The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-01
WILLNOTWITHDRAW
HUGHES WILL REMAIN IN PREsI-
 DENTAL RAGE.
General Stewart L. Woodford. PFesiaent of the Hughes League of United States, Makes Announcement
 to the Public.

New York, April 30.-The name of Governor Charles F. Hugh es will not be withdrawn from the presidential canvass until the national convention ct Chicago has made its choice of can- didates. r,s5s
 This statement was made today by General Stewart L. Woodford, presi- dent of the Hughes League of the Unit ed States, who presided at a conference of delegates elected to the national convention for New York state at the Hotel. Astor today, called In the inter est of Governor. Hughes candidacy. It had been reported that the announce ment of the withdrawal of the gov ernor's name as a candidate for the presidency might be announced at to- days conference but this was positive ly denied by General Woodford. who said:,
 tAny statement from any source that Governor Hughes name will be with drawn from the presidential canvass Is absolutely without foundation. He has never sought the presidency. There is no living man wa1 ose support he has asked. He consented to the use of ilis' name. and his name is at the service of the party until the com vention has made its decision. Ie nom dnated he will do his best to secure the victory of our party in November. If not nominated he will have no regrets and will remain as always a loyal re- publican. He Is today far more in- terested' in securing needed legisla- ton in New York than he is in any possible candidacy for any oflce.''
 When. the conference was called to order by General Woodford. it was an- nounced that of the delegates Invited to attend, twenty seven had sent ac- ceptances. twenty -threeShad sent sex- plantations of absence, all. but four of whom had expressed sympathy with the efforts to map out some plan of campaign and twenty-four had not re- piled at all. There were about thirty in attendance, including Timothy l.. Woodruff, chsirmah-o of the republican chairman of New York county repIb- fiean committee and Speaker Wads- worth of the assembly.
 Genaral Woodford, addressing the delegates, said: .t-
 rPoiitical conditions in New York at this time are peculiar. Tn all my life I have never seen the Republican Party so torn--or. perhaps should say di- vidsd-by serious questions. as we are today We are in power In the state with Governor elected by a majority of about 57,0O0 Every state oflce IS Democratic We hold the majority of the state Senate and of the Assembly. Nevertheless. the Senate by even vote failed to pass legislation recommended by the Governor, failure which the GoveSnor feels very keenIy."
 Continuing. General woodford said that the hard times following the panic would. make it doublys hard .to achieve success at the November election. "If we wrest the victory from our opponents" he said, "following panic. it will be the first time that politi- cal party has ever accomplished 1t. We Keed to act with a great deal of pa- tfence and good temper and we ought not to so conduct tie preliminaries of the campaign as to anger aud drive in- to an antagonism any member of our panty" <
 A committee of three was appointed to consider plans for the action of the 'eohferenee.. The committee consists of Alexander V. Campbell. Seth Low and Wm. H. Douglass.
 It was Mir. Dougiess who introdueed the resolution adopted. by the Republi- can State Committee endorsing Cover nor HuEhes's Presidential candidacy.