The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08
subcommittee Endorses
Governor Hughes as Can
didate for President.
THANK ROOSEVELT FLOR
SERVICE TO COUNTRY
EN-Congrcssman Douglas, Patron
of Resolution, Wants the Peace
maker to Follow the Retir-
ing Pathn1aker-Admits
There Will Be
Hard Fight.

y YEw YORK. March 7.-The RE-
~ publican State Committee of
New York to-day put itself on
i record as favoring the candi-
dacy Of Governor Charles e.
Hughes for the presidential nomination
naming him as the choice of his party
in the State before the Republican Ma :
tional Convention at Chicago. The
same resolution, offered by former Con-
gressman w. III. Douglass extended the
hearty thanks of the committee to
President Roosevelt for his great SER
vice to his country by rugged de-
termination to oppose wrong and In de-
rnanding justice for all" All the thir-
ty-eight members of the committee
were present or represented by proxy.
and the meeting lasted less than half
an hour.
The call provides that the convention
shall elect the four delegates and al
ternates at large to the national con-
vention. elect new State committee
and nominate the thirty-nine presi-
Dental electors for the State. The IN
PRODUCTION of the resolution came as
q surprise to many of the committee
men.
Roosevelt and Hughes.
Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff called
the committee to order. Near the close
OF the brief session Committeeman
Douglass introduced his resolution. and.
after a second by J. F. Fl. Krncke. OF
Brooklyn. made brief speech, eulo-
gistic OF President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Hughes.
I'VE are approaching another great
presidential campaign. said Mr.. Doug
lass. "and the people of the Republican
party do not anticipate the same walk
over they had eight years ago and four
years ago.
New York is the greatest State in
the Union. and it has often been said
.as goes New York SO goes the Union
1 believe that history Will repeat Itself
this year. We want TO go to Chicago
and say we will guarantee to elect our
man. The time has, come when we
should unfold our banner and write
upon II IL, letters of gold the name OF
our candidate. Let us ask Chicago to
rally round IL. and let us say: III you
will nominate him. we will elect, him.
The hand OF fate has often pointed to
critical hour. We have had presi-
dental timber in New York State In
the mast. and we may have presidential
timber in this State now.
The Pcncemukcr.
We have in our White House to-
day a great man, man who has blazed
the way. a man who, by his efforts
and accomplishments. has electrified
the world and shed lustre upon us. He
has dug deep into the morass OF things
that have sapped at the vitality of the
nation. Let us call this man the path
maker. We have among us another
man. fully capable of carrying out the
great policies of President-a man of
calm Judgment, who will bind up any
wounds that may have been made. and
by his clear-sightedness and delibera-
ton will complete the great work that
our President has begun. We have had
tile pathmaker; let us name him peace
maker. The name want to write on
that banner Is the name of the Gov.
ernor OF the State of New York.
Charles T.. Hughes
When the committee adjourned. it
was to meet a State headquarters April
10th at S O'Clock PM ESsy