New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
HUGHES IN CONFERENCE.
Busy Ans5cering Congratulatory
Letters from the Vest.

Governor Hughes lferred yesterday at tne
Hotel Astor with Chairman Hitchcock OF the re
publican National Committee; HERBERT farsoh7'
president of the Republican County Committee
Charles A Moore, of the American Protective
Tariff League; William r. Wilcox, president OF the
Public Service Commission; Lafayette B. Gleason
secretary of the Republican State Committee Johh
Hutchinson, director Of the speakers bureau Oh tio
state committee Samuel S. Koenig. CANDIDATE tor
Secretary of State and Senator Agnew The Gov
ernor reached town at noon and returned to AL
bauy last evening.
Since the denomination of Governor Hughes ne
has received many thousands of letters from tne
West the Middle West, and even from racine
Coast states congratulating him not only upon ms
denomination but also upon his Youngstown tOhlo1
speech. The Governors secretary, Robert H. III
Ter his military secretary, Colonel george Cur
It's Treadwe have been busy trying to reply 20
these communications, but Colonel Ireao"eh says
the number is growing hourly
Governor Hughes will speak for the national
committee September Is. % and 90 in Indiana
Ohio and West Virginia. On October l, as already
announced, he will be the principal speaker at tne
meeting at Camp Taft, and the remainder OF the
week will be given to speaking in this city. The
following week beginning on Monday, OCTOBER o.
the Governor will give to speaking in the Middle
West probably making speech in Kansas. lie
plans to be back in New York on October L.
Mr. Taft will be here october q for the Dig
meeting in Madison Square Garden, at which Gov
ernor Hughes also will speak On october 20 Gov
ernor Hughes and Mr. Taft will speak in Syracuse,
on October 80 in Rochester and the next night in
Buffalo Ex-Secretary Shaw and ex-senator John
c. Spooner, Of Wisconsin, have offered their SER
vices to the national committee.
Chairman Hitchcock, who leaves here this after
noon for Chicago, expects to be back on Wednes-
day morning.
CONGRESSMAN Arthur L. Bates. OF Meadvile,
Penn yesterday at headquarters that his state
was good for 800 majority the national tick
ct We never were in better shape for cam
paign, he added.
The late campaigns in Eastern states were the
subject of inquiries at the Republican national
headquarters yesterday. and Mr. Hitchcock said the
DELAY had been Intentional He called attention to
the fact that the New Jersey state convention had
not been held and that the conventions in other
states were late this year because Of primary cleo
tions.
Chairmen of Republican finance committees were
appointed yesterday follows: West Virginia, c.
W. Dillon of Fayetteville; Virginia, L. n. Nicho-
las of Norfolk; North Carolina, Thomas s. Rollins.
of AshevilIe South Carolina, l.. W. c. Blalock, Of
GoIdyile; Kentucky William D. Cochran, of Mays
Vile.
According to gossip in Republican circles, all the
Republican Congressman. Messrs. Parsons Olcott
and Bennett will be renominated. Senator Asnew
will be renoninated; Ex-Assembynan Alexander
Brough will be nominated In the place OF Senator
Martin Sake and ex-Assembyman Josiah I. New
comb in the place of Senator Alfred Page
George Henry Payne is slated for the Assembly
nomination in the 35th District There is some
talk of nominating James f. March for Congress in
the Sth District where the Democratlc PluaIlty rs
will be renominated. and 1t is the present intention
TO reno1ninate Surrogate Charles H. Beckett
The speakers bureau at county committee mead.
quarters VIII open to-day under the direction Of
John Boyle, jr.