Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — PERKINS WILL BE MOOSE’ CHAIRMAN [ARTICLE]

PERKINS WILL BE MOOSE’ CHAIRMAN

Morgan’s Ex-Partner to Head Executive Committee. DIXON TO MANAGE CANVASS Mational Directors Meet in Chicago and at Secret Session Lay Plans for a Vigorous Campaign. Chicago, Aug., 9—George W. Perlins, former partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, is to be the chairman of the campaign executive committee of the Progressive men. This was decided when the new national committee met in the Congress hotel and began work on campaign plans. • United States Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, who was the manager general of the Roosevelt forces In the primary contest, is to be the managing director of the RooseveltJohnson campaign. Others Slated to Serve. The.,executive committee of nine will include John M. Parker of Louisiana, fotmer -Democrat; Charles M. Thompson of Vermont, Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Colorado and Meyer Lissner of California. Oscar Straus is said to be slated for chairman of the finance committee. 9 It has been proposed to cut the campaign management up into working zones in an effort t$ carry on detail organization work. One plan considered comprehends headquarters in Chicago, New York, Boston and Atlanta, Ga. Vice-presidents to be members of the executive committee would be assigned to direct the work in these campaign zones under the organization plan. On motion of Mr. Perkins the scheme of organization was to include a chairman, finance committee, speakers’ bureau, literature department and the campaign zones distributed among five sections of the country, with a general headquarters and subsidiary camps for the working force in the various sections. Diiairman Dixon was authorized to select the executive committee. Directors to Get Busy, The time is considered short for the organization of campaign forces to cover the country, and it is the purpose of the directors to get busy all along the line at once in an effort to establish an effective fighting machine in the various states. Jhe national committee of the new party perfected an organization by the selection of these officers: Chairman—Senator Dixon. Vicofchairman —J. Franklin Fort of New Jersey. Secretary—Oscar King Davis of New York.- - Chicago probably will be selected for the main headquarters of the national committee. The idea is that Colonel Roosevelt’s presence In New York will keep up the interest in the eastern bureau of the new party.