Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-19
HITCHCOCK AS EMPIRE STATE
 PEACE MAKER
Report that Taft Has DeIegat- ed the Postmaster General to Bring About Harmony in New York.

New York.
 . WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-In spite of frequent declarations from Beverly that the president has adopted an in- frangible policy of not interfering in any state party fights, it is regarded in Washington as absolutely certain that Frank H. Hitchcock Is at this time engaged. on direction from Mir. Taft. in trying to straighten out the tangle of Republicanism in New York.
 The postmaster general was h Beverly. following his mysterious con ference with vice-President Sherman and William Loeb. Jr., collector of the port of New York. at the Man hattan hotel in New York city.
 It is believed by the politicians in Washington that Hitchcock has been given the task of trying to get the leaders of the party in New York to agree upon a candidate for the gov ernorship; that he went to New York with that end in view. and that his return to Beverly today is for the purpose of reporting to Taft person ally the result of his mission.
 When Hitchcock left Washington Monday evening it was said that he would see the president Tuesday and return to this city Wednesday. Evi- dently after he reached Beverly New York affairs claimed his attention
 The party leaders admit that the squabble in New York has reduced matters to a state of virtual chaos; that the party so far has not shown any signs of lining up behind any one man solidly, and that the time for heroic steps has come.
 It seems to close observes here that the administration has decided 10 do all in it's power to strengthen republicanism in the pivotal state. It would be almost disastrous to the policies of the president to lose the next house of representatives or to lose control of New York state. The bitterness between the old-line lead CTS in the state and the Hughes wing of the party has not lessened. but rather has increased as a result of the various attemepts which have already been made to get the fac tions together.
 Hitchcock has many friends in
 both wings. and it is claimed he is the logical man to make the last desperate attempt to put some meas
 ure of harmony into the party. which,
 at this time. is torn apart in an ap- !pa-ently hopeless degree.
 In the postofice department today
 1t was said that the postmaster gen | eral has not sent word here as to when he will return. This is taken
 to mean that he may again go to New York for further conferences
 and that the further problem of the situation has not yet been solved. The leaders have been looking for ward to hard fights in the far and Middle West, but they have hoped all along that the Eatsern states would come up strong with undivided fight
 ing power. Today they are almost ready to despair of New York's show ing at the polls next November. Roosevelt Has Failed. Theodore Roosevelt might accom- plish much, according to the political seers. but so far he has not cleared the New York sky of clouds. He is lined up with the Hughes crowd and against this faction are the old ma chine leaders at whose head stands Timothy L. Woodruff. Rooseevlt has not yet succeeded in besting the ma chine leaders, and for this reason his capacity for helping things might not be great
 Another difficulty is that most oi the available men for the guberna torlal race are 10th to undertake it They do not seem to think that this is a good year to run on a republican
 ticket in their state. Loeb. himself
 1t is reportd here. has no keen desire
 for the job. but in the end be may
 be persuaded to take it with the hope
 of saving the party.
 What the republican leaders and the administration want is a good
 candidate and lot of party harmony So far they have secured neither. un
 less Hitchcock has been unable tc show them the way.
 son Harman to the tender mercies