The Washington herald., 1908-08-14
ROOSEVELT Is MUM
ABOUT MR. HUGHES
Anti-gOYernOr Men Call at
Sycamore Hill.
PLEAS ALL 60 UNANSWERED
Visitors Try to Convert the PreSi-
dent TO Belief that Remaining of
State Executive Would EudanEer
Chances of Candidate Taft-Get No
Satisfaction from Mr.. Roosevelt.

oyster Bay. y. Y. Aug. B.-Herber
/ Parsons. Frarcis Hendricks. and William
/ Barnes. jr.. all members Of the executive
/ committee appointed at yesterdays meet
/ ing Of the Republican State COMMITTEES.
! came TO Sycamore HIu to-day. bringing
with them the reports Of such state lead
ers as believe they have reasons to set
forth why Gov Hughes should not be re
nominated.
( It is expected that the three came 10
1 lay before the President these reports.
which had been sent in 70 state Chair
man Woodruff. and 10 add to them argV-
/ ments Of their own along the same line.
This effort Of the RepubIican party lead
ers in .New York state to get President
/ Roosevelt TO tel them who he favors as
/ the candidate for governor. or rather 10
/ tell them that he does not desire Gov.
/ Hughes 10 run again. and 10 assure them
that Gov Hughes renomination would
/ hurt Candidate Taft's chances in New
York. IS very interesting. in view Of
/ President Roosevelts announcement. on
July .. that he would not interfere in
any way in the local fight
At that time. and following a visit 10
4 Sycamore Hi by Chairman Woodruff.
+ Secretary Loeb announced that the Pres
ident viii maintain a policy Of absolute
4 noninterfere1ce~
Gives No Answer.
Z According 20 one Of those present at
& to-day's conference al the Hi. President
I Roosevelt 50 far stuck TO his announced
! position as e give the committee no final
I answer. leaving the matter. so far as
/ he is concerned. Just where II was before
+ the visit
/ Since the announcement by Secretary
T Loeb that the President would keep his
. hands OF the local fight in New York
I state. no Republican leaders climbed the
/ Hiu until yesterday. when State Senator
I Raines went up and came hack with the
idea that the President leaned rather 20
H the Hughes side Of the argument In the
meantime however. the President has
I had 20 set Up O. nights poring over the
mass Of correspondence that has been
/ coming in from New York politicians and
/ Others who sought Ight on the governor
I ship matter CT wished 10 shed a few
( rays themselves
Parsons. Barnes. and Hendricks were
I all expected On the 12-19 train from New
York. and two government automobiles
were sent down TO carry them and other
guests down 10 Sycamore EIlL The trio.
however, did not care 10 court publicity,
and. without informing the executive Of
fee OF their change OF plan. came down
from New York BIZ auto.
Avoid Main Road TO Hill.
They did not stop al the executive
Office and were careful 10 avoid the main
road 20 the Hu They were Joined 81
the Presidents house by Representative
W W Cocks. OF this district. who ..ad
driven over 10 The conference from his
home IN westbury- The conference last
ed until late in the afternoon. and at its
conclusion. the auto party got away hur-
riedIy- ReQrese-rzrive Cocks. however.
stopped in The village on his way home
He said that during the conference the
situation II regard 70 the New York
gubernatorial nomination had been
thrashed out from 4 20 Z. but that no
decision had been reached Representa-
tive Cocks said that he. himself. favor
ed Gov Hughes denomination, and he
believed I1at his district was OF t-s same
mind.
I realize" he continued. that there
Is a great deal Of opposition 70 the gov
ernor's denomination and that the oppo-
sition does not come alone from the rae
. ing element
Representative Cocks. when asked what
he believed would he the outcome Of the
attempt by 8Ir- Parsons and the other
/ leaders 10 prevent Gov. Hughes renon-
ination. cid not reply directly, but said
that for his own part. he believed that
{ the gubernarorial nomination should be
left for the State convention 10 decide
Tired of Fixed States.
Il an tired he declared. of seeing
Z the nominations all framed Up before
hand and then going TO the convention
merely 10 ratify what has already been
: decided upon. I believe strongly that these
matters should be left TO the convention
/ Let the Hughes people elect all the dele
gates they can. and the opposition all
they can. and then let them go 20 the
convention and fight Il out n the old
J fashioned way
While Mr- Cocks would not say so in
1 so many words. he left the impression
I that the visit OF the leaders TO Sagamore
I Hill had not been an extremely success
7 ful one so far as their desire to convert
1 Mr.. Roosevelt 10 al snti-Hughes attitude
was concerned