Evening star., 1908-01-14
POLITICS IN GOTHAM
Many Persistent Rumors Fly
ing Around the City.
SOME EVENTS THIS WEEK
An Alliance of Woodruff, Parsons
and the President.
TO DELIVER STATE TO TAFT
Spectacular Political Function for
Thursday Night-Bryan Press
Agency to Start the Band.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. January 14.-The political
events scheduled for performance in the
city this week may. in large measure,
have important bearing on the election
of delegates from the state to the re-
publican and democratic national conven-
tions The first event is the monthly
meeting of the Kings county republican
committee this evening 1t is eX-
pected that resolution indorsing Gov.
Hughes for the party nomination for
President will be offered and it is also
expected that Chairman Woodruff. who
controls the Kings county organization,
will have the resolution tabled.
Persistent rumors now circulating in
this city and Washington are to the et-
feet that State Chairman Woodruff and
Representative Herbert Parsons, presi-
dent of the New York county committee,
have. at the request of President Roose-
welt, undertaken to deliver the delega-
ton from this state to Secretary TAFT.
The same rumors say also that Mr..
Woodruff is to be the Roosevelt candi-
Gate for the nomination for Vice Presl-
dent. and that Representative Parsons is
to succeed ThomaS c. Platt in the United
States Senate in 1909 if
in the Kings county organization but 1t
is reported that they are determined TO
put State Chairman Woodruff on record
II they can. At the same time 1t is ad-
mitted that Mr.. Woodruff can have a
Hughes Endorsement resolution without
openly committing himself to any other
candidate. The general plan of the anti
Hughes forces is to send an instructed
delegation to the national convention.
The New York county committee will
1trrl,f hn
Hughes boomers in this county do not
change their minds or get cod feet they
will call up and try to pass the reSolu-
tions indorsng Gov. Hughes which were
tabled at the December meeting. Friends
OF Chairman Parsons declare that there
was no question of his absolute con-
troll of the committee by an overwhelming
majority. and that the Hughes resolution
would not be allowed to pass. One of
the oldest and most influential members
of the county and executive committees.
George w. Wanamaker. was appointed
appraiser of the port by President Roose-
Welt last week and it is expected that al
his influence in the county organization
will be thrown with that of Chairman
Parsons to prevent the passage of the
Hughes resolution.
The Hughes Boom Committee.
The work of the Hughes boom commit
tee of the Republican Club is not taken
seriously by practical politicians because
the club has no power to bind any con-
vention. Action by the county commit
tee, however. would be regarded as bind
ing on the congressional district conven-
tions that will meet in May to elect dis
trict delegates to the national conven-
ton.
The real spectacular political. event of
the week will occur Thursday night at
Cooper Union. where the New York
Bryan press agency of the state, which
calls itself the New York Progressive
Democratic League, is to hold mass
meeting with Senator JEFF Davis of Ar
kansas as the star orator. No theatrical
trick known to political press agents has
been left unturned in the effort to insure
crowd and lots of made-to-o der en-
thusiasm.
1t was announced by Mr.. Bryan S
chief press agent that at the meeting
Thursday night the name OF the organiza-
ton is to be changed to the w. ]. Bryan
Progress League. The local press agents
have been working overtime in their e.
forts to secure the attendance of a large
number OF Tammany district leaders, IN
order to give to the public the impression
that Tammany fayors the nomination of
Bryan for President So far they have
been able to announce the expected at
tendance of but one leader. James j.
Hagan of the fifteenth assembly dis
trict. Leader Murphy. it is understood,
favors an uninstructed delegation to the
national convention.