The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-24
PRE- SlDENT IS
AGAINST HUGHES
Advocacy Of New York Governor
Two Years Ago Attributed to
Opposition to Hearst, Not
Friendship for Hughes.
Attitude Is In
portant.
Times -pispa,eh Bureau.

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The probability OF President Rooss.
vel. dropping Secretary Taft as a pres,
Dental candidate and taking. up the
candidacy OF Secretary cortciyou is so.
riouAly discussed. Governor Hughes IS
asserted to be responsible for cond;-
IONS which may Gauge the President
10 abandon his efforts to make his Sec.
rotary OF War the candidate and turn
his Influence In the direction OF his
Secretary of the Treasury.
y is ALLEGED by those who claim to
1be thoroughly familiar with conditions
hat. the break between the President
and the Governor OF New York is inca
pahle Of being healed. Although Mr..
Roosevelt had Mr.. Root. Secretary Of
state. go to New York during the las,
gnbcrnatorial campaign and make a
speech .'by authority" urging the
electorate tosvote for Mr.. Hughes. new
ertheless and notwithstanding. 1t IS
said that hatred OF Air. Hearst. and not
love os Mr.. hughes. moved the Presi-
dent In that instance.
To Beat Hughes.
II Is believed there Will be n strong
fight inaugcSated by the Hughes RE-
publIcans OF New York TO elect dele
gator to the Republican National Con-
vcntlon instructed for the Governor.
The only other New York Republican
even mentioned In connection with the
nomination Is Mr.. Cotelyou.
There is said to be not the slightest
doubt that Mr.. Hughes would win ,h.
delegation as against Mr.. Taft or any
other Republican. unless the President
should play strcng hand. 1t is en-
phatically asserted that even the Presi-
dent. through hts friends. controlling
tho Republican machine In New York.
could no; make the Republican Sta.a
Convention turn down Hughes for
Taft. Eut II lis more than possible
tha. should the Presiden, throw hi;
support 10 Mr.. Cortsiyou the EmpIrc
state delegation would go TO Chicago
Instructed for CorteIycu. Tbzt alone
would mako him a most formida bic can.
didate.
i, Is entirely un.hinkhbie that Mr..
Cortelyou Will be the nominee. but u
maybe he will develop much greater
Etrcngth IN the convention than people
who know him have ever thought pos
sible. 1t will also be a shock to those
OF the American peopie WHO still have
absolute confidence in the sincerity of
President Roosevelt as the "fesrless
champion OF tho common. people and
the enemy of predatory wealth. No
man has occupied public position oI
any prominence whatever in the pas.
decade who was a finer friend of all
1be neople and things Mr.. Roosevelt Is
supposed to be fighting than Mr. Cor
teiyou. and this does not exclude MARI:
Hanna nor even Senator Nelson w.
AIdrich. popularity known as the fath-
cr.in.law OF the Standard OIL.
Washington is rapidly becoming z
deserted city, so far as members ana
Senators arc concerned A. eorpora.Es rs
r,iard OF them are stu here. but lne ~
yast majority are at their homes or
hoyo conc to New York or other nearby
cities to visit friends or to have a
good time
member Of Congress called atten-
tion day to the way in which, "pncic
joe Cannon has "fSed' the Coinmistee
on the District of Columbia. y majors
itv OF the new members appointed are
from brewery cities, like minneapolis
and milwaukee, or from States where
prohibition has never made any head
way. There is little like!lhood OF INA.
committee ever reporting any measure
aimed at making the city dry.
oppose LocnI optou.s y.
1t develops that the bill proposed BY
Representative John Lamb. allowing
the citizens OF tho District OF Columbia
10 vote on the proposition to prohibit
~
opposition from even temperance men,
bcrs.
For instance, Representative Carter
Glass. of Virginia. close personal
friepd OF Captain Lamb, says he cannot
support the bill since 1t proposes to
leave the question TO manhood suf-
frngc.
SHThat means leaving to negroes as
well as to white men, said MI. Glass
to. vote III Virginia; therefore, ain
opposed to letting them have the bai-
lot In tho District of Columbia.
/. Representatives Sims, OF Tennessee
an outsand-out prohibiHonist. and i
member of the Committee on the Dis;
trict OF Columbia. said to-day that liz
would support the bill !, provided tina,
II he amended so as to allow tho SUI.
fragc laws OF AIassa chusetts to regn-
late those who may vote on the ques.
ton. This would eliminate hundreds
probably thousands Of negroes.