Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-25
REPUBLICANS UP IN THE AIR
Refusal of Higgins to Accept Nomi-
nation Unsettles Things
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SARATOGA, Sept. 24.-"Up in the
air is the answer most frequently
given tonight to questions concerning
the gubernatorial nomination of the
Republican state convention.
The refusal of Governor Higgins to
accept a denomination has unsettled
put forth by the leadrs to form new
lines to make readjustments and to Sc
cure ticket which can be nominate ed
by acclamaton.
Harmony is being preached and ha r.
mony means a SLATE" without dis
turbance in the convention, such as
would be created by several ballots
for governor.
To make this "slate" an agreement
upon a candidate for governor is neces-
sary. If Governor Higgins had been
prevailed upon to accept a renomina-
tion the remainder would have been
easy, but he has declined to be per-
Suaded, and now comes the necessity
of selecting a candidate who will sat
isfy all the leaders an dmake a good
run in the fall elections.
The outlook tonight is that it may
he some time before any definite re-
suits are accomplished in this line and
it lis even limited that an agreement
may be delayed until something defin-
ite is heard from Buffalo.
Lieutenant Governor NJ. Linn Bruce
is here and an active candidate His
chief competitor at the present time
is Charles-E. Hughes but Mr.. Hughes
is not here and is not an ayowed can
didate, State Senator Edgar T. Brack-
EFT of Saratoga has the most pro-
nounced evidences of candidacy in
sight with lithogra phs, portrait buttons
ana badges. There are quite a num-
ber of men in the mentioned class,
among these being former Lieutenant
Governor Timothy l.. Woodruff, Elihu
Root, secretary of state; former Cow
Herbert Parsons and Andrew S. Drap per
of Albany state commissioner of edu-
cation.
Bruce or Hughes
The contest, if there is a contest, is
between Bruce and Hughes Both are
from New York county but the strong
support of Bruce comes from upstate
leaders; from the men who rallied
around Governor Higgins and made
possible the defeat of Ex-Governor
Odell. Among these men there is oppo-
sition to Hughes, which seriously inn
pairs his chances of receiving The
nomination.
Hughes is backed specially by Par
sons and 1t is his strongest asset. Par
sons is not only fresh from a dashing
victory in New York, but more re-
Gently from a visit to Oyster Bay, and
it is believed that he would hardly be
pushing the Hughes boom unless it was
agreeable to the national administra-
tiOn.
The odell delegates in the New York
delegation win be likely to vote for
Hughes as he was at one time con-
sdered Odel's chief and possibly the
Odell delegates upstate will be for
him. Odell is, after all, considerable of
a faetor in the convention and may
become a strong element in case of a
close contest.
Timothy l.. woodruff, who has been
frequently talked of as candidate,
said emphatically;
Il did not come here as a candidate.
am not candidate, and / am dis
couraging my friends from talking of
me as a candidate"
Secretary Roots name, like that Of
former Governor Black, is suggested by
men who say that a man of the great
est prominence should be selected for