Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-14
FIGHT ON HUGHES BEGINS
TO SHOW SIGN OF COLLAPSE
Horace White May Be Named for
Lieutenant Governor

SARATOGA, September 14.-Long be-
fore II o'clock noon today the fight
against the denomination of Hughes by
the republican convention began to show
signs of total collapse. President Parsons
of the New York county committee called
a caucus Of his district leaders to pick
out a candidate for the nomination for
attorney general and decide II the vote
of the county should be divided or cast
solidly for Hughes.
The work of making up the final slate
for the Hughes ticket began this morn
ing. The friends of the governor are
planning to placate the bosslets as far as
possible. State Senator Horace White of
governor If he will accept. That is to
placate Francis Hendricks, the bosslet of
Onondaga county. Mayor Charles II.
Gaus of Albany, a right-hand man of
the nomination for controller. The nomi-
nation for attorney general Is to go to
G. b. d. Hasbrouck of Kingston. an Odell
man. or ex-Assemblyman f. p. Prentice.
or Samuel Strasburger of New York
county, both Parsons men.
The anti Hughes bosslets are trying to
win over Hughes delegates by offering
places on the state ticket They are now
claiming to have won the Queens county
delegation. The Hughes forces have no
ton remains divided.
There was a lot of long distance tele-
phoning to Oyster Bay during the fore
noon.
assemble this afternoon to adopt a plat
form and nominate a state ticket the
talk among the men who think they are
party leaders against the denomination OF
Gov. Hughes is just as bitter. sullen and
vicious as ever. and yet these same little
they
day night. Not a single thing has
been done that has advanced the anti
Hughes forces one step toward union or
a candidate for governor.
The fact is, not more than half dozen OF
these little bosslets down In his heart has
the slightest doubt of the denomination OF
Gov. Hughes. They walk around a while
then gather in groups and iN low tones
swear at the governor, swear at the big
stick and say to every one who will lis
ten: Hughes can't be elected"
But pin these same men down and ask
them to pick q man who can be elected
and they dodge the question.
The President Positive.
large percentage of the delegates tc
this convention will be federal and state
| oniceholders 1t is related here tina,
| when one of the bosslets was at Sycamore
| Hill, telling the President why Hughes
| shouldn't be renominated, he said: why
his denomination will lose us 100000
| votes
And we'll lose 100000 IL we don't re.
nominate him." the President is reported
| to have replied.
| Every delegate here knows by this time
that the President. Judge Taft and the
! republican national committee favor the
| denomination of the governor, and so far
| the opposition has not been able to bring
forward candidate who seems to meas
ure up to the job. Yesterday and last
| night efforts were made to bring about
| a union Of the opposition, first on Job
w. s. Bennett. Nothing tangible result.
ed and the opposition is still undecided
| and in the air.
/ The little bosslets have been turning to
| b. B. Odell, jr.. to take command and
| try to bring about some concerted action
| Odell merely looks on, smiles and smokes