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Sept. 13.-...Governor terence and expressed it as his opin- ion that Hughes would not be re- nominated .. \I have never believed that would be,\ added Mr. Smith. he ' Hill, the llola.u- Dr. David Jayne Hill, of Rci:ch•ester, amlbassa.<lor <>f the United Those present-- SARATOGA, Sept. · Those present in the meeting over Germany, is the man who . 1 !>.-State which aJt-Lieutenant Governor Tim- Hughes leaders have aet\a·ea 1 othy L. Woodruff, as chairman of the their candidate for '\\''\\-nr\' Chairman Woodrn1r said./o ~he Aseo- -cla~ed Press-at ·12:20 p. ;m.: \Governor Hughes will' be nomin· ated· on the first ballot, S\enator White wm be the notninee • 'tor lleutena~t .: ~~overnor, Mayor Gaus for coml?trol• · ler. We are working now upon the yest• of the ticket. men may Governor Soon !l;fter the- announcement of <J~Iairman Woodrnl1, Speaker Wads- worth said: ~'My name will be presented to the convention; I sha1l a,ccept the result clieerfully and l~yally · support the ticket.\ · state• committee, presided, included Secretary of State Elihu Root, who is acting as chairman of the state . conventioni ex-Governor B. B. Odell, Jr., Na~ional Committeeman Wil- liam L. Ward, of Westchester; As- sembly Speaker James W. Wads- worth, .Jr., of Livingston, and Sena- tor Horace White, of Onondaga (both of. these last being Jeadlng candi- dates against Governor Hughes), seilate ·Leader John Raines, of On- tario; Former State Superlnte11dent of Insurance· Hendricks, of Ononda- ga; Former Railroad Commissioner. G. w. 'Aldridge, of Monroe; Repre- . sentatives Fassett, of Chemung, !Par- sons, of New York, .and Malb:yr, of St. Lawrence; Former· Rrepresenta-, tlve qttauer, of Montgomery; For· mer-Secretary of State John O'Brien, of Clitllton; State Comll'!ltteeman wu~ Iiam Barnes, Jr .. of Albany; :Post- masten Greiner, of Buffalo; Secre- tary ;Lafayette B. Gleason, and T~ea.s\ urer George J. Smith, of the state comm~ttee, and William Berrl, of Broolt~yn. In this last conference there came to a head the last and most u~gent constructive effort of the oppo ition to prevent tile nomination of Go ern- or Hughes. At no time has there • I been 1 any question of the abili~Y of the ?ppositlon to prevent the n~min atlon of the go:>vernor if it coU(Id be unit~d upon any candidate. 1 , The ettorts yesterday to i duce Secretary Root to accept such a nom- ination may be fairly descr!b d as tren/tendous. But Mr. Root w s ob-· durate. He told the conferenc that he could not for a moment co alder that Hill would certal.oly be ~o,m•.ua.L ed \unless--.\ '. By \unless---'' they that t:hey meant \unless resistible interference quarters; President· Rotosteire•lt: Republican national Mr. Taft.'' The New York ,county held a caucus In· the u .... ,...,~u•:u .United States hotel this m9rning. vote was taken on the supporting Gover\'J.or the result that l53 governor, and 34 against bert Pa,r.sons, president York county committee mJ~urme'u llelegates that he ~as co·nv'lne,Ail all the inrormatl,on in such a proposition. mlttee, were fi~>:htin~>: \If I should do such a thing, ' said he , in substance, \I should cu~ed and rightly as senior m mber of rthe cabinet of disloyalty to eel- dent Roosevelt, and he would be ac- cu~ed with much justificatlonff in- sin'cerity in his declaration, made loiJ.g ago and reiterated tod y, of emphatic desire for the ren mina- ti'?n of Governor Hughes.