The sun., 1916-08-25
WILCOX CALLS HIS
ADVISERS TO MEET
Plans for ROusing September
Campaign Will Be Dis
cussed.
PRIMARIES A ~HINDRANCE
With Them Out Of Way
Hughes Leaders Will Rally
Full Strength.

Convinced the Hughes campaign has
moved with greater smoothness and had
more punch In 1t than come superficial
observers have credited II Chairman
WILCOX has called a meeting Of the new
advisory committee for next Wednesday
to 90 over plans for the battle In Sep
TENDER.
There are eleven members Of his
committee, Republican leaders and busi-
ness men OF experience. To them Mr..
Wilcox will report the progress OF the
campaign to date. including his conf
dental reports OF the effect Of The
Hughes trip to the coast and back and
tho tentative plans for Mr.. Hughes's fu-
ture movements.
Reports reaching headquarters Of the
speeches Of Mr.. Hughes In the West
without exception are extremely favora-
bic. Men who have had opportunity to size
up the impression made after the candi-
date has left the cities where he has
spoken are writing In that the crowds
were. II anything. larger than were ex-
pected and that full reports would show
the speeches to be full Of epigram and
hard logic that had set his hearers
thinking and had the Democrats plainly
worried.
Wilson Notification Awaited.
Complaints tha. the Republican cam
paign lacks punch are not taken seri-
ously by Mr.. WILCOX. In the FIRST place
II Is pointed out the Republican candi-
date IL making one Of the earliest cam
paisn trips or record. a trip undertaken
before tbe Democratic candidate has
been notified that he has been NOM
mated. 1t will be easier for Mr.. Hughes
to start things after Mr.. Wilson's speech
Of acceptance.
Naturally" said one Of the Republi-
can managers. "Mr. Hughes Is not going
to play many Of his cards until the
President plays some Of his. Then there
will be a real game. with Mr.. Hughes
holding h winning hand
II is also the experience Of tho politi-
cal managers this year that tho direct
primary system. now In almost
everywhere, has made II difficult for the
Presidential campaign now 10 &c; an
early tart. II used to be different. but
now the attention OF State manager1
must be centred largely on the primaries.
National campaign have found
II a problem how to keep neutral In these
contests. The real battle will begin when
the primaries are out OF the way next
month.
Among the plans which Mr.. Wilcox Is
to TAXI W with the advisory committed
IL one for organizing womcn 10 wor!. FOL
Hughes. not only In the suffrage States
but In other States. where their influence,
II II thought. viii! count. Mr.. WILCOX an
nounced yesterday that such a plan was
being worked out by James Il. GARFIELD
OF Ohio and Herbert Parsons. Under /,
the work Of a lot OF women's orGaniza.
mated.
Chance n Georgia.
Although the Republicans are not put.
ting the Democratic state OF Georgia In
their column. II was reported to Chair.
man Wilcox yesterday that there was q
chance Of electirg several Republican
members of Congress there. This word
was brought By II. q. Hastings OF Al.
lanta, Progressive National Committee,
man. Mr.. Hastings reported hat il
Georgia they were b%enioanins the Wi,
son vacillation in Mexico and that the
new rural credit law. which was to do 81
much for the Administration. had beer
opposed by almost all Of the farmers as
sociations In the State. the farmers look
ing at It az a better vote catcher than !
money getter.
Tne weekly bulletin Of the women.
committee OF the Hughes Alliance, Is
sued Yesterday. contained an arraign
ment OF the Wilson administration b,
President Nicholas Murray Butler. VIII,
says:
THE Democratic pledges Of 1912 hav,
been treated as scraps Of paper an,
abandoned before the higher political ne
cessity which consists In votes at an,
cost. Where Republican policies SCENE,
hopeful they have been seized upor
altered for h worst and proclaimed I
the country as Democratic triumph.
h one great victory Of the Ad
ministration 10 over the Democratic part
and Its principles.
Thomas Jefferson would turn In hi
grave II he could read the legislation o
the past four years, Andrew Jackso
would stand amazed before the Mexica
imbro91io Samuel J. T'lien and Grove
Cleveland would have III concealed ind!e
nation at what has masQueraded a
Democracy.
Calls Victory Essential.
'HepuDilcan Victory III november
essential II our country is 10 he mad
fully conscious Of It's duties and obliga
tons, both at home and abroad. an
made ready to meet and discharg
them"
The speech which Theodore Rooseve
10 to max at Battle Creek. Mich. d
. September 80 Is to be made the occasio
for a barbecue. Special trains are to /
run from many cities and twenty-fy
bands have been hired. While the Col,
mel IL to make half a dozen speechs
in all II is not expected he will 6
|, further west than Kansas City. VII
lam Howard Taft and F.lihu Root ais
{ will make speeches In October.
. PLEADS GUILTY TO FORGERY.