New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-19
NEW THIRD PARTY
IS PERKINS THREAT
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porLins said that Mr.. Robins approved
Of the stand Everett Colby and ne nsS
taken. Mr.. Perkins conferred N,I"
Colonel Roosevelt and then went 10 AZ
bany 20 see Governor Whitman
Among the many kilograms recelSGu
yosterdav by Mr.. Perkins approving his
and Mr.. Colby's stand agalnst ene 80 i.e
n,,blican National Executive Committee
Vas one from Governor Hiram Johnson
United States Senator-elect, OF Cail-
forna. .bo
"Apree with your efforts to make the
Republican party progressive, Gov-
arnor Johnson wired. al am in the tull-
est sympathy and accord and all the
Proorcssiyes will be with you. 20 TO
DISPUTES Claim for Adams
Mr. Perkins was ready yesterday TO
disnuts the claims of progressivelsm
for John T. Adams, of Iowa, the newly
elected vice-chairman of the RepuDll-
can National Committee, which some OF
MIR. Adams's friends have been MAKING
NJ Perkins exhibited several kilograms
from leaders in Mr. Adams's state IN
ccrtroyention of such claims.
George c. White. Progressive candi-
oa,e for Governor Of Iowa last year
You are right. Wilcox should call
. meeting of the national committee.
Men like Adams cannot lead the FRO
gressive party
J. II. Wyllie, Progressive state chair
man of Iowa, sent this message;
al heartily concur with you and your
associates in the action taken.
Among other messages was one IRON
NJ ntNnn Of Mon
tana, who managed Colonel Rooseyelts
Presidential campaign in 1917.
Refuse further negotiations with eX-
ecutive committee and have full ma
tional committee meeting" said Mr..
Dixon. Public sentiment is with your
position. The Republican party cannot
be rallied under discredited leadership,
and the quicker the matter Is settled
the better for the future of the Repub-
lican party
Leaders Wire Approval
David L. Povey, of Portland, Ore,
who was chairman of the delegation
from his state to the Progressive con-
yention in Chicago, and afterward was
an active member of the Hughes cam
paign committee in Oregon wired his
approval. j. II. Gipson, Of Caldwell,
Idaho. telegraphed that he had commu-
nicated by telephone with the Republic
can leaders of his state. and that they
were unanimous in condemning the ac-
ton of the executive committee IN
electing Mr.. Adams.
James r. Garfield sent the following
Telegram to Mr.. Perkins from Santa Fe,
n. NJ:
81 agree that it is useless to treat
with executive committee. | hope Will
cox will call meeting OF national COM
mittee. which will have power to act
on all questions No halfway meas
ures viii be useful"
From Wichita, Kan, Henry ]. Allon
wired:
at will be impossible to obtain eff
fectual working union OF the two ele-
ments of the Republican party unless
the Progressives are convinced that
they are TO be given equal voice in
management Kind words and friendly
resolutions from a stand-pat executive
committee will not get the results
needed. | believe Mr.. Wilcox would
be serving the party by providing for
a meeting of the national committee"
Among others who sent kilograms of
Endorsement were Elon II. Hooker; n.
/. Morris, Salt Lake City; Meyer Lss-
IeE, LOt ANktANof tAaAtllCt =
Colorado Springs; John Lewis, Omaha;
Don Griffith. Colorado Springs; j. F.
Cleaveland. Bisbee, Ariz.; o. J. Lar
son, Duluth; A. Nevlin DIETRICH, Cham
bersburg, Penn; Sheffield Ingalls,,
Atchison, Kan; Dwight B. Heard,
Phoenix, Ariz. Meroni Heiner, Salt
Lake City; William Holton Dye, In
dinnapolis, and George +. Porter, Chi
cago.
Lafayette B. Gleason, secretary Of
the Republican State Committee, who
held the proxy for S. A. Perkins, of
Washington, at the executive commit.
tee meeting, denied yesterday that he
had been urged by William Barnes,
Murray Crane or any other "old guard"
leaders TO vote for Mr. Adams as vice
chairman. He said he had no knowl-
edge OF the meeting until a few hours
before il took place, when he received
a telegram from Mr.. Perkins asking
him 10 attend as his proxy and vote
for Adams He declared he merely
carried out Mr. Perkins's instructions.