The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-23
HUGHES FAILS TO BRING PEACE WITH JOHNSON IN
 HIS TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
By LOUIS SEIBOLD. 1n TOday'S New York WOEld.)

Sacramento, Cal, Aug. 22-Wend- tng his way eastward, Candidate Hughes was compelled to leave the glorious climate of California tonight without exchanging with it's governor the friendly salutation that the gov ernor of North California once ex- tended to the governor of South Caro- lima.
 Coming to the state capitol, where a crowd of 15,0OO people cheered him and one-third as many heard him at a "non-partisan' meeting, Hughes found only regrets of a previous en- gagement" from Gov. Johnson-fre- quently a polite fiction in politics as elsewhere. On his way to deliver his last message to the people of the state the candidate traversed the sun baked San Joaquin Valley with the ther- mometer flirting with the century point, and every mile of it placed more distance between him and the stubborn California Progressive boss.
 The cut administered by Gov. John son was direct and intentional. AS Hughes moved out of Lower Califor- nia, Johnson entered it. He is speaking tonight in the hall at Los Angeles where, twenty-four hours before. the candidate made generous concessions to the Progressive followers of John son, whose sole objective is the Unit ed States, Senate.
 Governor is Obdurate.
 These concessions, repeated in sub- stance during his all-day journey, were broad enough to move the Los Angeles and wayside audiences to ap- plause, but not expansive enough to suit Johnson and his adherents. The most significant of the candidates Progressive utterances was:
 T stand for progress. l stand for honest and efficient government, for human rights, for proper regulation in the public interest, maintenance of individual incentive, for proper pre- paredness, for efficiency in every de- partment, for the curtailing and re- medying of every prevcntable abuse. and claim the support of every Re- publican and every Progressive.
 The supporters of the candidate hailed this as a satisfactory response to the demands of Johnson and his followers that Hughes proclaims his complete allegiance to Progressive ideals" But the men failed to ap-
  sonal aninosities. Friends who att tempted to have him call on Hughes in person, or at least write or wire him a friendly greeting, encountered vitriolic antagonism.
 Won't Listen to Suggestions.
 . Within a few miles of Hughes all or vesterday the governor brusquely waved aside the suggestion that he put himself out of the way to extend t1he glad hand to the candidate. His reply to all such requests was that he would render himself liable to the charge of inconsistency if he took part in the functions incident to the entertainment of Hughes.
 His position is that Hughes has made himself "the tool of the reac- tionary gang," which is his name for the Crocker- -Keesling regular organ ization, which he is fighting, but which he wants to support him for the Senate.
 Hi. retort to the invitation extended to him to meet Hughes-w1th the ap- proyaI of the latter-was that the can- didate had walked into the reaction ary trap" with his eyes open; that he had been warned by Rowell, one or Johnson's lieutenahts, that the Pro- xressfves would have nothing to do with him if he allied himself with the machine and did not openly esponse the Progressive cause and its leaders-meaning, of course, Johnson, because he is literal 1y the whole thing" in the cause.
 What Offended Johnson
 But the offense committed by Hughes that most incensed Johnson was at the San Francisco meeting last Friday night, which was presided over by Crocker. Then Hughes compli- mented the National Committeeman as "san Francisco's favorite son."
 Everybody in California knows Joianson's opinion of Crocker. It has been proclaimed from the political with emphasis always and not infrequently With profanity, be- cause the Governor is no "mealy mouth" Or "mol1ycoddle' when it comes to picturesque language.
 In praising Crocker with what was obviously casual compliment, 1 Hughes committed an unpardonapYe | sin. In Johnson's opinion it carried with it the candidates 70. K" of 'the gang and it let loose all the i surcharged emotions of the Progress ! siye boss. He exploded verbally when | he read of the kind words about the man he likes least in California, ano ! when Keesiing went in person to him to urge a truce between the warning | factions over "local differences" while Hughes was in the State, there was hot time. What the Progressive boss said to the regular boss in the Long | Beach hotel should never fall on the sars of a minister's son. so Hughes being the son of minister, probably | never will hear 1t.
 May Turn to Wilson i