The sun., 1908-04-10
BEGIN A BREAK FROM HUGHES
WESTCHESTER INSTRUCTS FOR
TAFT-BARNES IS FOR HIM.
Three Of the Seventeen New IOrk city
Congress Districts Pail to Instruct for
the GOyenOr-HAlpln, OdellS Leuten'
ant. Turned Down as . Delegate.

bb uVfeEuW Hhiphif OHNh Hap"''s'~
ant. Turned Down as . DeleGate.
OF the seventeen Congress districts Of
this city in which conventions were held
last night for the election Of delegates 70
the Republican national convention three
refused to instruct their delegates for
Hughes. This will mean that there will
be split delegation from this city TO Chi
cago and il is certain also that there viii
be a divided delegation from the State.
William L. Ward, the Republican national
committeeman from this State and the
Republican boss Of Westohester county,
held his convention yesterday afternoon
and u nder his orders the Nineteenth Con-
gress district voted unanimously to in
struot for Taft. In Albany a speech by
William Barnes, Jr.. the Republican leader
Of that city, in favor Of Taft was feature
Of the convention and delegates we're not
instru cted.
In this city the districts which failed 10 in
struot for Gov. Hughes we're the Seventh.
Ninth and Fourteenth. Both the Ninth and
Fourteenth districts are dominated by
Assembly district leaders who are allied
with the Odell faction Of the county organ
iEation. In all the districts which were con-
troled by Parsons leaders resolutions in
struoting the delegates for Hughes were
adopted. Billy Halpin, o1ells chief leu
tenant in this city, was a candidate for dele
gate from the Eleventh district, but was not
elected
The Seventh district. Brooklyn, was 20
busy with a local fg ht that 1t forgot the
Hughes resolution altogether.
In the Eighth, partly In this county and
including Richmond Hughes resolution
was passed.
In the Ninth district elaborate resolutions
praising both Roosevelt and Hughes were
read and passed, but the delegates were
not instructed The Tenth instructed for
Hughes. In the Eleventh district, where
William c. Halpin, leader Of the Seventh
Assembly district and in command Of the
Odell forces, was beaten, there was pause
! after the election of delegates, and then
! Halpin said that fnasmuch as the faction In
| control did not seem inclined TO move in
structions for Gov Hughes he would do
so himself. Then Albert r. Ferguson, q
delegate from Halpin's district, accused
Ezra p. Prentice, one Of the delegates
elected, Of not being ION the level Mr..
| Prentice declared that he was for Hughes
first and last. Charles b, Page, the other
delegate, said that he also favored the
Governor, and then the Halpin motion TO
instruct for Gov. Hughes was carried
unanimously.
| In the Twelfth Senator Depew and Job
| +. Hedges were instructed 10 vote for
Gov. Hughes's nomination until he with
draws
In the ThirteenthGen Stewart L, Wood
ford introduced the resolution iavorinR
instructions for Hughes and it was carried
unanimously
In the Fourteenth the Queens and Man
haitian members cashed over the propo-
sitiOn TO instruct. lsidor Wasservogel OF
the Twenty second Assembly district, Man
haitian, offered resolution Of instruction.
Instantly the Queens men we're on their
feet with motions to table, and they won
by 6S votes to-5L
The Fifteenth Sixteenth, Seventeenth
and Eighteenth instructed for Hughes.
These are the delegates elected in districts
wholly or partly in New York county: