The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-12
\ JGHES' STATE
ENDORSES HIM
NEW YORK DELEGATES TO CHI
cAGo WILL WORK FOR HIS
NOMINATION.
PREMONITION WAS FELT
Before Convention That Meeting
Would Be Stormy Because One
Delegation Decided to Op-
IN pose Endorsement.

New York, April l1.-Governo
Hughes was endorsed as New York
Republican candidate for presiden
BY the party's state convention hel'
today and the delegates elcted TO tht
Chicago national convention are In
structed to use all honrable means L
bring about his nomination. The dele
gates at large are:
General Stewart l.. Woodtord, Ex
Mayor Seth Low, Of this city, Fred
erick II. Hazard, Of Syracuse; E. II
Butler, Of Buffalo
Ex-State Senator Edgar T. Brack
eft, of Saratoga, president OF the
Hughes State league. precipltated
sharp debate by presenting a minority
report from the committee on resolu
tions to amend the resolution endors
ing Hughes and to instruct the dele
gates at large to work for him and
the other delegates to "persitentlJ
labor for his nomination until nomina
ton is made" BRACKETS action
caused the delegates and spectators
had reached a point of spirited ten
sion Speaker Wadsworth moved the
question of adopting the majority re
port of the committee on resolutions
containing an endorsement Of Gov
ernor Hughes along the lines of the
convention endorsement Of Levi p
Morton in 1896 and that OF President
Roosevelt in 1900 be put in the con
vention, and with much cheering
this majority report was adopted by
q viva voce vote with only a few
scattering mays" heard above the
shouts of the bulk of the delegates.
A premonition of a turbulent ses
sion was felt before the opening oi
the convention when the eWstchestei
county delegation at caucus decided
to protest against the endorsemnt oi
Hughes by voting against the resolu-
ton and declaring for an uninstrncted
delegation. This plan was nullited
bv the unexpected action of Bracket
In submitting his minority report In
meeting this situation the majority
adopted the platform by viva voce
vote and the Westchester delegation
lost all chance of voting as a delega-
ton against Hughes endorsement.
The new Republican state commit
tee elected today held a brief session
Immediately after the adjournment OF
the convention and reelected former
Lieutenant Governor Timothy L.
Woodruff as chairman.
believing that the platform fore
shadowed the platform that Will De
adopted by the Chicago national Re
publican convention, more than usual
interest was attached to its recon-
mendations. which were confined
practically to national issues Con
gressman ]. Sloat Fassett, although
rot n member of the committee on
resolutions, said in an interview that
he had taken the resolutions to Wash
ington a few days ago and carefully
considered them there and that ne
felt assured that they would be most
satisfactory to all delegates, The plat
fern endorses in strong terms the
administrations of President Roose-
welt and Governor Hughes and com
mends the policies of the federal ad-
ministratiOn.
The tariff and currency plank'
are.
1--WE believe in the protection to
American industries. That principle
mnst be maintained, but we approve
of such revision of the tariff schedules
as will prevent injustice and IN
oqualities by retaining customs duties
which shall at least equal the differ
ence between the cost of production
at home and abroad. We endorse
and approve the policy OF congress IN
refusing to revise the tariff by piece
meal We recommend n revision that
will maintain the policy OF the Re'
publican party, as opposed to that OF
the Democratic party, that the tarln
should not be for revenue only, nut
first of all for the protection OF the
American wage Garner. manufactures,
producer and farmer in the struggle
against foreign capital and labor Tor
commercial and industrial supremacy
I'VE favor such changes in the cur
rency and banking laws as Will meet
the increased demands of business,
satisfy the needs of the entire eoun-
try and present at all times stable
and secure medium of exchange and
we urge upon congress prompt action
to this end"
Bruce Nominates Hughes.
Temporary Chairman NJ. Linn Bruce
spoke of the state of the country nm
der Republican rule, explaining the
causes of the recent panic. intimating
that was due in part to the vigorous
and thorough Cuse-cleaning given the
financial circle by the courageous
bankers of New York. and concluded
by high tribute to Governor Hughes
whom he presented as the Republi-