New-York tribune., 1908-02-21
OUTLOOK FOR HUGHES
Il. b. HUMPHREY HOPEFUL.
National Secretary Confident OF
Tictoru as He Starts Vest.

Andrew B. Humphrey, secretary or the
uugbes National League started for Chicago
Yesterday afternoon the Limited 10 arrange
for the opening of the Hughes Western heao-
quarters, perfect arrangements Tor lhe coiiNeH
ton and. incidentally see that important people
are brought into touch with the Governor "heh
he makes his speech there tomorrow evening
1.-The storm centre" said Mr. Humphrey. as ne
stenped aboard the train at the Grand Central
"s no longer in the South. The west IS ho"
centre stage. There will be the held OF our
activities for the next few weeks
New England is won for Hughes. There Is
NOT q single state delegation there that will be
instructed for Mr.. Taft. and. If you except SCH
ator Lodge his son-in-law. Mr.. Gardner anu
possibly Senator Frye, OF Name 90 ilo' ~
a single strong Congressional leader who Is To-
day not in line against the third terih "He'0
it takes the form of Taft or Roosevelt
.eyyhat about the South? The battle there Is
won We gObbIed up another district IN Ala
bama yesterday-the 6th--although not d liii0
appeared in the papers about 1t TINS hlorHii9'
because for the moment Mr.. Taft seems 10 hdEe
call on the local correspondent there Ou'siue
of Tennessee where we are going to nave NOT
fight on account of the skilful leadership Oh NY
old noItfcaI friend and present enemy, General
CLAW Evans we shall round up Dlxle "llhou'
serious difficulty. There is not money enough
federal government, to bring delegations ~
the South unfriendly to Senator Foraker lie IL
a veritabIe hero from the Virginias TO IeHas'
almost the only places in the East where We
have trouble ahead New Jersey ana M@lS
land New Jersey has been organized IN liie III
tarest of Taft from the top down-that Is 10
cav tbe leaders, possessed with the Idea tnd'
Governor Fort may capture the Nlce-fre
dercv have endeavored to deliver the state TO
coin
il from the bottom up. and when we se'
-, 49,. don't beieve that there will be quite
so much confidence on the part OF Brotner Di
her and his friends as the solidity OF Jersey
ON the third term proposition
we have only started in at Maryland WIN
tho coIored vote there and the prospects OF JIM
Crowism we will bring this out all rlsht' l
think II has gone Taft thus far by de1aui'-
.viroinia? Why. that supposed to pe
signed sealed and delivered 10 the adiliiiiio'i"
tion Rut we shall carry three districts. and
am inclined to think, from our reports 'iiIS
n,ornine even more. But our Washington mead
-sa-.ors aro looking after that and on the
job 81,
In establishing Western headquarters III Chi-
oago ara Won not intruding upon Speaker Can
mons preserves?
"Oh. no. We scrupulously respect the boun-
daries of every state having favorlte SON we
have been importuned to go into Pennsylvania
again and again, but we have resolutely re-
Trained from encouraging any work there. di-
rectly or indirectly, while Senator Knox re-
mains in the field
81 am not going to do thing in Illinois ex-
cept TO hire offices in Chicago and do our West
crn. Northwestern and Southwestern work from
there OF course. L going to see Brother
Sam Raymond and try to persuade him not TO
rhuS followers
crowd us out of the convention galleries, but,
beyond that, Illinois is a sealed volume to the
Hughes people, as it is to Mr.. Fairbanks. Sen
atcr Foraker. and the representatives of the
other competitors.
Anything to say about Ohio?'
'I am glad you mentioned Ohio, because the
popular conception of things there is simply
ridiculous. 1t is that the Taft people car
ried the primaries. They couldn't do anything
else Senator Foraker refused to contest them.
and the result is that at the Taft state con-
vention four delegates-at-large were nominated:
lot of silly stuff was printed East and West
that the state would be solid for Taft This is
nonsense Five district conventions have been
held since and of the five two have been carried
easily for Senator Foraker-that is to say, out
side of the delegates-at-large he has carried 40
per cent of the districts thus far. Does that
look as If Ohio was to be held solid for the
Secretary of War?
president Woodford will go into New Eng
land next week and~into the South next month.
The national headquarters will remain under
Chairman MilholIands direction He has de-
cided to give his whole time and attention to it.
You know he has been Withdrawing from busi-
ness for the last year and is prepared to give
his entire attention 10 the Governors campaign
until his election to the Presidency. which. to
nv mind is as certain anything can be i'll
American politics.
Wall Street? Yes | know Wall Street Is
said to be against us but can't help that
We must stagger' along as best under
such Affections. You remember what Billy
Mason said to Mckinley: Nobody is for you
but the people That is the case with Hughes