Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION
Woodford Will Head the Hughes
Forces.
3y Associated Press

gates at large to the national convention
to be elected at the state convention, to be
held in Carnegie Hall tomorrow, in all
probability will be instructed to vote for
Gov. Hughes as a candidate for the
presidency. The delegates agreed upon,
according to the program Of the leaders.
are Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford. president
of the Hughes League Of the United
States; former Mayor Seth Low, e. H.
Butler of the Buffalo News and F. r.
Hazard of Syracuse, a close friend of
Gov. Hughes.
Besides selecting delegates and alter
mates at large, the convention will adopt
platform. choose presidential electors
lutions have been prepared for presenta-
ton indorsing the administrations OF
President Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes.
Former Lieut--Gov. NJ. Linn Bruce will
preside as temporary chairman of the
convention, and Representative James S.
Sherman of Utica as chairman. The hos
tility to the candidacy of Gov. Hughes
which developed yesterday at the con-
gressional conventions in the fourteenth,
nineteenth and twenty-third districts is
not likely to seriously interfere with car
rying out the program as arranged for
tomorrow's convention.
Many OF the delegates to the convention
are arriving today, and they will be well
coined tonight at the Republican Club.
where the Hughes League will keep open
house.
The state committee will meet tonight
at republican state headquarters to pre-
pare the temporary roll of the conven-
ton. The new state committee. which
meets after the convention tomorrow to
elect q chairman. is expected to re-elect
Timothy l.. Woodruff.
Special Dispatch to The Star
I'll Int x,{~
like changes in the republican political
situation in this state occurred today.
Until this morning. it was scheduled that
the state convention that is to meet In
Carnegie Hall tomorrow to elect the four
delegates at large to the national con-
vention would pass some milk-and-water
resolutions indorsing Gov. Hughes for the
nomination for President and instructing
the delegates to vote for him as long as
his name was before the convention.
This afternoon the situation was very
much changed. No Hughes Endorsement
resolution has been drawn. and it Is now
regarded by the men who will control
the convention as extremely doubtful il
one will be offered. The Hughes boom is
to be punctured and f1attened out, from
present indications.
Four men were yesterday slated for
delegates at large. They were Gen. Stew
art L. Woodford and former Mayor Seth
Low of this city, Frederick r. Hazard
of Syracuse and Edward H. Butler of
Buffalo. It was said at state headquar-
tiers today that this slate was likely to be
broken to pieces and four regular Or
ganiZatfon men elected.
A number of the upstate leaders and
members of the state committee arrived
at headquarters today and the anti
Hughes talk became gabfest. The con-
vention promises to be the liveliest one
that has been held in the state in MANY
years.
The Kings, Albany and Westchester
county delegations are to fight in open
convention against any Endorsement OF
Gov. Hughes. Westchester county, it Is
expected, will move an Endorsement OF
Taft. The delegation from that county
will be controlled by National Commit.
teeman William i. Ward. His con-
gressional district convention last night
instructed for Taft.
State Chairman Woodruff. the leader
Of Kings county, said today that he
could not control the delegates from his
county for an Endorsement of Gov
Hughes.