The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
HUGHES NOTIFICATION OCT. 5.
THAT WILL BEGIN A BRISK CAM
PAIGN or EDUCATION.

date GOtnG All Over StAte-Up-ntnters
Assure Him Hes Only Got 70 shOw
Himself TO win Democrats 70 Help.
The Republican state campaign will open
next Wednesday, when Charles e. Hughes
and the others on the Republican ticket will
be Normally notified Of the action OF the
Saratoga convention. The notification will
take place In the evening at the Republican,
Club. in West Fortieth street, and viii be con-
veyo6 10 the nominees 10y the entire Repubii-
can State committee. Following the formal
proceedings, q reception will be held for
Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes's speech of acceptance will
mark the opening Of the campaign. and II
the plans laid out by the party leaders are
carried through there won't be a single
days letup In the oratorical How from then
until the time for the casting Of the ballots
It IL to be q campaign Of education and Mr..
Hughes will take the leading part in 1t.
Two days after the notification proceed
ings the ball will be set rolling by the New
York county Republican organization, which
will hold a gigantic mass meeting, probably
at Carnegie Hall. Mr.. Hughes will speak at
this meeting, a. will his running mate,
Lieut.. Gov. Bruce. Secretary Of the Treas
ury Leslie M. shaw will be one Of the other
speakers.
On the next night. Saturday. Mr.. Hughes
and Lieut. .-Gov. Bruce will invade Brooklyn.
They will speak at different meetings.
It IL planned to nave some speakers iden-
tilted with the national administration
at the Brooklyn meetings. Mr.. Hughes
plans now to begin an upstate tour on
October 3, but the itinerary has not been
determined yet. He has promised to
speak In Buffalo on October 10, and It is
likely that he will take in some Of the in
termediary cities going or coming.
After that he will branch out on trips
to all parts Of the State, visiting as many
Of The smaller towns as possible. Mr..
Hughes is eager to get out on the stump.
He wants to meet tho people upstate.
He wants to get acquainted with them.
and measure with his own eye the strength
Of the Hearst boom above the Hudson.
Mr.. Hughes Nll not travel in a special
train or even in a private car. He wants
to go about through the State like an or
binary citizen, telling the voters what he
believes and what he stands for. He will
deliver no set speeches, and he will make
It a point to welcome at all times any ques-
tons which his audience may desire to
ask. Mr.. Hughes, az those who followed
him in the insurance inquiry know, is very
quick at repartee, and he evidently has no
fear Of being unable to defend himself
on the stump.
Mr.. Woodruff began yesterday the work
Of mapping out the Republican campaign.
He has called the State committee to meet
him at the new headquarters on Wednesday
next, and at that gathering he will submit
his plans. II is the intention of Mr.. Wood
run to ave many Republicans OF national
prominence take part in the campaign In
this State. He has already secured q prom
Use from Speaker Canno Of the House of
Representatives to address several meet
inas In this State. Mr.. Cannon will prob
ably make the first Of these speeches at a
mass meeting to be held in this city on
October %.
George r. Sheldon in accepting the
position Of treasurer to the State committee
said last night:
you can well imagine l have not sought
this Onerous position. However, I deem it
the duty Of every man having any self
respect or pride in the good name OF his
State to do everything in his power to
defeat Hearst. The leaders Of my party
have called on me to perform this duty
and l have accepted IL as such"
Chairman Woodruff issued this statement:
The Republican party asks the support
OF all citizens. h necessary and legitimate
expenses OF the campaign will be heavy.
No subscriptions from corporations will be
accepted; nor will any contributions be
received with any understanding, express
or implied. that any contributor or special
interest WILDE favored or protected. Sub
scriptions, large or small, will be welcome
from all who desire to promote the election
of candidates pledged to honest admins
trstion on behalf Of all the people of the
State. Such contributions should be sent
to George r. Sheldon, treasurer Of the
Republican State committee, ~ East Thir-
tieth street, the headquarters OF the COM
mittee."
Mr.. Hughes visited the headquarters of
the Republican state committee in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon. 1t was
the first time that he had come downtown
from his home in West End avenue since
his nomination. He drove to the hotel in
an open carriage with Mrs. Hughes. Many
people along the streets recognized him.
At the headquarters he conferred with
Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff and George
r. Sheldon, the newly elected treasurer OF
the State committee. Plans for the con-
duct OF the campaign were gone over,
but nothing definite was announced.
While Mr.. Hughes was at the head
quarters William M. WINS called and offered
his services in the fight against Hearst.
Il will do all in my power to elect Mr..
Hughes, 90 far as my business n health
permit said he. Then he added: Il
shall be at the disposal Of the State commit
tee, for any assignment which 'they may
desire to give me-.
Mr., Hughes also met Senators Malby
Of st. Lawrence and Owen Cassidy Of
Schuyler and other up-Staters at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Neither Of the Senators
had ever been introduced to Mr.. Hughes
before. Both invited the candidate TO do
some speechmaking in their districts:
One Of the up-Staters who met Mr.. Hughes
for the Rrst time predicted that he would
sweep the upstate counties when the
voters got to know him.
we know Mr.. Hughes as vet said
this man, only as a cool, hard beaded,
honest lawyer. He has made a good i'm
pression ON us, but we want to see him
and hear him. From what l can learn
we are going to have an ample Opportunity
and I predict that the upstate people
when they come to know the. man a. /
know him from only a few minutes con-
VerBatton will hook to him. The beat
| campaign argument Mr.. Hughes can maks