New-York tribune., 1908-06-13
HUGHES SAYS NO AGAIN
WON'T BE SECOND MAN.
Governors Secretary GiUes ont DIS
patch-Nore Second Term IdHc.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l


A,banv. June Eff the Republican Nationai
Convention at Chicago nominates Governor
Hughes for the Presidency 1t VIII 90 SO iiS
the face of his renewed declaration that he
could not serve and in no case wouio ne oo 81
This refusal to consider the place under any
conditions has been made as emphatic and POSI-
tive as the peculiarly direct diction of the Gov
ernor can phrase it, and noboey peheVes 'iie
Governor talks phrases like that for Iuil'
The Governor declined to discuss the susseS-
ton to-day, further than making pubic dis-
,atcb which Secretary Fuller had been directed
n send to inouirers who believed the Governor
might have changed his mind from the ex-
preston he recently made on this point Iha'
dispatch was as follows:
Albany June IL. 1908.
c.oxe-nor Hughes directs me 10 acknowledge
recent of your telegram. He recently stated
his position in his letter to General Wooo1oro'
which has been published While ne appre-
ciates the distinction of the office and the honor
which the nomination would confer. the Gov,
ernor directs me to say that he can not ana
will not under any circumstances accept nornl-
nation for the Vice-Presidency
ROBERT H. FULLER,
Secretary to the Governor
There should not be any misapprehension on
this point among the New York State delegates
to the convention, either. To Senator Ralnes.
Senator Page, Superintendent Stevens of the
Department of Public Works-to every one, in
fact who has asked him bout this. the Gov
ernor has declared himself positively. He has
made it plain that his refusal to consider
nomination for second place grew out OF no
lack of respect for the dignity of that Office
or misconception of the honor which such
nomination would confer 1t is simply that per-
sonal reasons forbid his thinking of acceptance
fer moment. Having said that, the Governor
has said all there is to say on the subject
The Governor declined to reply to questions
bearing on his acceptance of denomination.
Il have nothing to say that subject, he
said.
There seems to be a general feeling here
among politicians that If under any conditions
he will accept a second term, the party Will be
unable TO refuse a denomination to him. Anti
Hughes men admit this grudgingly where they
talk with perfect frankness; some of them still
maintain that his victory the racing bills
has put him clear beyond the pale, and that it
would be sheer madness to nominate him. The
contrast of these views with that of q prom
inent upstate Democrat. who is not especially
enthusiastic over Governor Hughes, is en-
tightening
1T looks me as if the Republicans. in spite
of themselves, would have to nominate the Gov
ernor again." said he Don't for a minute let
these machine Republicans who are bowling
now deIude you into the belief that Hughes
hasn't got the people with him. L talk by the
book, and I know he has. Hughes on the state
ticket here would carry the state for the ma
tiona ticket. and the Republicans won't dare
overlook that The Governor might be knitted
in Onondaga County and in Albany County,
and maybe in Kings. where the bosses of those
counties have practically forced him into a
with them. But he wouldn't be cut any in the
large number of upstate counties where the
organization has been decent enough to agree
with the leader of the Republican adminstra-
ton He'd get practically all the Republican
votes any Republican candidate could expect.
and in addition he'd get more Democratic votes
than we could afford to lose. I'm pretty well
informed on this situation in ranks, and
know what I'm talking about there"