Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-06
Six of the Forty Eight
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 3.i-The Committee
Of Forty-eight whose convention to form
n third party was held here recently seems
10 have failed in it's project, but tts mem
bers assert that they are stu gong Va
maintain their organization and work fof
Ameficanisrn, ma they interpret that much
used and abused word. Since we are u
have the Forty-eight with us, still striving
in their official capacity for governmental
reform, it might be of interest 20 know
something more about them than their
| numerical quantity.
Amos Pinchot, J. A. n. Hopkins,
| Charles H. IDgersoll, Professor Durand
and forty-four other llberal-minded
Americans met in st. Louis in 1913, oil
brought together by q common feeling,
| that the two old parties had failed 10 keep
up with evolution by refusing 70 respond
| TO the historic and economic tendencies
| Of the times They called themselves the
| Committee Of Forty-Eight after another
radical group Of men in our early history
| who in pre-revolutionary days formed q
| Committee Of Thirteen made up Of such
men as Washington, Jefferson, Paine
etc They carried on such an extepsiye
| campaign by mail that, when they met
| here last month they had 100000 mem
/ bers.
| One of the most notable characteristics
Of the delegates TO this convention wa'
| their leanness as compared to the double
| chinned type of delegate which is 80 pre-
dominate IN the conventions Of the Oldei
parties This might be explained by the
/ fact that nervous, active, and Therefore
| thin, man is more likely 70 think and bf
! discontented with his lot For the same
reason, perhaps, the members Of thf
Committee Of Forty4Eight lack the sag
gng jowl, the pouch under the eye, anc
the manner Of CLASSY srnoothness peculiar
10 the ordinary politician.
LEAN AVID HUHGRy-LrKE.
This alone should show shrewd states
man that they we're not the type TO follov
the beaten political path Shakespearl
saw the same connection between lean
ness and rebellion when he had Juliu
Cmsar point out that 'yOn Cassius has
lean and hungry look" and might there
fore be expected to make trouble. No
that the ty-Eight intended to max
trouble. They were simply group D
earnest citizens who felt that there wa
something lacking in our political life
and that the proceedings of the two Oh
parties in convention this year had had ~
effect df aabbergasting all good men an
true who were meekly rallying round a
usual And 50 they determined 70 rail-.
round no longer
J. A. IT. Hopkins, who might be cslle'
the prime mover of<the Committee Q
Forty-Eight, was one of the outstandin
figures at their convention Mr., Hopkin
was q delegate TO the 1912 NatiOna
!. Convention of the Republicans, and
eader in the Roosevelt revolt Ne wa
4 treasurer Of the Progressive campaiu
committee. In 1916 he came N the con
vention expecting to nominate Roosevelt
again. and when Roosevelt refifsed IN
nomination hard words passed betweei
them. Then Mr. Hopkins campaignei
for Woodrow Wilson with whom he after
wards became disillusIoned. As he hai
tried every known political party with
out feeling satisfied. there seemed 70 b
nothing for him to do but 70 start 2 nev
one Hence the Committee Of Forty Eight
II NAV be Of interest for those who thin
that the Committee Of Forty-Elght
composed Of Socialists, envious Of Othe
peoples worldly goods to know that NJ
HOPKINS is a very wealthy man, bot
through his own work and money he II
herited from MS father. His business is il
surance, and his home is in MOrrist0wT
| y j. However, money seems not 70 Dt
the main interest II his life. He has r
Trained from using the money ne inherited
and lately ne has gwen up taking an actlv
interest in his own business, preferrlr
to give all his energy to the new part
plans.
MR. HOPKINS IS HANDSOME
Mr.. Hopkins is q valuable asset 70 y
Fortv-Eight in another way besides belr
a hard worker and enthusiast. He viii
: a great help to them in attracting feminlT
votes Not altogether because he has bee
called the handsonest man IN Amerc
, but because he was one OF the hrst ms
IN the East 10 come out III support
woman suffrage.
Charles H. 1ngerson Is another lnteres
, ing Forty-Eightcr. He was the poor "a
Iner boy who conceived the idea that evel
body ought to have a watch, and has no
J made TINS convenient possession possID
, to the most poverty-stricken by MS man
, facture OF cheap timepIeces. he used
: be a BRYAN Democrat, and he Is stlll
single tax supporter. Personally ne IS
! simple. liable maa, who retains his siI
plicity in spite OF his great wealth. He Is
chunky and abse1tminded human VI
is more than likely TO appear st a form
? banquet in baggv business suit. n
habit of rising early caused much dlsma
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