Arizona republican., 1906-09-24

Governor Higgins openly advocated the election of Assemblyman James w. Wadsworth, Jr.. son of Congressman WadswOrth, who, as chairman of the house committee on agriculture, came into prominence this spring during the meat investigation in Washington.
 During the speakership fight num- Der of the legislative leaders were summoned to Washington and were in conference with President Roosevelt. When they returned to Albany there were immediate assurances that young MT. Wadsworth would be chosen speaker. He was chosen on the first ballot. It then became generally noised about that the president had aligned himself morally if not openly with Governor Higgins and his fol- loewrs in the state. Chairman Oden was nettled at this and the further re- port that every effort would be made to overthrow his leadership of the state committee. He called upon his friends for support and the fight in which Oden was beaten in New York county a week ago was begun.
 In the only test vote of the state committee taken this year, Chairman a margin of one vote. The friends of Governor Higgins claim that the one absent member of the committee was aligned with the governor and had sent his proxy to the committed but it arrived too late. This vote, they claim, would have made the division of the committee a tie. Governor Hig- gins friends also declared that too great significance should not be at tached to the vote, for a new state committee is to be named this year.
 Governor Higgins was a recent wis itor to Oyster Bay where he was in consultation with the president. Thus once more at a critical juncture the president had implied his position without openly stating it. He has given accent to Governor Higgins visit by inviting former Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff to luncheon at Oyster Bay. MT. Wood ruff is one of MT. Higgins" most out spoken adherents.
 Governor Higgins has not openly stated whether or not he will be a candidate for renomination. Chair man Odell has publicly stated that he is opposed to the renomination Of Governor Higgins on the ground that the history of the state has shown candidates for reelection to be poor candidates. He thinks a stronger man could be found elsewhere. Allied with Chairman Odell are United States Senator Thomas c. Platt and Lemuel Ely Quigg.
 There is a well founded belief that President Roosevelt is lending his inn piled influence to Governor Higgins for the purpose of helping him gain control of the state convention. Then it is intimated that the governor will withdraw and himself nominate his successor, who will be a man believed to be capable of drawing the votes of both factions of the party and will also be cordially approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 The suggested candidates other than Governor Higgins are quite numerous and cover a wide range of personal tiles. The number has been multiply ing as the day of the convention ap- breaches. Among them is Charles F. Hughes the lawyer, who was nomin- ated for mayor of New York city last fall by the republicans but declined the honor. MT. Hughes was the at torney for the legislative committees which investigated the gas situation in New York city and the life insur- ance companies of the state. Ex-GOv- ernor Oden has claimed MT. Hughes as a candidate and it has also been suggested that he was favored by President Roosevelt. Mir. Hughes says that he has made no promises to any one Chairman Odell is also credited with suggesting the name of Secretary of State Elihu Root, now on a tour CT South America.
 One of the latest of the suggested republican candidates is Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, who is also chairman of the republican na- tional committee. Many of the names have been suggested without consulta- ton with the principals, it is said, but have been mentioned merely as pOssi- bilities and as men whom the party
 might call upon in it's hour of need. The republican fight is all the more interesting from the fact that the party is at present in power in the state and has been for several yeaTs past.
 The Independence league, which is an incorporated body with MT. Hearst l as president, held it's convention ir | Carnegie hall, New York city, Sep i tember Il and 12. It was the larges | delegate convention in the history Ot | the state, over 1900 representatives o | the various counties being in attend
 ance. There was a move to have the l convention postpone the making O nominations it being represented tha a fusion with the democrats at Buff | falO on September 25 was possible, as | many delegates to the democratic con i ventiOn had been instructed to VOt'
 for MT. Hearst for governor first, las | and all the time" The suggestion that | the Independents postpone the making | of nominations came from Norman E l Mack, democratic national committee | man for New York state and from VII 1 liam J. Corners of Buffalo. The lat ] ter presented a memorial in behalf O 1 himself and other delegates to tn, 1 Buffalo convention.
 | The temper of the delegates wa against fusion, however, and after ar
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