The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-30
Both Parties to Make New
York battle-ground of
Campaign.
BRYAN AND ROOT
MAY ENTER ARENA
Oratorical Contest to Be Held
Between During October by
Leaders of Rival Hosts.
By ]. c. WELLIYER.

By J. c. WELLIvER.
! NEW YORK, Sept. Exhibitions
plans for the whirIwind campaign bcth
| parties will make for New YORK State
were announced &t both headquarters
1 today. Chairman Mack declared The
Democrats frankly recognized New
/ York as the pivot.
! Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and
! Rhode Island win go along with it" he
said Either side 20 win must have
II we viii have AIr. Bryan herr. most
/ OF TWO weeks excepting only two dars
! n connecticut and New Jersey. Sena-
Tors Gore, Bacon. Daniel and Ravnar
Wlu come into the State for Us. John
I W. Kern viii make q trip mere also
We VII make u red hot after the
middle OF the month. and TIL the finish
NO this doesn't mean that we have Iosr
nope OF the East; we viii not relax the
EFFORT anywhere else. BY reaeson OF
adding 70 the effort in New York. Riob-
ard Olney also promised 20 20 on The
stump FOR US. and the issues We yrfIr
pound home are those outlined f- r2-,.-
ans letter this morning. relations 70
I the great, selfish interests. and The
question OF campaign fund OBLIGATIONS
! 10 these"
, Chairman Hitchcock. for the Repub-
| Means, at once matched this announce
7lt 77l-e-lt OF program He said the Repub-
means WIZ place Root on the srurno for
a. least one great speech. in New York
I CITY; SSenatcr Smith Of Michigan win
spend IN the state the week begin1rny
october =: Senator Borah 81 T5aIS
IlaI beginning October 70. Senator DOL
LFer or Iowa that beginning October
20 secretary StraUs. the same week.
I q = .r=ra rHrl-
I %, ID and H. Vice Presidential Candi-
cate sherman. from October 20 10 -ha
enc OF the campaign.
AF. EltchcOCk would not comment on
the Mac admission that New TorL- Is
AecessaT- To victory. neither would ne
say lAdL Jle Democrats Couceurrzr ton
mere meant loss OF hope Of any imDor-
---i- democratic gains in the West.
Campaign on Local Issues.
The Democratic state campaign Is
going 10 be made on local issues 20 De
closely allied with the national Chair
man Conners gave out long list Of the
cCntr. buttons, which rich men mace two
years agO 20 the Hughes campaign fund
including J. 2. Morgan. $4,000. Clarence
H Mackay, 5000; Morton Trust Com
pany, S21000; J. D. Rockefeller. 5r..
$500; Andrew Cargense. $500: c. NJ
Schwab, 5000; W x. Vanderbilt. s. .010:
J. & " SellEman, $500; H 3. HolIins,
$500; Harvey Fisk & Co. 5000 John
W Gates. S2,501; Charles ID. Barney.
s.. 800; Kuhn. loeb & Co. s.. 500, William
Nelson Cromwell 5000; William p.
Clyde. s. 500 and other aEgregaring
S5S3,e23 The figures are Official. report
ed under the state publicity laws
Maybe tAaL VIII explain 10 people
why the 2-cent fare bill was vetoed"
said Mr. Corners ''lIaybe Il viii eN-
plain why transfers on the street cars
were done away with The governor
tells Us we should get q dollar OF value
for every dollar spent in Government
All right that's our issue He's suenr
5000. 90 on a public service commission.
Let him show one place where the cost
Of gas. electricity. Of street car fares
has been reduced, or where transfers
have been enforced. or where railroad
rduced- Not one What do we get for
that $1,000, ,O00?''
Came to Talk It Over.
Senator Crane. Fred W. Upham. and
Charles G. Dawes came TO town today
10 discuss the financial crisis with
Chairman Hitchcock. The latter said
the condition was getting no better in
this regard He spoke encouraglngIy,
however. of the results from the tours
Of Secretary Taft and Governor Hughes,
which he said were marked by the
most remarkable enthusiasm every
wheES.
The chairman also had some talk with
Secretary Root. but said. after il was
over, that he had no word or intima-
ton except from the press as 10 the
Presidents reported design Of taking
the stump.
Suppose the President takes the
stump was asked OF Chairman Mack.
He pulled his mustache reffectivelv-
%That would We very interesting; Just
Interesting. It would confirm our in
formation that they are badly scared.
The Democratic blast about Treasurer
Sheldon OF the Republican committee,
has been delayed He's connected with
so many corporations il takes the ste
nographers a long time 10 write out the
list, said Mr- Mack. But we'll be
ready with it soon"
Mr. Mack said some attention would
De given 70 other men In the RepuNll-
can management but only after Shel-
don had been taken up "One al a
time, ne explained
Sensational reports that important
confidential letters had been stolen
from files at Republican headquarters
were positively denied by Chairman
Hitchcock today
4 would like 10 stay here a whole
year said the colonel while waiting
in the anterOOm during the executive
session OF the board previous TO rem
dering its decision on the request for
two weeks recuperaCIOn. and this state
ment led 70 the suspicion that, after ell,
the request for time might be merely
an attempt 10 get a couple Of weeks
vacation at the National Capital which
even TO q man OF Colonel Stewart \
temperament, would be pleasant
recreation after q years sojOurn al
Fort Grant, in the desert Of Arizona.
The colonel means business and Is
full Of fight He isn't boastful; but the
quite determination with which he con-
tinues his fight against the tremendous
odds shows that however lacking in