The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-28
TAFT RESPONSIBLE FOR HUGHES MOVE That Was the Purpose of His Recent Visit to Oyster Bay,
 Says National Pol.
 itician.
SPEECH LITTLE DISCUSSED
Immediately After Meeting New York Governor Announced His Will llngness to Run
 Again.

Cincinnati, July o7--"If Governor Hughes is renominated by the New York republicans, he can thank W. H. Taft for it." said q man close to the political throne today. The cards were all set up against Hughes. Herbert Parsons, T. l.. Woodruff, and the oth- CT leaders of the anti-Hughes element in New York had planned to nominate another man. They intended to defend their course by the plea that 1t had been impossible to obtain a statement of intention from Hughes, and under ] the circumstances 1t was their duty to canvass the situation and see to 1t that some other good man was selected. | But they did not care to take this open step in opposition to Hughes, hay ing in mind the possible effect on the national ticket. until MT. Taft had been consulted. Herbert Parsons visited Oyster Bay one day. The next day he left for Hot Springs. Immediately after his arrival 1t was announced that Mir Taft had changed his plans, and in stead of going direct to his home 1T Cincinnati to await the notification ceremonies, he would visit Presiden Roosevelt at oyster Bay. At first n, reason was given for this visit. Ther a reporter suggested that Mir Taf wanted the president to vice hi speech. and the nominee accepted tha embarrassing explanation of his mo tives with equanmty.
 q do not profess to state wha President Roosevelt's attitude towar, Hughes was at that conference. Blu
 Mir. Taft declared that he wanted Hughes on the ticket, and would no
 consent for a moment to tho substi
 tuition of any other name. Taft ha
 been subjected to great deal of un
 deserved criticism In the press fo
 that visit, on the assumption that h
 desired to get the presidents o. k
 on his speech. As a matter of fact
 his speech was only discussed In tn
 most cursory manner. not an altera ton of any importance was suggeste
 by the president and the entire tim
 of the conference was spent In dis cussing the New York situation.
 MT. Taft is warm admirer c Governor Hughes. He called hil personally over the phone fror , Washington the day that his ow $ nomination had been accomplished, urge that he take the second plac
 on the ticket. and 1t was in respons 5 10 a personal note from the nomine r that Hughes agreed to make the or r ening speech of the national can { palgn at Youngstown Mir. Taft mad e 1t quite clear at Oyster Bay that h Q wanted to see Hughes nominated, an . that he did not favor Cortelyou or an . of the others who had been name I as possibilities. I do not know wh, 2 was the position of President Roos, n welt on this matter, but 1t is signli | cant that shortly after that conferent l. Mir. Hughes broke his rule of silenc e and let 1t be known that he would 1 - a candidate.
 He did not do so because Mir Pa - sons urged it upon him. MT. Ia n might with proprlety have made the, n facts known. but he preferred to re l. under widespread and vigorous cri
 icism for submitting his speech to Il
 president rather than break faith wi,
 his friends