New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-27

very muCn more Hub I" ~
than 20 nominate him, although IL wiz
undoubtedly hurt US also to nominate
him"
Agrees with Parsons.
On August q Colonel Roosevelt
wrote 10 Parsons. who NJ that time
was n New York Representative. from
the White House, in part, as follows:
"You were very strong in your state,
ments Of what the men under you SAID
as 10 Hughes's unpopalarity, and !
certainly understood you 10 say that
Bennett felt exactly rs you did. AS an
unimportant incident, ! may mention
that Amos Pinchot notified me that
Won had entirely mistaken him, and
that he favored the nomination Of
Uughes) when Bennett tells me, as
the local leaders like Strassburger tell
me. that the sentiment is very strong
for the denomination OF Hughes, nave
got to take notice of It.
81 entirely agree with all you say as
10 your Just reasons for complaint
against Governor Hughes, and, further
more. with all you say as 20 the fact
that many of those who desire his re-
nomination desire il chiefly for the
purpose Of hurting the Republican
party.
Moreover. my dear Parsons, you can
hardly seriously suppose that, TO quote
your own words, | am trying 70 treat
YOU as a puppet'-that is, if you mean
me when you say those in charge OF
the national campaign which, OF
course. | am not. On the contrary, !
have written again and again to Taft
-. yT,4olcC,ly 20 nal n omen
statement. and | haven't the slightest
intention Of telling you what TO do,
and never will tell the newspapers
that YOU will be told what to do and
never have thought of so telling them.
"You wrote me requesting TO see me.
and asking that | say nothing until !
had seen YOU. I saw you. We went
over the situation. ! afterward saw
Bennett and various others, including
Sherman, and the situation as they re-
lated Il was so totally different that /
felt that | ought to tell you that this,
with other knowledge brought to me,
had made me alter my mind as TO what
was the wise thing to do. But surely
nv letter most explicitly disclaims any
intention to dictate TO you.
"Sull, | absolutely agree with you
that there are many cross currents;
that there are many currents against
Hughes. but | don't see whom you are
going to put in his place who won't
be weaker.
"P. S.-Of course, want the fullest
and most omen expression of prefer
erce at the primaries; that III stand
heartily for whatever you, Fassett and
the rest Of the leaders finally do, and
have no intention Of forcing the nomi-
nation or Of trying TO; but that, unless
YOU object, should like. az a good
Republican and party man and a
stanch believer i'm you. 20 tell you my
Judgment, FOR whatever II "a worth.
Barnes Writes His Fears.
On August 26 Barnes, from Albany,
wrote Colonel Roosevelt as follows:
II have talked over the telephone
with Parsons. Ward and Sherman re-
qarding the conference al Oyster Bay.
As I told YOU on Thursday last, unless
the Hughes people name ticket at the
primaries and carry il on Tuesday
night. we will send an anti-Hughes del
egation to Saratoga.
Il burned my bridges on this mat
ter. as you know, last spring, and there
is no retreat for me. and ] shall con-
tinue to oppose his denomination until
the result Of the convention is known.
! have very positive opinions regarding
this situation. The vote iu this state
for Taft Will be extremely large, and
although Hughes would run 100000 be-
hind him he might easily be elected.
The working people are not for Bryan.
and there is a tremendous Republican
push on. If Hughes is elected he VIII
set up a political organization IN the
state, as Frederick Stevens publicly de-
clared only yesterday. Mr.. Hitchcock
and Mr.. Taft will not have TO live IN
New York after this election IS over,
but / and other men will
The support which the papers
have been giving Hughes In this mat
ter is fight upon you. That Is the
reason why they have been advocating
his denomination. We can nominate
Wadsworth, White or Hinman or any
straight Republican and win. II we Go
not DO this the State of New York
passes into the hands Of the Hughes
people shortly after the first of Janu-
airy, and those who stood up and made
the fight for the last two years will be
crushed or must sneak in the back door
or must get out of politics. ! do not
believe that you want this.
IL do not believe you realize the ok
tent of the anti-llughes feeling. | dc
not believe that many Of the adviser,
who have gone TO you are men other
than those who get their information
from newspapers. There is absolutely
no prO-Hughes sentiment in this state
unless it IS in the City of New York
/ There are many men in this state who
I vote the Republican ticket and plenty
/ of them in the organization who, with
/ the number Of Democrats that vii
support Taft, Will make his election
certain, but they will not vote fol
hughes. | have never believed since
have been active politically in taking
advice from my enemies, especially
newspaper enemies. The newspaper.
do not attack you in this matter They
are taking a chance on our making tn,
/ fight, but il is you they are after
/ There is no particular reason why 20,
+ should care. | have heard you say tina
you were ahead of the game, but yol
4 have friends in this state who stood by
you and who expect you now 20 LEI
them 80 ahead and nominate stat,
ticket.
Talks Of Throat Cutting.
There will be no trouble about Taft
The men who are cut Of work do moi
want TO remain out Of work any Longer
and the men who have a dollar do not
want il taken away. This story is d.
old as the hills. DO not, for heaven
sake. put the Republican party in thi.
state in the hands of the Mugwumps.
You said at luncheon the other daj
that YOU asked your friends once O
cut their throats, but you did not fee
. like asking them TO DO it again. | thinl
there is d large number of them who
will not DO it again. II is honorable I,
go into fight. but it is cowardly t,
commit suicide"
A letter from Parsons to Colone