governor.
 Plans to this end were discussed yesterday by the executive committee of the New York county committee of the Progressives and representa- tives from the other counties of the city. The meeting was called pri- marily to start petitions for placing Judge Seabury's name on the primary ballot of the party.
 At the meeting the sentiment ap-. peared unanimous in favor of Seabury for governor, but the proposal to name a whole Progressive ticket ex- cept for the office of governor, sur prised many. John J. O'Connell, chairman of the county committee, and William Halpin appeared to be the leaders who originated the plan, and both spoke at length
 Colby for Seabury is Plan. Mr. Halpin frankly said the party should nominate MT. Colby for the United States Senatorship in the hope that the Democrats would indorse him. He opposed putting the name of any Democrat before the primaries. He also said the Progressives should not nominate State Comptroller Ira wis because of his opposition to what was known as the Commission Mer- chants Bill. This was a Progressive measure, and, Halpin held, the opposl- tion of MT. Travis was due to the fact that he is commission merchant. For. this place on the ticket MT. Hal pin suggested Progressive named | Tuckerman.
 E The importance of the meeting lies in the fact that the organization here, which O'Connell heads, will have power to put out petitions for any one for the primary irrespective of what the Perkins Progressives may do in the rest of the state. Unless bitter fight is made by the Perkins Progressives in the primaries, there fore, it will be possible for the OCon- nell organization to force a third ticket into the held.
 With reference to the activities Of the Perkins state committee in get ting indorsements, MT. O'ConneH is- sued 2 a statement last night recalling that William H. Hotchkiss had pledged at Syracuse that the Perkins faction. would not try in any way to get an indorsement of MT. Hughes, if an ad- journment was agreed to.
 "Guinea Pig" Committeeman. :.
 He continued, in part:
 With the fine sense of honorable Cealing which has characterized the high financial geniuses in control of the machinery of the National Pro- gressive party, they now seek to do by indirection what they solemnly agreed would not be attempted. They knew then that, after a free debate, not even their guinea-pig state com mitteemen or county chairmen would have the hardfhood to vote an indorse- ment of Justice Hughes.
 T say guinea-pig state committee \ men and county chairmen advisedly, because, while there are some splen- . did men on that state committee who favor Justice Hughes, the great ma jority of those who answer the lash of MT. Perkinss whip are the men whose expenses he has been paying on their junket trips for the past cou- pie of years.
 We canont compete with MT. Per- kins and his co-workers, either in matching dollars or methods; but, af- ter all, the sturdy bone and sinew of the party is not to be bought by the one or gulled by the other''
 With MT. Perkins directing matters, the state committee Of the Progress sives prepared yesterday to make pub lie the list of the state committeeman who have signed the Gaghes pledge. It is said the list last night showed 35 members on record by letter and tele- gram, indorsing Hughes. The method used to get this list brought forth an- other heated letter fror- Bainbr1dge Colby, who accused the Perkins group of breaking faith, and Republican high officials of aiding them.
 Digging Out for Line-Up.
 MT. Colby gave a photographic copy of letter signed by State Senator Ar getsinger. It was addressed to Joseph Dudley of Buffalo, and was written on the letter head of the Executive Chamber, Albany. The letter was dated July 13, prior to the Syracuse iilCCilHS Ol IilC IOSIcSSlVS Sldlt CO1I1- mittee, and read:
 "Mr. Joseph Dudley, Buffalo, N Y
 My Dear Joe: This will introduce to you MT. Raymond Smith of Albany, who is doing a little work in trying to line up the state committeeman of the Progressive party for hoth the na- tional and state tickets of the Repub- lican party. Will you try and help him dig out who the men are in Erie county representing the Progressive party that will meet in Syracuse at the state convention soon? Very truly yours,
 GEORGE EARGETSINGER"
 Colby Charges 'New Chicanery."
 With reference to this letter and a form telegram to which MT. OConnell referred, copy of which it appears, had gone to MT. Colby, as member of the state committee, MT. Colby wrote to John Geddes, secretary of the state committee, in part as fol- lows:
 Dear Sir-What new chicanery are you and your employers up to now?
 Your letter of July 31, enclosing a printed blank endorsement of MT. | Hughes, requesting me to telegraph you, collect whether to sign it in my behalf, is clear violation of the l stimulation made a the last pneefjno