The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-17

Ne" York, Jan. 16.-The Hughes BOOM
ers az the meeting Of the Republican
county committee tonight. held in the
Lyric Hail. succeeded in carrying out
their plan to force a lineup on the ques-
tion as to whether the committee should
indorse Gov. Hughes as the candidate
for the Presidency from this state. The
Hughes men lost by eighty votes.
Chairman Parsons. who has for the
last two months been lighting against the
passage Of such a resolution. had planned
to have action deferred for another
month. But on a technicaHty. Senator
/ Page, the chief Hughes boomer, got an
opening for debate, and be at once
started in 10 make a speech urging the
sending Of an instructed delegation to
the Republican national convention for
Coy. Hughes.
Until after midnight the members Of
the committee who favor Gov Hughes
and those who are opposed TO him car
ried on the discussion. In all the speeches
heard it was made clear that the one
issue which the committee felt confronted
itself was as to whether it should indorss
Gov Hughes ca Secretary Taft
Majority OF Eighty Votes.
In the vote taken tonight Mr. Parsons
got a majority Of eighty. One Of the
features Of the roll call was that it show
cd that in more than half Of the assembly
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district organization are divided on the
lquestion which was raised tonight IN
sixteen Of the assembly districts there
were members of the local committees
who refused 10 follow the lead OF the
lexecutive heads Of their districts. in some
cases some of the districts being almost
evenly divided in the votes given for and
against Hughes
At a meeting Of the executive commit
tee in the afternoon Mr.. Parsons and his
friends carried through a resolution by d
vote OF 2 % l3 tlsst al the meeting u the
general committee az night after ths
transaction Of routine business. Congress
man Bennett should make "a motion 20
adjourn There was a long fight in the
executive committee over this motion. but
! Mr.. Parsons and his friends had no diff
Guilty in carrying it. The district leaders
who voted against it were with one or
two exceptions al OdeH men.
Immediately after the minutes OF the
last meeting had been read, when the
leounty committee met at night William
Halpin arose and made a point Of order
that as the members at last months
Injecting adopted resolution providing
that Mr.. Mack's motion for the indorse-
ment Of Gov. Hughes should be mIde a
special order for this months meeting.
the committee on parliamentary law must
proceed to consider thar special order be-
fore transacting further business
OverruIed the Point.
Chairman Parsons 'overruIed the point
of order. whereUpon the Hughes men. ac-
cording to a plan which had been mapped
out by them prior TO the meeting. made
la motion appealing from the decision OF
the chair. for the purpose. in this way.
Of bringing the issue before the meeting.
Congressman Bennett Immediately fol-
! lowed 10y making a motion TO lay the ap-
peal against the decision OF the chair on
the table. and on that motion he asked
4 for roll call
| This was not agreeable 10 the Hughes
! boomers who anticipated that they would
/ find an opportunity for debate on the
motion made by Mr HaIpin Mr. Par
sons ruled the motion not debatable and
| then for an hour the secretary of the
meeting was occupied in calling the roll.
out of total membership OF 6S2, 52i
voted. The motion TO lay the appeal
/ from the decision of the chair on the
| table was carried by vote of 302 10 222.
Moved TO Adjourn.
| When the vote was announced Mr..
/ Prentice rose and moved the adjournment
Of the meeting. senator Page, who Is the
chief Hgghes boomer. wanted to amend
| that motion. so that the adjournment
should be taken for only one week. in
stead of until next months meeting Of the
committee.
Thereupon Mr.. Page began a discussion.
which resolved itself into dividing the
committee in TWO parties. one for Taft
and one for Hughes.
"The reason that I have moved" said
Mr., Page, that we adjourn for one week,
instead Of for one month. is that at the
last meeting of this committee there was
a resolution presented calling upon you
to express what you know to be the
sentiment Of this city, and that is. that
the name OF Charles f. Hughes should
be presented as the candidate Of tTs
State to the next Republican conven-
tion.
Stampede for Taft.
The Hughes men in the meeting cheered
for fully three minutes, but the cheers
We're mingled with hootings and misses.
Mr.. Page. continuing. said
why are you afraid to meet that is
sue? Why do YOU hide behind the SUBJ
terfuges of adjournments? Why don't
you come out and be ike men. and face
this issue? The reason why you don't
come out is that a great many OF you
If you are made to come out into the
open tonight and vote against this
Hughes resolution you would not dare TO
face your constituency.
IF you have a man better than Mr..
Hughes. put him up in a resolution OF
your own, and let Us fight out this issue
tonight"
Mr. Page was interrupted for fully FIVE
minutes when one Of the members
shouted:
Taft is our man..
And the cheers that followed the shout
and the counter-cheers OF the Hughes
men turned the meeting of the COMMITTEES