The sun., 1908-09-13
aRUGHES VICTORY CONCEDED
hut THE ANTS ARE PUTTING
UP A BOLD FRONT.
Hm. Barnes, Jr, Thinks They Can Beat
hughes and Claims 600 Delegates-
i q. w. Aldvidge Bets That Barnes
Win Have to Vote fer Hughes.

barring some unexpected event not now
fcreehadowed or likely. 6immered down.
4 thie means that there is no doubt In the
minds Of the unbiased Of Gov. Hughee's
denomination on the first ballot. with
likelihood that Speaker James W. Wads-
worth, Jr., and Senator Horace White
WIN have complimentary vote. and per-
haps former Representative James n
Stewart Of, Amsterdam may. decide to let
his name 90 before the convention.
The situation to-day was interesting 70
q newcomer In politics. but laughable TO
B 3 long observer not only OF the political
side Of life but OF the past political antics
of the Republican county chieftains
|ihroughout the State who are endeavor-
ing 10 form combination to prevent the
4 |(lovernor's denomination 1t II true the
4 millennium in Republican party councils
may be reached before nomination for
4 Governor IL made on Tuesday. Unless
tIk does Gov. Hughes's denomination 10
beyond question to an unbiased observer
! of the situation tonight.
Take Herbert Parsons and Timothy l..
kWoodrviif, for instance. Political In
olders know how they trust each other.
: md It 70 no secret what the political
relations Of William Barnes. Jr., are. AZ
/ tor Frank 8. Black and George w. Al
j <iridgo. both Of whom are for Hughes.
why Mr.. Aldridge has bet William Barnes
<Jr., that he viii have to vote for Hughes
4 m the convention and the money Is UP.
Frank 8. Black does not forget how two
Years ago after he had reluctantly con-
s6nted to stand as the combination candi-
date for Governor they melted away like
3 flock Of sheep when the big stick fell.
And then there is National Committee
man William j.. Ward Of Weetchester
( Who never has been known to stand.
sven II he was hitched, II It would prevent
tbim from jumping on the band wagon
+ n time. And as for Benjamin B. Odell.
/ Tie old feeling Ia still extant among the
\ local Republican warriors throughout
3 tbs State. -. -. =, ,,..
But enough has been dwelt upon to
/ rive an outsider an inklipg OF the prob
+ lam which must be worked out In Sc
\ curing the cooperation Of the local Re
publican leaders sufficient in numbers to
block Cow Hughes's denomination. For
Instance. there 10 j. Sloat Fassett OF Che
mung ope&y and consistently opposed
4 10 the e0oBernnr's denomination. while
/ Col. George w. Dunn. who represents
fths remainder Of the southern tier. be-
Ileves the Governor's denomination Is
1 the only solution OF this situation. N,
LIZ. ". Franchot, who engineered the
Nomination OF the late Governor Frank
~. Higgins. is opposed to Hughes and
/ be does not care who knows 1t.
Speaker James w. Wadsworth, Jr.
I Is here. He has opened his headquarters
34n one OF the United States cottages.
\ He insists that he win be voted for in the
tconveation as a candidate for Governor.
Ike b absolute In his preference to oon-
| |tlnue rs Speaker Of the State Assembly
1rsther than stand for Lieutenant-Gov-
|6rnm. Senator Horace Whites friends.
Under the leadership Of Francis Hend-
|1icks. declare that Whites name win 60
[before the convention for the Guberna-
{korial nomination. but there is no doubt
4 be gladly would accept the Lieutenant
EGoyernorship should that be decide
upon later The namo Of Assemblyman
Edward Merritt, Jr.. the Republican
leader of the Assembly. has been men,
fioned for Lieutenant-G overnor, but
/ his ambition 10 to be Speaker Of the As
sembiy when Mr.. Wadswo orth gets through
with the Office.
But there is no substantial talk here
4 yet as to the max cup Of the ticket below
that Of Cove All the talk here TO-
night centres around Hughes's renomina-
/ hon. The same men who two years ago
4 tried to prevent Gov. Hughes's nomina-
Non are tonight insisting that there are
enough anti-Hughes delegates to turn
/ HUGHES down in the conve vention. Under
/ the leadership Of William Barnes, Jr., and
Francis Hendricks they are trying to
efect round-robin arrangement to de-
4 feat Hughes, but the trouble Is they are
lin the same position they were two years
ago when they tried to defeat Hughes.
They. have no candidate for Governor
upon whom they can concentrate their
strength, and the general opinion is that
the race is too far run now. even IL they
could by any possibility agree among
themselves. William Barnes. Jr,. said
might:
.We think we can beat Hughes. We
viii have sixty delegates from New York
'county and over a hundred from Kings
Woodruff will stand. We can muster
| oo0 delegates against Hughes
There are 1904 delegates in the con-
vention. Mr.. Parsons can control for
Hughes about 1Ss Of the 1877 from New
York county. OF the iss delegates from
Kings, MIR. Woodruff controls about los.
% that Hughes now Is sure Of about IS
|ln Kings. The general opinion is that he
viii get them all. but Woodruff win not
announce this until II is demonstrated
that the Barnes-Hendricks. Woodruff
Fassett. Ward-Wsdsworth combinations
must perforoe agree to disagree. Natu-
rally Chairman Woodruff wants to let the
others in the combination down easy
He is entirely willing to let the COM
blnation use his Kings county strength
- a talisman to concentrate the opposi-
tion to Hughes, knowing they cannot
agree ultimately. So that Is the situa-
don az regards Chairman Woodruff. He
does not expect to be called upon to de-
iver bis Kings county delegates for an
anti- Hughes candidate who can win. No
matter what else has been. said about
chairman Woodruff no one has ever ac-
cused him OF not knowing on which side
his political bread was buttered,
Tonight Chairman Woodruff was play
lnr the same old tune. +The delegates
a~~llo ha .a;d ua v,o,,Id -