The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
HARD STRUGGLE THIS YEAR
Former Congressman Douglass, In Pre- senting Resolutions lndorsing Hughes For Presidency, Says
 Party Has Fight Ahead.

nlfn, Wnlcn were presented by former Con gressman William H. Douglass, who rep resents the home district of the governor on the committee, were adopted unani- mously and without discussion. The com mittee decided on April Il as the time and Carnegie hall, New York, as the place for holding the state convention, which will elect delegates at large to the national convention at Chicago, nom mate presidential electors and elect new state committee Justice NJ. Linn Bruce Of New York was decided upon as tenn porary chairman of the convention. The resolutions indorsing the candidacy of Governor Hughes as adopted were as follows:
 Hughes Resolutions.
 New York holds the proud position of having given to the nation one of her H. lustrlous sons who now occupies the presi- dential chair. Few if any presidents have ever been held in so high regard by the nation and the world. He has done great service to his country by a rugged de- termination to oppose wrongdoing and in demanding justice for all. We tender as his term of office draws toward it's close our hearty thanks, and his name will un- doubtedly go down to posterity as one of the greatest and most heroic figures in American history, justly linked with that Of Washington, Lincoln, rGant and Me Kinley.
 The citizens of the Empire staIa-rlar.. property expect that our deles. the national republican conventd S, present and urge the selection aganr of one of our many worthy sons for the greatest office in the gift of our people. The state committee believes that the wisdom of our choice will undoubtedly commend Itself to all classes of our citi- zens and to the country generally if. We earnestly advocate the selection of the governor of our state, Hon. Charles E. Hughes, for the presidency. He is man of the Lincoln typef able, upright, in- trepid, honest, fearless In duty and de- voted to the peoples best interests. Since he has been prominently before the pub lie his strong individuality has greatly im- pressed us all. In all his public utter ances he carries conviction by his evident sincerity and the unquestionable purity of his motives. In placing his name before the country as our standard bearer we are convinced we are presenting another great leader to the nation, one who will add additional glory to our state and uphold the traditions of the republican party.
 Resolved, That we commend the selec- ton of delegates in the various congress sional districts and delegates at large who will act in complete harmony with the purpose of tnis resolution to the end that the delegation to the national con vention from this state may present a united front in behalf of our candidate"
 Not Walkover.
 we are approaching another great political campaign" said MT. Douglass, in brief speech introducing the reso- lutions, and the people do not anti cipate the same walkover the republi- cans had eight years ago and four years ago. 1t Is our duty to voice the sentiments of this committee so the people will know where we stand. New York is the greatest state in the Union United States. We want to go to Chicago and say we can guarantee to elect our man.
 "The time has come when we should unfold our banner and write on it Tn letters saf<gold the name of our can didat
 Mir. Douglass said the hand of fate had often pointed to one man and that man he believed was the governor of New York state
 We have in our white house." con tinued MT. Douglass, "a man who has blazed the way, who has done much for the country. Let us call this man the pathmaker."
 F. J. Kracke of Brooklyn, in sec onding the resolutions, said:
 "The republicans of this state should iustly and unitedly work to bring about the nomination of Governor Hughes, which we are all so anxious to have him secure"
 Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff pre- sided at the meeting. Every congress sional district in the state was rep resented. Former Governor Odell was present, but took no part except to ask if the representation at the state convention would be governed by the vote cast in 1906, or 1904. Chairman Woodruff informed MT. Odell that the vote of 1904 would govern. A resolu- ton relative to calling congressional district conventions where there is no separate congressional committee, in troduced by William l.. Ward of westchester, was adopted, following xcbich the Hughes resolutions were adopted. The committee then adjourned to meet Friday, April 10, at ?. m., after having been in session only about 20 minutes.
 When an effort was made to see Governor Hughes at the Hotel Astor' Colonel Treadwen, his military secre- tarv said the governor was too busy to receive anyone prior to his depart