The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-14
APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT AGAIN
BUT PARSONS. BARNES AND Hen
bricks GET NO ASSURANCE.
President Hears Them Talk Against
Hughes. but Gives Them Little Salts.
Acknowledgements Cocks at the
Conference-Hey' for denomination.

OYSTER BAY, Aug. L.-Herbert Parsons,
Francis Hendricks and William Barnes. Jr..
all members Of the advisory committee
appointed at yesterdays meeting Of the
Republican State committee. came to
Sycamore Hill to-day. bringing with them
the reports Of such State leaders as believe
they have reasons TO set forth why Gov.
Hughes should not be r~enominatei. also
some arguments Of their own along the same
line.
This effort Of the Republican party lead
ers 10 New York State to get President
Roosevelt to tell them whom he favors
rs the candidate for Governor is very in
teresting in its pote,tialitie, In view Of
President Roosevelt's announcement on
July % that be would not interfere In any
way in the local fght. At that time and
following a visit to Sycamore Hill by Chair
man Woodruff Secretary Loeb announced
that "The President will maintain a policy
Of absolute non-interfereace."
According TO one of those present at to-
days conferences at the Hill President Roose-
welt 90 far stuck TO his announoei position
as t. give the advisory committee m en-
bers no final answer.
Since the announcement by Secretary
Loeb that the Presideat would keep his
hands of the local fight In New York State
no Republican leaders climbed the hill
until yesterday, whe1 State Senator Raines
went up and came back with the idea that
the Preside 1t leaaei rather to the HugheI
side OF the argument. In the meantime.
however, the President has had to sit up
nights poring over the mass of oorre.
~spondonoe that has besS coming in from
New York politicians and Others who sought
llght on the Cos erporship matter or WISHED
to shei q fer rays themselves
Parsons. farnes, and Hendricks were
e., ected by seryants at Sycamore Hill
to core bv t-an from New York. and the
Nv G Uern neut automobiles were at the
sta.i' n t. cary them and other guests to
"a a more Hill. They came, however. by
suto aad did net stop at the executive
o O..
~C.nyressman W. ". Cooks Of this district,
who la 4 driven over from his home at West
bury, took part in the conference, which
lasted until late in the afternoon. At the
end OF the conference the auto party
got away hurriedly. Congressman Cocks,
however. stopped in the village on his way
hone. He said that during tho conference
the situation in regard to the New York
State ~Guhernatoriai nomination had been
threshei out from A to z but that no deci-
sions lad beer reached. Congressman
Cocks said that he himself favored the
reeomination Of Gov. Hughes. and he boz
loved that his district was Of the same
mind.
Il realize he continued, that there Is 4
graf deal Of opposition to the Governors
denomination and that the opposition does
net come alone from the racing element
Mr.. Cocks when asked what he believed
would be the outoome Of the attempt by
Mr.. Parsons and other leaders to prevent
Gov. Hughes's denomination did not reply
directly. hut said that for his own part he
believed that the G~ubernatorial nomination
should be left for the State convention to
decide.
Il am tired" he declared, .of seeing the
nominations all framed up beforehand
and then going 10 the convention merely to
ratify what has already been decided upon.
I believe strongly that these matters should
be left to the convention. Let the Hughes
people elect all the delegates they can and
the opposition all they can, and then let
then 60 to tho convention and fight 1t out
in the old fashioned way
While Mr.. Cocks would not say 80 In so
many words he left the impression that the
visit Of the advisory committee members
10 Sycamore Hill had no been an extremely
successful one 10 far as their desire to con-
vert Mr.. Roosevelt to an anti-Hughes atti-
tude was concerned.
When Mr.. Parsons was seen last evening
at the Republican county committee head
quarters after his return from Oyster Bay
he refused to answer any questions con-
corning the matters that he and Barnes
and Hendricks discussed with the Presi-
dent. my policy for the last three or
four weeks has been one OF silence he
said. and I am going to continue that
policy 20 long a tho situation remains
as Il Is"
Docs that mean that you have obtained
a pointer from the President to-day as to
whether or not he will advocate the re-
nomination Of Gov. Hughes7'
y have nothing TO say Mr.. Parsons
replied. and I will make that same answer
to very question that you ask me-"
It can be stated that Parsops, Hem
bricks and Barnesd did not godown TO Oyster
Bay Of their own volition. They were
summoned there by the President. and
moreover they were asked not to come
by rail 90 as 10 avoid the newspaper men
who are stationed at Oyster Bay. m order
70 carry out these instructions Mr.. Parsons
left the automobile in which he and bis
two companions travelled from this city
a couple Of miles outside Of the. village. and
while Barnes and Handricks went on to