New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
DIDN'T WRITE" -HUpPUCH.
Democratic Chairman Takes One
Exception to Dix's Assertion.
"FADES AWAY" UNDER FIRE
When Pressed for Answer if He
Signed Petition to Raise the
Paper Tariff, He Retires.

e'POA @olI III ne 6GGlfeS.
Winfield A Huppuch chairman Of the
Democratic State Committee, was decided
ly evasive yesterday about discussing ir
any way the speech of John A. Dix, the
Democratic candidate for Governor ir
which he referred to his attitude on the
tariff before an audience in Staten Island
on Thursday night Mr.. Dix at that time
| said:
MY partner. Mr.. Huppuch. Mr.. ". A.
Huppuch, chairman of the state committee
asked that the tari&. on paper be raised
But he put in a provision that has not been
quoted He asked that the tariff on paper
be raised provided that the tariff on raw
material was raised"
Mr.. Huppuch was asked Yesterday to
confirm that statement, but he would not
make direct reply The question was re-
peated several times. but each time the
state chairman made an evasive answer.
A reading of the petition to the Ways
and Means Committee of the House signed
| by Mr.. Huppuch, among others. failed to
show any such condition in the petition for
an increase in the duty on wallpaper.
us that statement regarding your atti-
tude on raising Of the tariff on wallpaper
| correct?' Mr.. Huppuch was asked.
The chairman paused a minute and went
| back In his room. He emerged with a
! copy of the minutes of the Ways and
Means Committee.
ct will answer your question" he said,
"by reading the testimony of Mr.. Lindsay,
! of NJ. H. Birge & Sons of Buffalo. 1t is
this: Another unfair condition affecting
| the industry in this country is due to the
| fact that many of the raw materials, so far
as the manufacture OF wallpaper is con-
| cerned bear higher rate of duty than the
| finished product That expresses the ideas
Of the wallpaper men in nutshell"
But did you write in your letter that
you wanted an increase in wallpaper only
| if there was an increase in the raw ma
terials?" was asked.
Didn't Write Any Letter"
state chairman. evading a direct reply on
the issue involved.
But You. with others. signed a petition
Did it contain any such proviso regarding
the raising of duty on Wallpaper
BY this time Mr.. Huppuch was back in
his room and did not reply to the question.
Mr.. Huppuch said he did not know of the
L. Thomson Company, the letterhead of
which was used. Mr.. Dix said, in writing
to the Ways and Means Committee to urge
that the duty on lumber be reduced 10 per
cent for ten years and on paper 20 per
cent for five years. The principal business
of L. Thomson. father-in-law of Mr.. Dix.
Mr.. Huppuch said. had been. he under
stood, the Moose River Lumber Company,
which dealt in pulp woods and hard woods
That the Democratic campaign is not
winding up so serenely as the managers
would like to have the public believe was
indicated by the fact that after he had
completed his speechmaking tour of the
East Side on Thursday night Mr.. Dix was
in conference with the managers until
nearly o'clock. It was reported that
Charles B. Murphy, or a representative,
was in the conference, which was held in
the Hotel Knickerbocker. When Chairman
Huppuch was asked who was at the con-
ference he replied, with a smile:
''Mr. Dix was there. I was there. No.
don't think I will tell you who else was
there" -
Mr.. Dix had hoped TO start for Troy on
the first Empire State Express, at $50
o clock in the morning, but he found so
much business to attend to that he did not
get away until the second Empire State
Express, at 1910. Chairman Huppuch said
he thought Mr.. DIX had been detained on
personal business.
Schenectady Cancellation Unexplained.
No explanation was offered for the can
collation. of the meetings that were to have
been held in Schenectady yesterday after
noon. 1t may have been thought that they
would not be successful.
The Tammany campaign will be practi-
cally finished tonight, with thirty meet
ings in various parts of the county.
The Sullivans will hold their usual Sun
day night meetings tomorrow night. Big
Tim" Sullivan's meeting will be at Miners
Bowery Theatre Big Tim" will speak
and also 'Christy'' Sullivan, John F. Nc
Intyre, Assemblyman Oliver and George
Gordon Battle.
Other Sunday night meetings under Tam
many auspices will be held IN the 5th, 7th,
14th and S2d districts. No meetings will be
held by Tammany on Monday night
The annual meeting Of the Tanmany
Hall executive committee, when the can
vases will be gone over by Charles f.
Murphy, the Big Chief" will be held at
Tammany Hall this afternoon. No hope is
held out that any of the inside figures will
be made public after the meeting
The day before election is usually known
as Dough Day." but it was reported yes
terday that some of the stuff might be
passed out to-day.
Upstate to Get Tammany Money.
State Chairman Huppuch in conference
with Charles F. Murphy and several others,
yesterday afternoon, decided how the
money should be apportioned upstate. The
bulk of this coin will go upstate to-day.
On Monday the Democrats in the country
districts Will be joyful.
Chairman Huppuch received letter yes
terday from man who signed himself
Michael Dolan. saying that wild man
Roosevelt should be sat on" and suggest
ing that anti-Roosevelt cartoons be scat