The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-20
WHO WILL SUCCEED HUGHES?
THE QUESTION WOODRUFF HAS
UNDERTAKEN TO SOLVE.

Conferences Of Republican Leaders TO he
Held at His Ramp XIII Rare During
the o Ten Days-Enissarles May lie
Sent to Saranac to Get Hughes's Views.
ALBANY, July Is.-Speoulation In State po-
litical circles now is devoted to the question:
Who will be the Republican candidate for
Governor next fall2 That Chairman Timothy
l.. Woodruff Of the Republican State COM
mittee has undertaken to solve this problem
through b medium Of conferences with
Republican county leaders from all parts
OF the State during the next ten days at
his Ramp Kill Hare in the Adirondack is
exceedingly interesting since Gov. Hughes is
taking ais vacation at Saranao in the Adiron-
dacks. With his family the Governor IL
occupying one OF the cottages connected
with Saranao Inn. He will remain there
about three weeks longer. Saranao Inn
Is less than two hours railroad ride from
Chairman Woodrufre camp and Ia tribu-
tary to the same road az 10 Ramp Kill Kare.
There will be no excuse for those Republi-
can ohieftains who consult with Chairman
Woodruff In the woods not paying their
respects to Gov. Hughes at the same time.
Gov. Hughes announced last week that
owing TO the pressure Of business he has
decided 10 make Saranac the hummer capiz
tai Of the State. and executive offices have
been established In the Governors cottage.
b Governors secretary. Robert ". Fuller.
has left for Saranao to take charge Of things
official and several Of the executive chamber
force have gone with him. The belief here
Is that before the Republican State oom-
mittee meets on August 10 TO fix the date
for the holding Of the Republican State CON-
vention In September Gov. Hughes's views
upon the question Of his denomination will
be known.
Some are asking II the result Of the Wood
ruh conferences at Ramp Kill Kare will be
Inn to ascertain the Governor's Vows OF
the question before anything definite Is
attempted by Chairman Woodruff and the
members Of his political coterie toward
determining who the Republican candidate
for Governor shall be-. Otherwise 1t would
announce his decision whether he desires
q denomination OF not. without taking
Chairman Woodruff and his oonferees into
at all. Gov. Hughes always
has been q great admirer Of the work of the
late Grover Cleveland in public life. and the
desire 10 to have his work as Governor
State.
Gov. Hughes realizes that the men in
control OF the State Republican machine
the next two years are the same political
generals who have covertly fought his re-
form work all through his administration
and that they have decried his efforts in
every conceivable way. The Governor
also fully realizes that IL he does not seek a
the leaders of the Republican
State machine will name a candidate for
Governor not In sympathy with his policies.
The Governor has a number of times since
he has been in Albany expressed no unoer-
tain sentiments regarding the primary and
laws, asserting that they were
framed to permit the political machines
to name candidates and control elections
in defiance Of the popular will. Such. it
be stated. Ia the trend of Gov. Hughes's
mind In approaching the question of a re-
n 1t may be that the Wood
ruff conferences on the Gubernatorial
will determine Gov. Hughes's
decision on thisq question.