New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-25
PRESIDENTS VISITORS.
TALK OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
Er-SecretarieS Root and CorteIyou
FOILO1c Mr. W0Odruf.
Icy rELporA1-ff TO rHz rR1rI-r. !

oyster Bay. y. Y. Aug 24-Presiderr Posse
,,elt was to-day Informed at first hand OF The
.,onen convention agreement reached b,, Gov
error OCelL Senator Platt and ex-Lieutenanr
Governor woodruff He expressed himself as
~-earI, pleased that such fair arrangement
lad been decided upon. he said he had no can
=idate himself, and II he had any preference
you'd not indicate it or attempt in any wav 70
sndue1c= The VIII Of the people through the del
eeates The voters throughout the State wollj
make their wishes known, ne thought, and the
-sndtdate selected would be ali the stronger
re,auss he would go before them with no slate
making hackers 10 hamper him and no ante
election Pledges to keep.
The former Lieutenant Governor brought tbA
o45cfal news 4 the pact 10 Sycamore Hill. ar
living shortly after noon and returning on the
DO p. n. train. About an hour after Mr.
yoodruff's departure Chairman Cortelyou Of
ne Republican National Committee and sx-Sec-
.,erarv Root arrived. and We're driven out TO the
Presidents home They VIII remain over night
ii the pretty gabled cottage on the hill.
Mr. Woodruff when he arrived here said.
The agreement that was reached at Senator
pIatl's home los1 Sunday by the Senator. Gov
eruor OGelI and myself viii be kept TO the Is-
rer. The Governor agreed 10 # just as heartily
as either The Senator Or myself We all h4
lieve that the interests OF the party. as well as
OF The various candidates will be best served
ey having ST. untrammelled. open convention.
Ny friends VIII ali. therefore. not make efforts
TO push my candidacy 10 the front during the
three weeks intervening between now and the
convention. and believe that the adherents or
The other candidates viii be just as fair. We
did rot consult the President about the matter
before arriving at this conclusion. We under
stand and respect his position Of absolute neu-
tIaLty.
"One Of my missions to-day is TO tell him about
The meeting feel certain that he viii be in
terested and VIII approve OF the plan. There
are number Of other matters that will proba-
by be discussed. one OF which is the vacancy
ID the assistant secretaryship Of the Department
Of Agriculture. The President wrote me some
tine ago asking NE 10 visit him, but the letter
did not reach my place OF abode until was on
ny way across the wafer. AS soon as I re-
turned 1 sent an inquiry 20 find out whether the
President wished TO talk with me about the
case ard receiving word that he did came down.
The President knows that am granger. some
what Of a farmer, you kno~ and thought he
would like 10 have farmers views on the man
who is 10 go into the farmers job
When Mr.. Woodruff returned TO the station
after his visit 10 the Presidents home. he said
that the Chief Magistrate had expressed himself
as pleased with the result of Sundays confer
ence At Senator Platu's. He thinks the plan
an admirable one" said Mr.. Woodruff but be-
gOEQ ElaL Olu not express AiIlSSA ne mas no
candidate ana wants the field TO have an even
show
Chairman Cortelyou and Mr. Root. who came
together on the :43 p n train, said that they
came 10 have a chat over the general situation
snc would return TO New-York some time to-
morrow"
Have you anything to add % what you have
already said and written regarding the Gov
ernorship?" Mr.. Root was asked.
Nothing 10 add and nothing to subtract" he
replied
HAS the last word been said7-'
1T undoubtedly has been said he exclaimed.
and have been saying II over and over again
DO not understand why cannot be taken at
my word
Dr.. Jacob Gould Schurrnan, president OF Cor
nell University, paid President Roosevelt a short
visit to-day. He is spending the summer at
Southampton His call was said 20 have no po-
Etical significance