The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-13

4lAAlAlAaLll o-eA-E Att-ts E4lLal-A G1eAAnL-iE4
next Tuesday. IS FAR as instructed dele
gates are concerned he has nothing Ike
A majority OF the votes necessary %
nominate him
There syiu be 1.009 delegates IN the
convention, and il VIII take, therefore,
at least SO 70 assure him Of the nom
nation An analysis OF the vote by as
sembly districts and counties. as It
stands on the eve Of the convention, al
a time when the advance guard Is be-
ginning TO drift into the convention
town. IS interesting It shows approx
imately the following result:
Instructed for Hughes.
Broome. Z; Chautauqua. one district.
S. Duchess. one district, Z; Greene, s.
Oneida, one district. 6 Rensselaer,, 81
Tompkius. 6, Wyoming. o; New YORK.
eight districts 5o5- Kings, one distric=.
.. Total. -.
OF these, sEe BrOOme county delegates
are influenced II not controlled BY
George W. Dunn. and Tompkins county
is the home Of Representative John We
Dwight
A second list OF districts would IN
cIude these, which are reasonably sure
to give Governor Hughes their votes o.
the first ballot, no matter VINO is nomI-
mated to oppose him. Sucl list would
be about as follows
CattaraUSus. IL Cayuga. 70 ChenangO.
:, Clinton, :. Cortland, 6; Delaware. 2;
Erie. 90 Franklin, S: Jefferson. 7. =;
Lewis. o. Monroe, So. Nassau. s. Oneida.
II, III, 10; Oswego. p, Richmond. s;
Rockland. 3; Saratoga. Il; Schuyler, 4:
Steuben, / II. Is: suffolk, 1. II, =;
WestchesteI, g: Yates. 4. New York, 2
districts, IL; Kings, 3 districts, %; Jotas,
SO
These. added to the 10 votes included
in the hrst table, would give the gov
ernor on the first ballot 554 votes. or 3
more than enough 10 nominate MIN
Other Possibilities
Even this. however, does not exhaust
the list Of possible supporters Of the
governor, should a fight oe made
against him on the floor Of the Couven-
ton on a fnaI show down. the in
fUence OF the Federal Administration
would oe more sOlidIy for the governor.
I TIL nine delegates from Herkimer,
now instructed Tor Senator Heacock,
would doubtless fall into line Under
pressure, probably sixty more delegates
from Ne~ York and Kings county
could be brought into camp.
II would not be too much TO place the
number OF delegates that might De
added in this third acquisition a. 20
If a promise OF the nomination OF
/ Senator White for lieutenant governor
should be made. MS followers prUDG ply
would be detached from the ants
WIKI ODOnGaga would come a batch OF
mld-StaJe counties that might swell the
/ Hughes total 10 100 votes But, OF
course, II u IS fought out on the con
tVentlOn floor, the governors renOmina-
7 ton VIII be made long before this point
4 is reached
/ Every Indication points 10 a victory
for Hughes on the first ballot The
Indications are Just as certain that the
/ little bosses viii try 10 save their self
I respect Dy putting up a show OF Op-
! position TO the end
I James W WadSWur-h. speaker Of the
/ assembly. began 10 loom up prominent
\ u this afternoon as the only man that
/ Will be put forward by the GiSOrganiZed
! opposition 20 Governor Hughes
/ Mr. WadSwOrIh arrived here today
/ from Geuesee, and at once got in-O con-
ference with the Republican leaders 10
/ ascertain what developments had OC-
{ CURED.
/ on the surface the campaign for the
: speaker. however, has made no greater
4 Roadway than that he is the most talk
I al about candidate next 10 the gov
e~nol-
Review Situation.
A most significant development vas
+ that Senator McCarren and state
/ Chairman Connors, with three or four
I other prominent state Democrats. spent
\ two or three hours together Friday
/ evening at a Broadway place where
I politicians gather. and went over the
I situation IN a good deal Of detail
! This morning a prominent Democrat
! who had a long talk last night with
/ Big Tim Sullivan, quoted Tim as say
ing:
I ting man. but ! am Take my tip. and
( III you are a betting man, bet on the
/ Democrats carrying this state II You
are not a betting man you had betf 2r
/ De one THIS time This man Charley
, Murphy is the shrewdeSJ and dDleSt
politician IN New York Take IL from
+ me, he's out TO give Bryan q dead
I square deal in the vote IN this state
and means that Bryan Will carry New
/ York
! Publication this morning Of a letter
I written by William H Taft 10 W r.
Stubs the Republican candid re for
governor OF Kansas. giving Endorsement
: 10 tie Kansas plan Of bank deposit
/ guarantee. was a real surprise AZ both
. political and financial circles
At Democratic headQuarteTS Vice
/ Chairman Hudspeth smiled grimly- He
called attention 70 the fact that Mr.
I Taft is now taking the Democratic side
OF election Of Senators, valuation OF
! railroads. guarantee Of bank deposits
and canned OratOry.'
Accustomed To Il.
] we are so accustomed 10 having our
/ program annexed by Mr.. Taft that
nothing particularly surprises Us now.
/ explained Mr.. Hudspeth- However, It's
! lust as well 20 remember what General
{ Hopkins. OF Illinois, SID wECn he point
/ Ell out that the candidate can't revise
/ the platform TO suit his own views, or
I the eNlgencles Of the situation"
/ There Is Clrcumstantial report here
/ abOuts that the recently published post
I humOus Of Grover Cleveland. in which
\ he Endorsed Taft and condemned Bryan,
1 VIII be the subject OF some sort OF eN-
! pOsure before long 1t is said that after
I careful investigation. the Democrats
I are about ready TO denOUnce the whole
4 letter a forgery.
! They have been looking UP its OrigL1
I and authenticity Tor some time, and
! when Colonel WatIersOu said the other
I day that he did not believe Grover
] Cleveland ever wrote the letter, lie was