Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-20
new YORK BOSSES WORRIED
Despair Of Preventing Hughes 8
denomination.
Hughes or His Like Now, Say His
Opponc nts-Lack of sincerity in
Talk Of Shurman-Newspspe
Doing Fine Work in Arouse
Ing Public Opinion.

The attempt of the republican bosses
to prevent the denomination of Governor
Hughes seems like to fall, says the
, New York correspondent of the Boston
Transcript The press of the city is do
ing fine work for the governor by making
II clear to the people that the leaders
do not want him. The Evening Post and
! the Tribune are making a straight, hard
! fight for Hughes. The sun Is doing It's
best to draw President Roosevelt into the
fight by saying in effect every day that
"tho denomination of Hughes is in the
hands of Roosevelt. He has but to speak
and the deed Is done" This morning the
Times has a story to the effect that Wall
street says: at mustn't be Hughes" The
Herald says: I'm tho very room where
Governor Hughes accepted the nomination
| for governor two years ago, and in the
shadow OF large oil painting of him,
the republican state committee met yes
teraay in the republican club, selected
Saratoga and September IA as the place
and date Of the State convention, and
adjourned without taking the slightest
notice of the governors announcement
OF three weeks ago that he would accept
denomination II his party called him"
In Albany county Barnes Is hghting
hard to preserve the ring and it's sources
OF graft. which the machine fears
| will suffer under another term of Hughes.
Business men hesitate to speak out, 80
strong and interruptions Is the ina
chine" in the State capital. Correspond
ence to tho Evening Post from Albany
gives idea of the kind of graft the
machine" gathers in and of the atti-
tude of the townspeople toward the lead
| ers." The Post also in answer to In
quiries. is receiving many letters enthusi-
astcally indorsing the denomination OF
the governor, and prints expressions of
| opinion from the Rev. Lyman Abbott G
| S Adrich of Troy, n. Y; Edmund
Wetmore OF this city. Fred Hovey Allen.
and others of interest. Significant light
1. thrown on the feeling about Hughes
by the news that Lieutenant Governor
| Chanler Is unwilling 70 run on the dem
ocratic ticket against him, but will AL
most certainly be nominated to run
| against any other candidate. Timothy
L. Woodruff, chairman Of the republican
State committee, practically admitted
yesterday that Joseph II. Choate In ac-
cepting the offer Of chairman Of the
coming State convention had made II
| clear that he was strongly in favor OF
Governor TIughes's denomination and that
II must be clearly understood that ha
acceptance should not in any way harn-
per him from taking such position as
he saw fit in regard to the governor
candidacy. It became known that one
of the names most seriously considered
for the govcrnorship by the leaders at
Woodruff's camp last week was that OF
Jacob G. Shurman, president of Cornell
University. 1t is known. Of course that
President Shurman. who Is one of Gov
| ernor UuChcs's closest friends and ad-
mirers would not become candidate
against him The only contingency dis
cussed was that Of deadlock in the
| convention. and the necessity of turning
| to a dark horse"
| As a result Of the report regarding Mr.
Choates attitude, it was regarded as sig
| nincant that Secretary of State Root was
selected to be temporary chairman when
the republican State committee met yes
terday for the purpose of issuing the
formal call and fixing the place and date
for the convention. only few days age
Chairman Woodruff said that in all prob
ability Mr.. Choate would be the tempo
nent chairman OF the convention. II
would fall to the task Of the temporary
chairman Of the republican State con
vention to deliver the keynote" speech
outlining the issues and delivering the
verdict on the administration Of Cover
nor Hughes on which the republican.
will be compelled to go before the voters
OF the State this fall. With the hostility
| ri In M
his policies as pronounced as it wei
could be, they would hardly relish
keynote" speech with too much Hughes
In It, There was a report, Indeed, tina
the permanent craftsmanship, which vii
be filled by the committee on permanen
organization, selected after the conven
ton meets. might not go to Mr. Choat'
at all
II am sure no significance should b.
attached to the selection Of Secretar.
Root to deliver the keynote speech at tn
republican State convention" said Mr.
Woodruff Mr.. Choate and Mr. Roo
left It to the State committee to de
eide who should be who. Mr. Root
, without any reelection on Mr.. Choate, /
the prime minister of the administration
he is in public life, close to Presiden
Roosevelt ana MI ldl', WINE MI Nnuut
is not at present a public odicial-and
suppose that was what inspired MI
Ward of Westchester, who Introduce
the resolution. can ascribe no othe
reason for it."
The Times in its story of Wall street
, attitude, says that banker who Is i
; close touch with the powers In the rail
, road world was used as an emissary b
the fnanciers. according to the report
The leader to whom he delivered hi
ultimatum explained the situation to hi
at length telling him that the chic
! difficulty In the way of turning dow
+. Hughes lay in the fact that there wa
r IA scarcity of gubernatorial timber ths
2 would appeal to the great number {
voters, who insist that there must
= no return to the old machine method
that prevailed in the days Of Odell an
many OF the predecessors in the govel
4, nor's chair.
u Have you any one to suggest?' tn
:, leader asked the Wall street emissary
r mo, we have no candidate to urge,
!, was the reply. but Joseph II. Choat
e Tor instance, would be perfectly az
7 ceptable to us. He Is one OF the moi
representative republicans In tho cour
try, his integrity could not be question:
for n minute; but he is a conservatN
man. whose election would insure ia
play and cessation Of the harassmeI
e we have endured recently"
o 1t is very thoroughly understood thf
It Governor Hughes, If renominated and r
:, elected, would return aggressively to II
20, ho. A.