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Show oo REPUBLICANS IK CAMPAIGN ROW San Francisco, Aug. 8. Charges of disloyalty to Charles Evanb Hughes, Republican candidate for president, were preferred tonight against Francis V. Keesling, chairman of the state Republican central committee, com-mittee, by Chester H. Rowell of Fresno, Fres-no, Cal., a member of the national Republican campaign committee, in a telegram sent by Rowell to William R. Wilcox, chairman of the national campaign committee. The charges originated In the coming com-ing visit of Candidate Hughes. Arrangements Ar-rangements for all the Hughes meetings meet-ings in California were placed in the hqnds of Keesling, and a difference of opinions arose with the suggestion sugges-tion that Governor Hiram W. Johnson, who is also a candidate for the Republican Re-publican nomination for senator, should preside. Keesling, backed by William NH. Crocker, national committeeman, insisted in-sisted that the Hughes campaign in California was not within the jurisdiction juris-diction of the national committee. Rowell. without Insisting on Johnson as presiding officer, did not see it in that light. Rowell wanted Progressive Pro-gressive representation on the platform; plat-form; Keesling had his own Ideas on the subject, and Rowell's message to Wilcox was the outcome. "Your only suggestion had to do with the selection of those to preside at the meetings and your very first suggestion was clearly not in the spirit of fa.irness with which Mn Crocker met you.' but Indicated the real purpose Eought to be subserved by your desire 'for 'co-operation,' as you term If. You suggested that Mr. Johnson, Progressive candidate for United States senator, be named to preside at the San Francisco meeting, meet-ing, and that Mr. Booth, Republican candidate for United States senator, preside at the Los Angeles meeting. Our desire has been not to embroil the national contest with the local one." I The letter concluded with the state-1 ment that the Progressive organiza tion was an issue local to California and, as such, the state Republican committee could not permit its pur-noses pur-noses to Interfere with the action of Republicans and Progressives In their support of Mr. Hughes. Telegram to Wilcox. Rowell's telegram to Wilcox said in part: "Have made every effort to- avoid friction during Hughes's visit, as you reouested. but regret to announce total failure. Made to Crocker and State Chairman Keesling proposition that Republicans and Progressives co-operate In arranging Hughes meetings meet-ings by appointment of a committee on which both would be eoually represented, rep-resented, but said 1 , would consider any proposition which was inclusive, not exclusive; "would not stickle on details and would cordially co-operate In carrying out any plan agreed on. "Keesling replied, Crocker assenting assent-ing that Hughes campaign In California Cali-fornia was not within the jurisdiction of the national campaign committee and that, therefore, neither Crocker nor I was in any authority; that It was exclusively for the state Republican Repub-lican committee, and that he would not consent to any arrangement which would recognize the Progressive organization or-ganization or Imply Its recognition by Hughes. "He added that the Republicans of California would not support j Hughes If Hughes did any act con-I con-I cerning California which they would construe as a surrender to the Progressives, Pro-gressives, such aB. for Instance, his course, already taken In Illinois, regarding re-garding recognition of Ickes, and some of his acts nationally. ' Strictly Partisan. "Ho says the California Republicans Republi-cans believe In partisanship and would rather vote a partisan 'Democratic t'.cket than a Republican ticket which is not partisan. "If Hughes countenances effort to make Republican party Progressive, California Republicans will vote Democratic Dem-ocratic ticket. "On my responsibility as member of the national enmpaign committee and with full sense of the serious-ness serious-ness of the statement, I hereby charge that Republican State Chairman Chair-man Keesling, In whoso hands, with Mr. Crocker's consent, all arrangements arrange-ments for Hughes meetings in California Cali-fornia have been placed, is disloyal to Hughes and is arranging 'for the conduct con-duct of those meetings under auspices and in a manner which he knows will be injurious and not helppful to the Hughes vote, caring and planning plan-ning more for local factional advantage advan-tage than for the success"" of the national na-tional ticket." oo |