Arizona republican., 1917-01-17
SAYS G. O.P. ACTS NUT
 IN GOOD FAITH
[RepubIIean A. ?. Leased WIrel


 NEW YORK, Jan 16.-Efforts to bring about harmony between repub- 1icans and progressives here today pro- duced as their first conspicuous result d stormy protest from George w. Per- kins and Everett Colby, progressive leaders that republican leaders were not acting in good faith.
 Chairman William R. Wilcox of the republican national committee called together a sub- committee of the repub- lican executive committee appointed yesterday to devise a plan of cooper alton between republicans and pro- sressives. The result of this meeting was the issuance of resolutions adopted for the purpose of forming a supple mental committee to be composed of republicans and prOgressives 10 have voice in party affairs. This would take the place of the joint republican, progressive campaign committee which went out of existence after the election.
 almost simultaneously with MT N1lcoXs announcement of this plan at the Union League Club, Mir Perkins at his home around the corner issued a statement attacking the republican eN- ecutive committee and Mir Wilco5s sub committee of harmony, but at the same time defending Mir. Wnlcox Mr. Perkins declared that at the meeting of the executive committee yesterday there had been an effort 10 force MT. Wilcox out of the chairmanship and 10 place a reactlonaTy vice chairman in ms place tO prevent WillcoX from -hberalizing" the party.
 He called also for a meeting of the entire republican national committee to work out harmony plans, declaring tnat the sub committee on harmony, of which MT. Wilcox is chairman, was m the hands of the old guards Fin ally, when he saw the harmony plan proposed by this committee ne declared that il had been dictated by James A. HemenWay of Indiana. whom he called one of the old guard" Mir Perkins added that he regarded the resolutions
 merely as scrap of paper
 The election of d vice chairman was accomplished after four members of the committee, Messrs Hert ot Ken lucky Howell of Nebraska, Parsons oil New York, and Chairman Wilcox had protested the statement said. "and atter a motion by these gentlemen toI refer the selection of vice chairman 10 the national committee itself had been voted down. The electIon or a vice chairman by the executive com m ttee is without precedent
 By forcing the appointment to an issue over the protest of the chair man. and by the refusal to allow the national committee itself tO pass on the appointment, the Perkins statement declares these men took no chances " X
 They promised to see it continues. that vice chairman of their own se- lection was installed. They performed every act they could think of to button up 10 as tightly as possible in the hahQs of thelr own little clique the en- tire organization of the party
 The men who did this were Hem enWay or Indiana, leader of the coterie. Martin of Virginia, Estabr0Ok of New Hampshire who were members of the executive committee. and exC7overnor Gillette of California. holding the proxy of Executive Committeeman croeker of California; Mir. McArthur of oregon, with the proxy of Executive Committeeman Williams Of Oregon. and Lafe Gleason of New York. voting the proxy of Executive Committeeman sam Perkins of the state Of Washing ton
 No one of these three last men toned men was member of the na- tional committee of the republican party They were affiliated with the reactionary wing of the republican party.
 'sIr. Gleason is the acknowledged representative of William Barnes. Jr.. of New York. Mir Gillette is I pro- nounced reactionary republican Of Cal fornia and the bitter opponent of Hiram Johnson, recently elected as the candidate of both republicans and pro- gressives to the United states Senate Dy an overwhelming majority. Hem enway and his assistants were careful not to trust these proxies to liberal minded republicans"
 Hemenway and his assistants, the statement goes on, have been s.-ere circulating stories reflecting on Chair
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