\ · com!llittee and Mr. would be satisfied with the nomina- ;tion of \any good man,\ bl~ enough /politicallY and at the same time not ' Identified with any fact!ona~ Interest In ,the party. boom the tor William D'. for the secret~ry T.he convention Hughes, Horace F. Mr. Root's emphatic d~cllnation was accepted as finally rem<Jvlng him from ·consideration. This I was the more serious a blow to thej hopes or the anti-Hughes leaders befa'\se the convention at its opening session yesterd!ly displayed an unrnistake- able regard for the secretary of Ish its worJ; this HlftP.rt•oo.n state. It w~s the expressed opinion of al- most everybody at the confer~nce I with the possihlt? <>xcer,tlon of SP~n· tnry Roo_t w~o wa~ not quot<> .l on I that suh]e~t ch:t~ Governor Hugh~s ·. lt~· th•· n:~ti<l!l:ll woult.l not be re-ele(\\ted ,in . =:ovPnl- 1 1 l!OllliLn·~· o}' tiiP her. Beyond a <louht t/hat Jd the TI,..,.,. \\''' honest belief of many of the Re!lcth-1: !1<1: \\'01'1' 1111 t lican politic!nnc in llH· s.~nte. Lat~~ J tPadtC>ll: th~tt th in the confC!rence the follewinr; llltH!iu·~· ,.,.~,,.,.-i., iu Cha~l- J·<'l'il a< n•·I'PI' Johlll tJf IIIli h•:t W(~l'P t~·Jr~og-rnm.., H.oo:.:.p\'.Plt. ).Jl'. tlw lt••t>tthli<'an l: tJ\'('i'll )}' iu ... n~b. thl' latt•': Brooklyn Lea~etf Ke~aay: an ·Independent .His Delegates Dr. Illll as the rornerstonP, revr{'>;Pnt- the state women's ffi pro-lmbly their last stand. and that tion, who requested the if defPuted tbcrP, thd wf()Uid li<'Ct'Jtt to incorporate in the thpil•' defeat -a,; gracefully al\ they following plank or soJ:net!Jjilng could. ilal' ,import: Ae.tuall;r. howe\\rr th!!re s!'emed \Resolved that it is- a~ furnd:am~nt- <'nrly today, little rt>a~dn to regard af- al Republican principle ft.irs nH materinlly e.hanged. Herl><'t'i: tive franchise belongs Parsons <'X!fll'?~se<l this morning un- zens, without prejudice abate;l confidence th'llt tlle conYl'nlion s'ex; that we advocate would r~nomluate Go\\ernor Hughes steps to make this Oil tlk first b~:Ilot. tive.\ The woman's cuJnniu• 4 v~e CONYENTIOS :SAIJL, Sl'pt. l:i.-Au important fered lookin~t to the harmonizing of the fac· ttons in the ~t'YI'rnl eOJltPSted districts hefore the DemO<Tatic stlt•te .eonventlon ,.,.\\ held by Chairman Conners, Char· !<?~ [<', liur.phy: ;'liational Chi1frman :.\Ia<'lt, nanlel F. f'oiHllnn, nnd .To~eph · <'a!!sidy todn;r. nn<l 'While no definite :o<'tion was tnla•n witb l'egard to RJ;IY of t)lE' contests lt was mad<\ known that 11.11 the <\onferE'es would do e\·ery- l!hiug to bt1ng aobout a harmonious con- l·ention. In this (!onnPC'tlon it bPeame kno-wn that Congre~<sman Fitzgerald of nrook- lyb, ~E'llt 'word to Chairman Conn€1l's usking wlta t the chairman pro.l)osed: No.lt• of the a11:ti-~uglw~ lmr'er~ ·would talk fo•· pub!if.tidn. :IIo\t of them admitted pri\'a~(lly that whilE' tllere was still a figbtl*g <·han<.\P to dl.'- feat the govPrnor \i~i:<'l·fer<'n<'e from Oys1<\r Buy\ as t.bpy ~put It was too &tron~ for t.b.mn, mut!·'J'Iughe~ would -lte renominate-1. The JJtterness which l.us beE:'n characteristic of tbP de,·clop- 'Il\!eD.ts of the tnst few d:iss wa~ e-vi~ dl'ut to<lny and that was the vntent the in Oneida this nfternoon. fentm·e of the morning. Secretary or Smtc Hoot who will ·hr permnn.ent chairman of the com·pn- tion and who was a party to the CQll· h•rfl'ttee lnR-t nig-ht di~elnitnf'd lnlo\v- i<>~lge of th<\ news 00' the mornin~t. :\Ir. noot, how.ever, is chnrncteristi(•nllr Tetic<'nt. RtutP Chairman Woodruff was askPd l'l'pentedly -this morning to• sar for publica-tion what he wtis known to be ~aylug priYa t_,Jy to friends \tllnt in his judgmf?1lt :Snghes would be nomln- llte<l on tlle first ballot.'' nnd bm re· 11eat<>dly refuseil. I At 11:30 •he sniil: 'I don't want to say anything nilout it_ now; come to me ilil an hour.\ •Statt' Committpemab Willimn Bni·n· fl' •• Tr., of Albany, who has bli'<'n the Jmf·ti<nl ll'at!Pr of t~w auti-:Sug!w:;; \nlli<'~\ wa~ aRkNl u, monwnt In ll'r if DYNAMilf WAS EXPLOSION AT l\iJ[XI~&•U, ~IIS· SO URI. fie force. The car \'\\~\'\\ station plat- Although the lt>aders of Tan1mnny hn II hll ve m•1de no anno~ncement as H'ntion. form were and eighteen ROCHESTER, Sept. t5.