The sun., 1908-02-13
ODELL TALKING ROOSEVELT
WOODRUFF CHIMES IN RITR AN
"IF'' IN HIS PREFACE.

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With Ohio for fsn there were one or
two new and interesting features In New
York Republican State politics yesterday
and several curious remarks by Chairman
Timothy L. Woodruff Of the State Oom-
mittee and sx-Gov. B. B. Odell, Jr. Mr..
Woodruff was at the Holland House for q
few minutes and MIR. Odell was at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel Mr.. Woodruff said
THE attitude Of certain financial people
IL continued may make RooseveIt's nomi-
nation assured Even Mr.. Odsll 10 talking
Roosevelt privately"
Chairman Woodruff then went on to an
nounce complete change in the programme
a. 10 the four delegates at large to be named
by the Republican State convention and
instructed for Gov. Hughes for President.
The State 'conv ention will be held at Car
nede Hall on April II, two weeks after the
primaries on March 81 After MIR. Wood
runs recent conversation with President
Roosevelt in Warrington IL was authori-
tstively anpounced that Elihu Root. secre-
tary Of STATE IN the Presidents Cabinet,
and Mr.. Woodruff would be two Of the
delegates at large to be selected ny the
state convention and instructed for Gov.
Hughes. Yesterday Mr.. Woodruff enun-
Ciated a new policy when he said:
As the delegates At large from this
State in the national convention are to be
instructed for Gov. Hughes II is only fair
that the Governor should lie permitted
20 name these dslegates at large. ! am
sure that course will bs followed. sx-
pect 10 have a talk with the Governor on
the subject. I am perfectly willing TO
valve all rights and rreoedents as chair
man Of the State COMMITTEES and 60 to the
convention as a district delegate from the
county OF Kings"
Edward +. CrAgin. chairman of the ex-
4cutive committee Of the Hughes State
League. and A. p. Humphreys, secretary
~ the league. called on Gov. Hughes at the
Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon and told
him that il had been the custom Of the
Republican rarity for the last thiTty-two
wears for the favorite son of State 10
name the four delegates at large and alter
mates TO the national convention and that
this custom should be adhered IN this year.
Gov. Hughes thanked his visitors and ssid
he would take their suggestions under
consideration and " he could do 80 con
sistently with his sxTr sssed attitude he
~ould conform to their request " was
, announced though. that the Governor had
no intention OF naming any one at p esent
The political gossips in the Republican
organization, though. made mp q slate Of
the delegates at large and the ateR1ates
f'oy Hughes might sefett This slate
included the names Of President Schur-
man Of Cornell University. Frank ". Ste
vens OF jamestown, a member OF the up
state Public Service Commission; eN-MaYor
Seth Low OF New York and Gen. Stewart
T. Woodford of New York, who 10 pres
dont Of the Hughes Leagvo Of the Unitet
States; and among the alternates at largo
we're mentioned ex-Ciov. Fraak T. Black,
ex-Ciov. Odell. ex-senator Edgar T Brsck-
cit, president OF the Hughes State League,
and William e. Warren Of Buffalo. formerly
national committeeman for tho State.
The Brooklyn Citizen declared last night
that Mr. -Odell had said to newspaper re-
po,ters at the Fifth Avenue HotS yester-
d~y;
President Roosevelt will be renom-
mated by the Republican national con-
vention. There is nothing else for the
conventiCA 10 do and no other way out of
tho convention. All talk OF other cand-
dates is futile. and il is useless to further
sdy ocate the nomination Of Gov Hughes.
This statement was submitted TO MIR.
Odell at Newburgh last night. whittier he
returned early in the evening. Mr. Odell
said. That statement Is all wrong. There
was merely a running conversation in
which | said that some Republicans be-
IieVed that the President was the stro INCEST
man to nominate. Nothing was said about
the futility Of further advocating Gov.
HuEhess nomination
Mr. Odell and ex-GOv Black. IL was
stated. have had a personal meeting and
there Is now an amloable understanding
between these two Republicans 20 work in
accord for Gov. Hughes's nomination for
PRESIDENT. In order TO bring this about
,he Republicans opposed TO Mr.. Woodruff.
Nir Parsons Nr Barnes, Mr. Hendricks.
Mr.. Fassett, Mr. Greiner and their friends
are 70 make every effort TO capture control
Of the New York county committee at the
primaries on March 81. There il also TO be
general movement all over the state and
much Of the work to that end, IL was an
nounced. is already under way.
There has been some curiosity as TO the
attitude OF William L. Ward OF Westohester.
Republican national committeeman for the
state. The 0dell- Black k-Brackett-Aldridge
people didn't exactly know whore Mr.. Ward
stood in the fight for control of the State
organization, but were rather inclined 20
believe that Mr.. Ward II not exactly on the
fence was rather favorable 20 the faction
headed by Mr. Woodruff and Mr.. Parsons and
their friends. The Woodruff Parsons peo-
pie claimed Mr. Ward for their very own.
insisting that Mr.. Ward could bs reelected
national committeeman only by sticking to
them.
Republicans who said that they knew
exactly what they were talking about de-
rlared that President Roosevelt would not
be a candidate for denomination under any
circumstances, but had declared within the
last few days 20 those entitled 70 his con-
Ed.nca that n ha daStrad ANYTHING IL WaR