Evening star., 1907-11-12
ROOSEVELT BOSS JUST NOW
NONE CAN TELL WHAT NEW
YORK WILL DO IN MARCH.
Gov. Hughes Will Not Work to Get
the States Delegates-Not Like
ly to Go to Convention.

NEW YORK, November 12.--Chairrnan
Woodruff of the republican state COM
mittee said yesterday that within a day
or so he is going on to his Adirondack
camp to fix up things for the winter This
Is a great camp which Mr.. Woodruff
keeps open summer and winter. On his
way up country Mr.. Woodruff is to have
talk with Gov. Hughes. Later he will
go to Washington and see the President.
President Roosevelts friends say that
without the slightest doubt he controls
the present republican organization of the
state as represented by the state com
mittee. Whether the President will con-
troll 1t next March when the delegates at
large and district delegates are selected
for the national convention is another
question. even according to the Presi-
dents friends.
Platt and Depew.
They say. too, that If the President does
control the state convention in March
next, and If Mr.. Platt and MI. Depew are
good and promise to sustain the Presi-
dents policies and candidates in the ma
tional convention. both Mr.. Plat and Mr..
Depew will be permitted to go as dele
gates at large to the national convention.
MT. Depe" AT ali IlmeS, especially re-
Gently. has sustained the Presidents poll
cies. Mr. Platt has taken his first lesson
in goodness and has come out for Taft,
whom the President is supposed to favor
as his political legatee.
Between now and March. though, there
may be a great change In the situation.
For instance, republican of influence in
Connecticut said that the business recess
sion had become so sharp that In his own
town 1000 employees had been laid off in
the last ten days: and this republican.
who is a student of business affairs pre-
dicted that because Of the President 8
policies and because of the lack Of conf
dence in the national administration
1000 900 employees are likely to be out of
jobs by April 1 next. In which case the
election Of the republican candidate
whether it be himself or legatee might
be problematicaL
Frederick c. Stevens, state superintend
ent of public works. who is supposed to
De very close to Gov. Hughes. told his
friends last night an interesting tale.
Hughes Indifference.
Stevens. and get 40 per cent of the
southern delegates for Hughes. But what
are you going to do with a man like
Hughes? He won't let one of his friends
turn over hand for him. He won't even
LET US make move In the state OrganlZa-
ton in New York. He simply says: If
the people want me for President all
right If they don't. all right won't turn
my hand to get a delegate"
Speaking Of governors as delegates at
large to the national convention. it was
repeated that Gov. Cornell, Gov. Hill,
Gov. Flower, Gov. Morton, Gov. Black,
Gov. Roosevelt and Gov. Odell were dele
gates to national conventions. but that
Gov. Cleveland was not. and yet he was
nominated for President. Gov. Hughes,
it was said. will not be delegate or a
delegate at large to the republican ma
tional convention next year, not only be-
cause of his own individual views on this
matter. but because he thinks Gov. Cleve-
lands course is good enough for him.
Gov. Morton and Gov. Roosevelt attain
ed The high distinction Of being nominated
for the vice presidency by national con-
yentions they attended. Gov. Cleveland
stayed away and got first place.