The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-31
POSTMASTER GENERAL TELLS
PRESIDENT THAT HEARsT'S
CHANCES ARE GOOD.
CALL TO ARMS IN STATE
May Be Sounded BY Roosevelt Upon
CorteIyou's Suggestion for a
WhirlWind Finish--Party
Workers Appealed To.

| Wash ngton, Oct. 30.--President
Roosevelt Is greatly concerned over
/ the outlook In the New York COVER
norship fight His active participation
! in the political affairs of the state of
which he is the recognized leader,
and the charge that Hearst Is rum
ming on many issues popularized and
made respectable by Mr.. Roosevelt.
in a sense puts the issue up sqnarely
TO the White House.
Postmaster General ortelyou and
Secretary Root both New York men.
spent several hours with the president
today devising means to pull the New
York Republicans out ef the prsdica.
mene II Is feared they have been
forced into by Hearst and his follow
ers Mr. Cortelyou has just returned
| from New York City. whe,e he went
to get into touch with the situation
and report directly to the president.
His repor is understood % hayx
been far from encouraging Not that
the postmaster general believes that
Hughes will he defeated but he recog
niZes that Hearst has more of 4
chance than was at first generally
supposed. Good management during
the next week and a whbtlwind finish
of the Republican campaign he be,
lieves is needed 10 keep the Empire
state In line by good safe majority.
President TO Call to Arms.
Secretary Root is 10 speak at Utica
Thursday. He il TO represent the
president directly and bring out that
Mr.. Roosevelt is personally in.ereste1
In seeing Mr. Hughes elected In all
probability the president viii write
letter to Chairman Woodruff before
tire end of the week. n will ha a call
to arms urging greater efforts in Ger
tain directions and especially appeal
ing to the Republican labor vote 70
stand by the party that has brought
TO them their present prosperous con-
dition.
The presidents participation In
New York politics has been directed
against the old Odell organization He
dictated the election of Speaker Wads-
worth Ct the assembly and forced the
selection of Congressman Parsons as
chairman of the New York county
He also gave the decisive
impetus o the movement that re suit.
ed in Hughes nomination and the re-
of the state committee
with Timothy Woodruff as chairman.
Change in campaen Method
Neither Cortelyou nor Root would
.ay anything regarding the confer
anCe today but 1t is known hat the
rational chairmans report, based on
Ms observations during the several
no was m New York last week was
hat the campaign in New York
,hould have been handled differently
han Il has been by the Republican
managers
In the first place. it is und 2rsi 1od
hat MFR Cortelyou was led to the con.
fusion that the New York Repubi-
'ans have paid far too little attention
o the labor vote. upstate as well as
n New York City. and have practic
illF Hfi lAiNtf-l AtFuA ~ - NNff Hi1
,wn way with that elias. Of citizens.
mother Indictment OF the urgsniza-
i-n Is that 10 has devoted &C.. ener-
,ies largely TO winning Democrats
,way from Hears instead of 20 hold
ng Republicans In line for Hughes.
still another unsatisfactory phase
# the situation that was discussed a.
he White House today was the re-
'ort Of treachery on the part ef old
ime Republican machine leaders. No
eHni.e charges are made but Il Is
tinted that f1rme- Governor Odel
Who was supplanted as state Sh1ir-
nan bv Woodruff through The iunu-
nee uf President Roo cyeIt has uot
lcen doing Hughes any good. to say
he least
4 whiIlwind finish on tho part NJ
he Republicans Is promi.ed for this
hc la. week Of The campaign and tt
s Understood that a special eH1r; is
% ue made - couutcrHct fhc work
Iear-f has been doing fo liue up The
aber vote
Congressional Outlook Good.
The situation With rrsDect ~ the
oueressi.Hai elections throughout tho
ountry was also discussed at fOdsts
onfercnce &c is understood and it
s stated that BE- president Is well
Pee "a with the general outlook. Ths
resiieut IS c1nfdeEt that the Re-
will bold a substantial ma
1rity In the house. AMI g. concerned
My ever the possib lify Of the Dsmo
rats making gains a. a result Of the
pathy among Republicans
Fer this reason BE- Is impres Ing
pon al who come in contact with
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