The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
ANTtHUGHES MEN
START ROOT BOOM
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AT
SARATOGA MAY WITNESS A
LIVELY FIGHT,
OPPOSITION LACKS UNITY.
Antl.Hushes Forces outnumber Those
In Favor Of Governors Renomi-
nation, but are Extremely
Jealous Of Each other.

Saratoga, N. ". Sept. 14.--Any idea
that the Republican state convention,
which will assemble here at D. m.
today, would be a cut-and.dried affair
was dispelled by the development Sum
day of situation which may provoke
a bitter fight and end in the nominal
tlon not of Gov. Hughes for governor,
but of any one of several men about
whom the opposition has been trying
to gather.
The name of Secretary Of State ELL
hu Root is on many tongues. Mr..
Root is to act as chairman of the con.
yention.
SooS after his arrival Chairman
Timothy i. Woodruff OF the Republi.
can state committee went to Mr..
Roots room and was in conference
with him for more than an hour. AS
they left the room together Mr. Root
was told of the rumors connecting his
name with the nomination as the
choice of tho antl-Hughes forces. At
frst he declined to say n word on
the subject.
Pressed for an answer TO the direct
question, Mr.. Root at last said.
well, YOU know I am a delegate to
this convention from Oneida county.
The people up there are all for
Hughes"
The situation on the eve OF the con-
vention Is apparently accurately
stated in the following words of Il
county leader bitterly opposed to the
nomination of Hughes:
There are more than enough anti
Hughes votes in the convention,
pledged or otherwise certain, to pre-
vent his nomination and they will pre-
vent 1t II they can be united for any
one else. The leaders opposed to tho
Of the governor are try
Ing to agree upon some other candi-
date. II is possible that they will sue
ceed. The trouble Is that they are
intensely jealous of each other. each
fearing that some other may In some
way gain from the agreement they
are seeking, some special advantage
over himself. Such advantage might
be of local character, or 1t might be
very important; for Instance. It might
materially affect some candidacy for
the United States senatorship which
will have to be filled by the next leg.
islaturc."
Beyond a doubt the anti.Ilughcs
forces outnunlber those in the COVER.
nor's favor and all that is lacking ap.
pears To be combination in support
Of some one else. After day of al.
most continuous conference among
the "allies," as the anti.Hughes lead.
ers have come to be called In the yer.
nacular OF the national conventions OF
this year, there was a marked i'm.
crease last night In their show of con.
lidencc.
On the other hand there is an evi.
dent lack OF organization. II not OF
political acumen and experience on
the part of the Hughes wing of the
convention, and the most ardent
Hughes advocates could direct the in.
quirer to no one man or set of men
having the generalshlp of the COVER
nors cause in charge.
Most OF the anti.lughes delegates
that their efforts would be
futile unless they could agree upon
some one, not only of great vote get.
ting power, but also outside of and
above the factional differ.
ences in the party, II was In this
connection that the name OF Secretary
Root entered the field of gossip. The
name OF Joseph II. Choate was also
mentioned and there was some talk
Of eX-Gov. Black.