South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-17
Delivering Bull
Moose ProUeS I co
Big a Contract

No fusion against woodrow VIII
son in New York state.
Hughes has signally failed 70 get
the Roosevelt following.
Members Of the progressive party
are now in open revolt against ANAL
gamation with the republicans every
where.
The action Of the state executive
committee OF the New Jersey pro-
gressives has been followed by a
complete and humiliating failure on
the part OF their so-called leaders in
New York state TO deliver the bull
moose vote Of the Empire state TO
Hughes.
Amid wild scenes of rebellion on
the part of the rank and file the
New York convention at Syracuse
last Saturday. July p, adjourned af-
ter adopting a resolution that no
party would be endorsed. The anti
Hughes faction had determined TO
prevent amalgamation with the re-
pUblicans by seeking an injunction
in the state courts in case the
Hughes followers developed suffi-
cient strength TO control the syria
cuse convention
This, however. was not necessary
for the demonstration of the anti
Hughes delegates was so overwhelm-
ing in its magnitude and intensity
that the Hughes clan were paralyzed
with fear and refrained from fur
ther angering the recalcitrant wing
Of the party cambridge Colby led
the fight against endorsing Hughes.
His denunciatiOn of the trick turned
upon the progressive party at Chi
cago when Colonel Roosevelt held
them in session day after day await
ing the action Of the republican nom
mating convention only 10 throw
them aside and refuse TO accept their
nomination which had been tender
ed so Loyalty. so unanimously,
brought rounds Of applause and
shouts Of approval from a large
proportion of the delegations at
Syracuse.
New York Action Significant.
This action of the part of the pro-
gressives OF New York is significant
IL brings a climax of discomfort.
other states are moving in the same
direction. Similar action in New
Jersey the week before had stirred
the waters. In some of the distant
states. however, the New Jersey re-
volt did not convince progressives Of
the stampede from bOssism. In
these districts it was expected that
New Jersey, being the presidents
home state, would find the progress
sives lining up in the Wilson col
Umn.
But. when New York. the mother
state Of the bull moose, the home of
George w. Perkins. whose unfailing
check book had backed the progress
Sives in all their campaigns, the state
where independence i'm politics
reaches fullest fruition-when New
York came TO be recorded in the col
umn of revolving progressives. the
die was cast.
In Colorado the state organization
Of the bull moose party has protest
ed agains, the endorsement OF Mr..
Hughes
In Minnesota the tendency 70 sup
port the republican ticket is grow
ing weaker every day.
In Pennsylvania where there had
already been a split, the anti-Hughes
faction is growing stronger every
10 Of hn
will be stoutly repudiated when the
time comes.
other States Join Uprising.
Michigan progressives are upris-
ing against the Chicago program
of amalgamation with the republi-
cans. In that state the feeling of
unrest has reached. perhaps, its bit
terest stage. Henry NJ. Wallace Of
that state. who was once progressive
national chairman. comes out plain
~ and asserts that If there is no
progressive nominee for president,
100. 900 Michigan progressives will
vote for President Wilson.
California progressives are re-
ported 10 be as determined To hurl
their strength at the polls against
the Chicago delivery" as are those
in Michigan.
In Indiana. which is termed "a
battle ground" by the republican
campaigners. conditions have arisen
which Mr.. Hughes will not relish
The progressives OF Indiana are di-
vided only on one score and that is
whether their party should put forth
its own presidential nominee or
stampede 10 the Wilson standards.
Decatur county progressives in that
state set the example by electing
delegates to their state convention
and instructing them against fusion
with the Hughes ticket Oliver p.
shook. of Holton. was the only del
egate from the fourth district Of In
diana who favored the endorsement
of Mr. Hughes. a vast majority of
the individual voters favor Wilson in
case their own party has no candi-
date for the presidency.
Illinois progressives did the same
as did those Of New York state.
Their state executive committee held
meeting and declared that they
would not endorse officially any
other party. Then they quickly ad-
journed indefinitely" which is con-
strued 10 mean that they will hold
no other meeting until after the No