Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-11
HARMONY
! !|ENACED BY PERKINS
Progressive Chiefs Opposition
10 Adams as Chairman May
Provoke Fight
PENRosE MAY HOLD KEY
rennsylvania Senator at st. Louis
Committee Meeting "With
ss Open Mind"
sr. LOUIS. Fob. II.

'as III. LOUIS, RCD. IL.
Developments today will determine
whether the Republican National Com
mittee can choose chairman peace
fully.
Although the committee does not meet
IN regular session until tomorrow IT'S
members gathered today with the Re-
4 publican advisory campaign committee
In \ special meeting called by Chairman
s. William r. wilcox. An attempt was to
be made to unite the committeeman upon
one Of the candidates In order that one
name might receive a unanimous vote.
The chief menace to this program was
George w. Perkins. of New York. who
let II be known he Is unaltcrably opposed
to che selection Of John r. Adams. OF
Iowa, as chairman. Perkins was pre-
pared to make his fight against Adams
IN today's conference. which he will at
tend as member of the advisory COM
mittee. ...
PENRosE MAY HOLD KEY
II the harmony appeal Of the leaders
10 not effective, Senator Boies Penrose.
Of PENNSYLVANIA. may hold the key TO
the situation. ,'
Adams's supporters declared he had
pledges of a sufficient number of votes 70
assure his election Adamss strength,
was admitted by the hackers OF WIN
fL Hays. OF Indiana. the Iowan's chief
opponent, but they insisted that Adams
had not mustered sufficient votes to win
all the votes expected to follow the
leadership OF Penrose.
The Penhsylvanian announced he had
come TO the meeting with an open
mind" Hays's hackers hoped that Pen.
roses support would swing to their can
dtdate. Furthermore, they were hopeful
OF the aid OF Perkins and his friends in
the committee.
Perkins's first act upon his arrival
hero was to distribute copies of a state
ment. in which he declared "all we Pro-
gressivcs ask Is that a Republican be
selected as chairman of the National
Committee who, by his record and abil-
fty. Will at once give promise of being
able to harmonze and organize"
The Hays people were taking consider
able comfort in Perkinss stand for a
harmonizer and organizer They pointed
out that Hays proved Ills ability in those
respects by bringing together the wings
OF the Indiana Republican party and
conducting the successful Republican
campaign In the Hoosier state in 1915
Hopes of the Adams leaders were
based on eight proxies which his friends
hold and the claim of virtually the
solid support of the West and South.
They were counting on the votes of
every committeeman hailng from west
of the Mississippi River except those
from Idaho. Minnesota and Nebraska
CLAIMED FOR ADAMS
Before going into the conference
Adams men declared that they held the
proxies of Committeeman Reed Smoot.
Utah; Henry S. Jackson. Georgia Ar
niand Roumain. Louisiana w Murray
Crane, Massachusetts Franklin Murphy,
New Jersey: Charles II. Spiess. New
Mexico Gunder Olson. North Dakota,
and $. a. Perkins. Washington state.
They asserted further that Adams
would receive the votes of William III.
Crocker, California; Hubert Work. Col
orado: William IL, Thompson, Illpois>
Fred Stanley Kansas; Jacob L. Bal
Ter. Missouri: Fred W. Estabrook, New
Hamshire; John NJ. Morehead, North
Carolina; James ]. McGraw. Oklahoma !;
Ralph r. Williams. Oregon !. William r.
sheffield. Rhode Island; J. w. Tolbert
South Carolina; Willis G.. Cook, South
Dakota; II. +. MlcGregor Texas Earle
>. Kinsley. Vermont Alvah II. Martin
virginia; Y. L. Highland. West Virginia !;
Alfred 7. Rogers, Wisconsin, and Ed
ward S. Colladay, District Of Columbia,
= The Hays backers refused TO con-
eede many Of these votes, thought they
were unwilling to maye any detailed
siaims Tor Hays. They hoped, too, that
The Penrose influence would eventually
be brought TO bear to align the southern
votes for the Hoosier.
In addition to chairman the commit.
sec VIII elect a treasurer. sergeant-
alarms and an assistant sergeant-at-
arms. Fred W. Uphan, of Chicago, ap-
years to have no serious opposition for
the treasureshp. Edward Thayer
greenfield, Ind. present assistant SER
geant-at-arms. probably will nova up to
Ill the position made vacant by the
death of Sergeant-at-Arms Will Stone,
OF Baltimore. Guy Howard. of Min
neapolis. Is slated to be Thayer's as
sistant.