The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-13
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II was all good news. hu, the au-
nouncemcnt II he noon hour "a> per
haps the bcS. OF the day To- Nr. Hughes
For after II" had gou with Mr. whit
nay to the Harvard club for luncheon
he drove to 81 Riverside Drive. the home
Of his son, Charles T. Hughes, Jr., -
rookie" At Plattshurg Besides visiting
a short time with Mr.. Hughes and
young Charles r. Hughes sd he saw
for the very FIRST time four-weets-o,d
Henry Stewart Hughes. Whose grand
daddy may be the next president
MANY other callers were waiting Toy
Mr.. Hughes on his return To the ho'r'
among them william VI. h. olcott, Will
lam X. Foster, who was the RepubliCa1
nominec for CONGRESSMAN from tn"
Westches,er district a. the last el"c'io'
Marvin ~Scudder. who as expert aocour o.
ant game a reputation As the 'd.gE'.
OF the Armstrong committees IuN"Stigl-
ton. and :. :. Mcclure. Mr. MrCIu~"
stopped to tell the reporters that Will"
he thought the Colonel was me create
President ever--"Was N a class by him
self Mr.. Hughes Will make an excel
lent President too.
william \. Day, president Of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society, Joined IN"
line OF enthusiasts who paid their re-
spec;s, and j. T.. Lutz OF Vernon. Tex g..
assured Mr.. Hughes that, he would Voc
ccive a surprisingly larc" vote in the
Lone Star state. He went to Washing
ton to divulge this news, and when .e
found the nominee VAS not there brought
u on 10 New York.
Then followed some Of the party leai-
ers h were just back from Chicago
and didn't propose to lose time IN COM
graduating the new party leader sam
u"l :. koenig. Republican county chair
man. didn't forget 10 remind hclr'"-
that he had always been a Hughes man
The Chicago convention was essentially
a gathering Of delegates. he said. aII
the delegates insisted on nominating Nj.
Hughes because the people wanted him
Theodore Roosevelt ~ no shirker. Cd
SAID Mr.. koenig, when the ever rccurfln =;
question OF the tolunel's attitude was
posed. 81 never knew him to want ,
accomplish anything when he was not
ready to fight to bring it about. Hughes 5
principles are the colonel's also"
Then the chairman said that the count.
committee would start the campaign
moving by holding It's first meeting in
Bryant Hall. los West Fortieth stree.
next Thursday night. Mr.. Koenig dis
tributed small elephants heads inscrihe /
with the nominees name, Previously
members of tho Hughes Alliance had
given out buttons left over from the 1905
campaign. so that nobody left the head
quarters undecorated,
Herbert Parsons, newly elected ma
tional con mitteeman. the first caller OF
the day willing to talk except In most
guarded fashion OF campaign plans. pre-
dicted that Mr.. Hughes would be ON
cially notified of his nomination in New
York rather than in Washington. He
believed too that the Republicans Wsuli
maintain headquarters In this city, wItl'
a branch in Chicago. Mr.. Parsons was
certain Col. Roosevelt would be for the
Republican ticket, lie said
NJ Itoosevelt's career and his part
in the preliminary campaign this year
show that he must now he most anxious
to have Mr.. Hughes elected and will
render all the service he can"
State Chairman Frederick G. Tanner
talked In the same strain. lie predicted
an old fashioned Republican majority IN
New. York as we'll as in the country AT
large and expected complete amalgama-
tion with the Progressives.