The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-13
BLISS STEPSIN FATHERS SHOES
 IN C. 0.P. RANKS
Treasurer of Republican Ma tional Committee To Have
 Chicago Man as Aide.

New York, July 13.-Cornelius N. Bliss, whose father was treasurer of the Republican National Committee during the Mckinley and Roosevelt campaigns, appointed to-day to the post of financial director of the Chas B. Hughes canvass will be treasurer of the National Committee, Chairman William R. Wilcox announced at Hughes headquarters. His assistant will be Frederick w .Upham of Chi cago.
 In announcing the appointments Chairman Wilcox said he had called a meeting of the campaign committee for Thursday, July 20, at the Hotel Astor.
 MT. Hughes talked freely about his campaign plans. He said July 31 had been agreed upon as the date for his notification and that formal announce >ment would be made to- morrow after he had talked with Senator Warren G. Harding, chairman of the notifica- tton committee MT. Hughes wired MT. Harding yesterday asking whether the last day of this month would be convenient for. the committee and in- yttine him to take dinner in New York this evening.
 Senator Harding replied that the date was satisfactory, but had to de- cline the invitation to dinner. He sug- gested that he would come to New York either Thursday or Friday. MT. Hughes then asked Senator Harding to come tomorrow, that they may have lunch together before the candi- date leaves for Bridgehampton.
 The notification meeting will be held either in Carnegie Hall or Madison Square Garden-probably the former, as it is desired to hold the final rous- ing mass meeting in the Garden just before election.
 MT. Hughes said he would leave for the Pacific coast after the notification, He will make several speeches there during the second week in August. '"rhe trip will not be of the barn. storming variety" he said, "but will be educational. Later there will be 8 whirlwind speaking tour, with especial attention to those States where it will do the most good" "Will you make as many speeches as you made in your Governorshir campaigns'' he was asked. God forbid" he replied. 'I may say that not profanely but as pious ejac' ulation.'
 T He was asked if the visit of William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago was occasioned by the fact that the only Illinois representative on the cam paign committee is Harold l.. Ickes,, g Progressive.
 Decidedly, mo-" MT. Hughes replied Mayor Thompson's appointment tc ooo ma was Ynado AonO befOra thf campaign committee was selected" He then went to some length to ex pIhin that there was no particular DO litical significance in the representa- ton given the several States on the campaign committee. He said tho committee consisted of the executive committee of the Republican Nationa Committed with six ex-Progressive' added because of the reunion of th' two factions of the Republican party. All talk of Old, Guard or Progressiv, Representation in one State or anothel MT. Hughes made plain, was based or a, misunderstanding of the true situa ton.
 I w. Murray Crnae, silent as ever. ar rived at the Hotel Astor yesterday. NJ
 Announcement was madef of an ap lpointment with the candidate or witt
 Chairman Wilcox, but MT. Cranes DO sition in party councils makes it ineW
 table that his visit is significant. | Among those who saw MT. Hughe
 to-day were William Miller Collier, O Auburn, N. r., ex-Minister to Spain Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of Stat,
 of Massachusetts; Clifford Pinchot an,
 E. A. Thurston of Massachusetts.