New-York tribune., 1916-06-23
Republicans and Moose
Say Chiefs Will Meet in
Short Time.
GARFIELD'S VISIT
FORECASTS UNION
General Wood Visits Candidate
Acceptance Speech to Deal
with All Issues.

James r. Garfield, Progressive lead
er of Ohio, had long conference witt
Charles +. Hughes at the lattcr's head
quarters at the Hotel Astor yesterday
After the conference he went directly
20 the Hotel Langdon. where he had 4
conference with Colonel Roosevelt.
While oil three were silent as tC
what they discussed, they left no one
guessing Republicans and Progress
sives alike now look on it as only q
matter Of hours-not days-when Colo
mel Roosevelt will come out formally
for Mr. Hughes.
To add emphasis 10 the visit Of Mr.
Garfield two Progressive national com.
mitteemen-G. d. Polk. OF Michigan
ard William II. Dyer. Of Indiana rec
ognized Bull Moose leaders OF tho
West, called on Mr. Hughes to pledge
him their support. They declared the
Progressive vote Of their respective
states would go solidly to Hughes.
Wood Visits Hughes.
Then another Roosevelt man. Gen.
ersl Leonard Wood, who saw the Colo.
mel az Oyster Bay the day before thc
Chicago convention nominated Mr.
Hughes, and himself Presidential pos
sibility, also spent little time with Mr.
Hughes. When Mr. Hughes said that
he would not discuss the visit of Gen
eral Wood some one suggested that the
latter called 20 tell the Republican
candidate that Charles +. Hughes, jr.
was made a corporal at Plattsburg the
day before. And Mr. Hughes laughed
but said nothing.
And all day long loyal Roosevelt men
came 20 pledge support TO Mr.. Hughes
notably A. 2. Moore. the publisher OF
The Pittsburgh Leader" and. like
General Wood, personal friend Of the
Colonel.
But these visits yesterday were only
curtain raisers for the first big act OF
the campaign in which the Colonel will
formally appear as the indorser OF Mr.
Hughes.
The second big act will be the for
nal acceptance Of the nomination. which
70 make n speech in which he can dea
with all the questions Of the campaign
from every side.
Candidate Works on Speech.
Mr.. Hughes, it is understood, Is now
a. work on his speech, and il is eX
pected that the formal notification vii
be at his summer home at Bridge
hampton. Long Island. on July or S
No definite date has been set. but Sen
ator Warren q. Harding. OF Ohio. chair
man Of the notification committee, vii
meet Mr. Hughes tomorrow 20 arrange
the matter.
". Murray Crane called for shor'
time yesterday. Mr.. Crane IL chair
man Of the subcommittee which ha'
the power Of appointing a nationa
chairman and other officers Of the na
tional organization. II is understood
that no action will be taken with re
spect TO these officers for three or foul
days AT least.
Others who saw Mr.. Hughes on hi
return from Providence we're Howard
r. Newcomb and George T. Moody, o.
the Detroit Board Of Commerce, 10 urg'
him 20 appoint some Western man az
national chairman, preferably Charlie!
b. Warren, Of their state; Chairman
Oscar Straus; Representative Mott. o
Oswego; Lou Payn. of Columbia Coun
ty. who sees a walkover for the Re
publcans; Henry c. White. of the New
Jersey Conservation Commission; Lew
is II. Pounds, Borough President o
Brooklyn; Herman W. Craven. UniteC
States Civil Service Commissioner. 0
Washington, d. c., and J. r. Babler
national committeeman from Missouri