The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-27

Barnes Roosevelt correspondence ~
regards the candidate not wanted hy
either. bat almost simultaneously
President r osevelt was eXpressin. 10
Herbert Parsons. the New York city
leader. about the same views he gave
TO Barnes.
He wrote to Parsons on Angus. ~,
1905. a letter practically Identical
with his letter of that date to Barnes.
Parsons appears 10 have been aston
ished and aggrieved that Roosevelt
should advocate the nomination II
Hughes. He limited that Roosevelt
was treating the state leaders as
puppets and that Hughes was an i'm
POSSIBLE person.
ArGusr. %, 1908
DEAR Mn. PRESIDENT Your ie,ter
OF August u IN regard TO your Hughes
conference with sherman. HtchcoCk
stall. il at hand | heard about Il that
same evening from them. Naturally
was greatly surprised.
When Hendricks. Barnes ard saw
you the week before. ! understood your
attitude 10 he that. In View Of Hughes $
conduct toward them. you We're unwill-
ing To ask any Of your friends to sup
port HIM. You even asked Barnes TO
announce that no matter what the at
ti;ude of you or TAFT he would abide
by the result OF the primaries in Al
bdny.
You seemed 20 approve his idea that
We should have a convention with no
prcarraugcd SLATE and with a genuine
figh' over the nomination for Governor.
Hughes to he on level with the Other
/ candidates. ! had not understood that
you deemed ~ necessary that We agree
on some particular man
do not blink the seriousness NJ
the situation that cOufruuts us II is
the man or IN" party MANY of the
people who want Hughes want him
because he will destroy the parry or
ganization
| decline 20 be responsible for the
denomination OF Hughes. In my opinion
he will run poorly In this county and
hurt Taft and the situation liz one that
demands compromise OF man OF
high type who will cooperate with the
party and avoid the enmities that
Hughes has made. Moreover. though
my views az TO party organization are
In some respects different from those
an efficient county organization is the
one thing necessary to bring better gov
eminent to New York city
Huehes's course, therefore, regard
as a negaton OF my efforts OF the pas
three years, and his denomination
shall regard as announcement that such
/ work as ! have started IN 20 do II un-
necessary
Not only will not he responsible for
Gov Hughes's renominatioN, hut n he
is renominsted I decline 20 he RESPONSE
bic for the result to Taft iu New York
county. The outcome was what ! sup
posed would he the case foretold
Woodruff that Their, would he pressure
from the outside for Hughee's renomina-
tion.
| did not suppose, however that in a
nerve racking preconvention fighting We
would be treated as puppets and tina;
those In charge ~ the national cam
paiRn would tell US what We were "a
do and tell the new spapers what We
would he told TO do Rad they shown
tho same confidence In US for election
day that they had to show In US for
primary day there would be more
just situation.
Am TO understand from your letter
that you are opposed to having the re.
pubicans OF New York county express
their wishes on this matter on primary
day Very truly yours,
HERBERT PARSONS
The President oyster Bay. y. Y
IN rep'u PrrSidrnf RooSrreN made
The soft dnSuor that turncth dUdL
,crdth. but he couldn't see whdt man
Parsons Uould su0Ocst that wouldn't b.
Ucdkcr than Hughes
OYSTER BAY, y. Y, Aug. 81. 1908
My DEAR PARSONS have far toe
many necessary encounters with mer
! do not like TO permit myself TO feel
even passing irritation at sharp words
from men whom I not only like bu'
thoroughly respect. ~ ! D. YOU.
Now. my dear fellow. when you ask
II you are "to understand that ! am
opposed TO having the Republicans OF
New York county express their wishes
IN this matter on primary days" I think
you must bc giving VEN to yer,
natural irritation rather than asking a
serious question
You know Of course that am no,
in the least opposed and cannot be on,
posed 10 having the Republicans Of any
county express their wishes on primary
day. On tho contrary, when YOU were
not here with Barnes. Hendricks anr
others what ] kept saying 10 you was
that ] earnestly hoped ne could get
just such free expression Of the vot,
ers wishes
W" az. Entirely rlgn, ~ saying thai