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Show PROGRESSIVES OP CALIFORNIA FEELMTED Failure of Hughes to Say a Kind Word Involves the Republican Candidate in Factional Fight. CHESTER ROWELL SHOWS MUCH ANGER Strike of Waiters at San Francisco Commercial Club Has Bad Effect. By WILLIAM HOSTER. By International News Service SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. J9. Those were the day 's significant developments: Chester Rowcll, Progressive leader and member of the Republican national campaign committee, denounced the Republican candidate for abandoning the Progressives of California to tho Old Guard wolves. While Rowell was giving a redhot talk against Hughes at the Palace hotel, the standard-bearer was the guest of honor at a luncheon at tho Commercial club, which was served by strikebreakers strikebreak-ers after the reeular club waiters had struck, because of the institution's declaring de-claring in favor of the open shop. Hugo Ernest, president of the Waiters' Wait-ers' union, put the matter squarely up to Hughes. The waiters walked out several hours before the hour fixed for the luncheon. Refused to Supply LTnion Men. Thereupon, the club officials wrote Ernest asking him to supply sixty-five waiters to serve the luncheon to the Republican presidential candidate. In a letter declining to accede to the request, re-quest, the union leader wrote: "We thank you very much for your consideration in allowing our membership member-ship a chance to earn a few dollars; but inasmuch as you have ornamented your place with an open shop card at the request of the Restaurant Men's a cciia tinn with whnm Tfin linvn Tin logical affiliation, we are forced to prohibit pro-hibit our members from serving at said Hughes luncheon. "Had Mr. Hughes taken advantage of the opportunity afforded him to make a statement on his attitude on the open shop question, which is agitating organized labor at this time, and had he declared himself for the closed shop, j we would not be forced to take this j drastic action."' Stupidity Claimed. It looks as though there had been stupidity stu-pidity on the part of the managers of the entertainment here. It was known last nig'ir, even by Hughes himself, ivho had the letter which Ernest referred to, that a strike was possible. The luncheon might eisily have been cp.1-celed. cp.1-celed. The grave importance of the matter lies in the fact that from Washington Wash-ington state to Lower California there is war between capital and labor over the open shop, ind every industry on the coast is interested in tho outcome. Chester Howell's denunciation of Hughes points to an impending Progressive Pro-gressive war on the candidate which may eosilv react in every state in the "Union, and especially in the doubtful states. Rowell laid the situation as outlined last night in these dispatches before Hughes before the latter made his auditorium speech. He did not spare anv words, and he frankly told Hughes that while a kind word for the Progressives might do him isome slight injury, to permit the Old Guard to continue its man-handling of the Pro gressives would do him incalculable harm throughout the country. Attitude of Hughes. Hughes with a full knowledge of; both sides of th controversy, thereupon' handled the situation in this fashion in : his address: i "I come here as the spokesman of' the national Republican party. With ' local ''differences I have no concern., Thw great national aim that we have : in view transforms all local differences,! and we are togcthert reunited, inspired by the loftiest traditions of our historic, party, and devoted to the accomplish-1 ments' of those great achievements upon I which must rest our enduring prosper- j ity as a nation." "That," said Rowell today, "is feed-; ing the people of California baby pap. j The Progressives of California are adults. Mr. Hughes might better havo snid nothing nt all, which would havo been the wisest course, than thus to ignore the claims of the Progressives. Ho has spilled the beans. They can be unspilled, of course, if Mr. Hughes sees fit. But up to tho present time I don't know whether ho will or not." Thure was a rumor today that Rowell had been authorized to go to Governor Johnson and ask him to preside at the Sacramento meeting on Tuesday. Rowell declared he had heard nothing f (Continued on Page Two.) PROGRESSIVES OF CALIFORNIA ANGRY (Continued from Page One.) of it, nor was he aware of any plan to bring Hughes and Johnson together before the candidate leaves the state. Neither Hughes nor any member of hia party will discuss the situation. ! Continuing his interview, Rowell , said: I "The meeting at the Auditorium last I night was a frost. At least a dozen Progressives Pro-gressives have told me this. One of them, the most prominent Progressive on the coast, next to Governor Johnson, called me on the phone this morning and told me the only thing that kept htm from declaring lor Wilson was his attachment to Governor Johnson. He said he was startled at the way the meeting went last night." It was the biggest crowd that ever gath- i ered under one roof at a political meeting meet-ing in San Francisco. But the Progressives Progres-sives were sullen and the old guard Republicans Re-publicans defiant. Desire Victory for Hughes. It is to be remembered that Rowell Is a n ember of the Republican campaign ; committee. What he says, however, is merely echoing the expressions of scores of other Hughes men, both Republicans and Progressives. It is to be borne in mind, also, that there is an undoubted desire on the part of both Progressives and Republicans Re-publicans that Mr. Hughes simll win. They want the protective tariff restored. ; They want the national honor upheld. They are strongly against the president's Mexican policy. They demand a business administration of the nation's affairs. But where there isn't apathy there is bitter factionalism, and between the two lies the danger of defeat. Johnson, denounced as a traitor, whom the Old Guard Republicans say they will drive out of politics even if they have to elect a Democrat to the senate, is out in the country campaigning for Hughes. Rowell, denouncing Hughes for un-requitted un-requitted affection, rlpplare.s he will do his utmost to elect the candidate. But both are uncertain that they will be able to swing the Progressive vote into line in the face of Old Guard deunciation, repudi- : , ation and insults. |