The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-22
HUGHES UNWILLING TO RUN.
HIS FRIENDS AMAZED Ar ODELL'S
COCKSURE DECLARATION.


They Say He 70 Averse % Seeking Once
M would Only nun n He Felt II
His Duty-Drift 70 Jerome Likely 10
Leave HHm Precinct an Odeil Man.
Friends Of CharlsS e. Hughes were thun-
derstruck Fecsntly when Elk Gov. Odell made
a statement through the newspa pcrs that
he had the assurances Of the insurs nce
investiga tor that he would take the mini =
ton for Governor on the Republican ticket
II he could get IT,
Knowing what Mr.. Hughes's attitude In
the matter Of politica notnina lions had been
right along and his oft expressed desire to
be let a lone 20 that he can devote his entire
time 10 his Law practice, 0del's statement
came a great shock to them.
Mr.. Hughes however, wac not hero 70
deny or aflrm the statement and his friends
were at first loath to make any comment
on. the subject. The moro they thought
Of IL, however, the ansrier they grew and
now they are openly declaring that no such
assurances were given by Mr.. Hughes at
all. Said o oe Mr.. Hughes's intimate
friends yesterday: -.
"Mr. 0dell's announcement q printed
In the newspapers, hat he had an assurance
IIOm MT. nukntS Jubt DO "Ouia eNScfS 49,
Republican Gubernatorial nomination, Ii
one Of the most amazing statements that
has come from Mr.. 0dell in q long time. IL
fairly stunned friends OF Mr.. Hughes, VINO
thought they had some notion Of his posi-
ton or tho point. Il was o surprise 70
those who have received letters from Mr..
Hughes since he started abroad. why
doesn't Mr.. odell produce the a~ssuranceF
L. 1t a letter to himf In 1t q letter TO MI.
Quige or other Of the odell forces? In
justice TO Mr.. Hughes's friends, Mr.. odell
ought to supply the evidence
Another intimate friend Of the insurance
inquisitor put IL this way:
1T 10 Just possible b MI. Hughes IN
private conversation told sone Of his friends
that under certain circumstance 10 would
feel II his duty, distasteful though It would BE-
to take the Republican nomination Tor
Governor; that II II was put up to him a. q
public duty 10 enter the fght he would be
bound In conscience to make The saortice
of bis personal inciinations and accept the
trust. This conversation may have been
carried to Mr.. OdeIl In so garbled a form tina
the chairman Of the State committee was
led to believe that Mr.. Hughes was seeking
the nomination. As o matter Of fact Mr..
Hughes has expressed the hope that this
situation will never come about. He has
no taste for politics, his great ambition
being to continue in the practice Of law.
Mr.. Hughes will sail from Liverpool on
Tuesday next, and he will probably arrive
on September 4. It Is thought that he VIII
then his intentions toward the
Rep,blican nomination. The drift toward
jerome as the Democratic candidate will,
IL Is thought, relieve Mr.. Hughes Of the
feeling that It would be a public duty for
him 70 run.
As for OdeIl It is preposterous. according
to the best testimony, to think hat q mar
of Charles E. Hughee's calibre would go
into any political deal with the ex Governor
| or allow himself TO be used as a club against
| the Higgins crowd in any fractional fight.