-W1t,h Le wonhl <'XPI'PRR hiH opinion. IliR 1111 \j Jlersons standing were more question of the gubeJrnatorlal nom! a- bWer \'\~ nlmt]lt. l or Jess seriously Frederick .j tim~ still undecided, ;u).d narrowjng '':'\o. I \\·Ill not.\ · Yake, agent of Pacific I down to a choice ot one among three 'l'h\ fn<'t ·that Barll<'R \'\\ YPr~· 1m\~· Railwa.y, was d and' or four men, and with the prospkct nt th!' time !(iYing !'if\'. to~rh\' to th<> j soon died. It i~ severa; oth- of lively sessions ahe::.d 'involving f.he t .. on•Ult>llt for thE' n•1mnmtwn of )Jay- I <Jrs of Lhe injured All of tile merits of the fight between Chatles or <.'harlps H. Gnn>< pr Alban~·. for the victims Jive in or F. MtJrphy, the leader -of 'l'amm ny office of ~tnt!' <'OlllJl~l'Oll<•r wn~ re!(artl· Hall and Sen.ator Patricl• H. :Me ar- Ni us indi<·ntin!( tl~:lt lw h:HI \'l'tll'tl· ST. LOUIS, ren, of Brooklyn. over contested l' ats cally di>'mi><><NI tl1t•l ~on•rnor~IJ~p but- to the Post in Kings county, the Democratic a·te tit• from bi,.; mind. 1 convention convened here ·toda at -----r- n<>on. Senator McCarren last ight GOVER~OR ffiTG~ES IS mad<' official -his previously uttered WA'l'C'HI,XG DR\rof'RATS. threat to holt the convention if/·any ----- two unidentified laij>Di·ers. one of his delega-tes should bEll un- ROCHEf)'l'ER, Sept. 15.-Governor I identified negro. seated. It was with this understand- Char1es E. Hu~tlles, ue.companie<l by ---+-+-- ing that the large Brooldyn d~lega- his military sect~etary, arrived In HOI,LANIJ \\.,.,..,,\. tion. under the McCarren lead<l~ship, ·warsaw from Buffalo at 9: 4 5 o'doelc I'I'. made their Way to 1:he conventio~ hall this morning. The village was pro- 1 today. The McCarren del gates, fusely decorated in honor of the gov- THE 1 ;,.-The against whom contests had bo< n en- ernor, and he wa!i met at the •tatkn tet:ed before the state committee were by a dele-gation o!l' -citizens. .unseated by -that body last right. The program for tbe afternoon in- rea<! by Premipr This was not unexpec!icd as tile com- eluded the •\rort. of the governor to absence or QuPen mit tee as at present constlfute · was the Wyoming county fair grounds at cotl\'al<'scit\g known to be, anta.gpnistic t~ ·the 7:30 o'clock by ·the village officialo, The speech Brooklyn leader. Senator Mcclarren the reeeption eommlttee, and the took with him to the eonventioh hall Wanaw fire d<\pn.rtment; the annual today. a rPsolntiou W\hi<'h he detlare<l inspection .and review of the fl,re de- he would present at the earli'e;~t op- I>artm~nt by the. governor at ~::;u portunit;· e>Llling for a compl t\' te- o'clocl;, after which the governor de- carat·as by organization of the ~tate com 1ittee, and left of the l'tage. at ·t!he livere-d a~ addre~B. After hi< addre,;H \In our with and the election of a new mJmber- the governor was· escorted bac·k to the ! \'PUPZU<'la... ship. GhairJ1um Conners state1, how- village wber<' he held an informal re- 1 the SJU\<•ch. \an ('Ver. that he did not hE'lieve th reso- )lARRIED WOliA:S SH~TS ceplion. . 1 rt•d which our When aslwd if he h11d anything to oring to say regarding tbe Hituatlon at Sa.ra- to;;-a and the effort!'; or the Heimblkan lP:uler~ to defeat hi•; r\-nominu(illn llovc·rncr Hu~h.;,.·..; :-mid hl• ha1l nuth- in~ wha:Pvl•r to ~n:r. SI'FFJt.-'H-ETTJI:S .l',;J\ von.· Hl':l'OGXI'flox.jlul'nt. w:l<~ ('\''\'\\\\ , t .111 ~.; i \(' \\. ul ~ ~AIL'\~P()t;\'A. St'}Jt, 1 ;!, ·-Th· f'o.n- i i1 1 ::.-. nriitr>P un l\P!:lOlntions tod?.y l'P('('i\'·•tl 1 t·f=:o 1 1'. ·a COllllllitt<'t' Of thn•e l'e!Jl'l'SPiltiUg :\JA:S, THJWUGH JEALOUSY, . ':
