The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
NEW YORK SPLIT ON
ROOT AND HUGHES
Wadsw0rth Sets Up Formers
Camp; Tanner Aids JUS
tees Boom.
WAITING FOR WHITMAN

CHICAGO. June 3.-The division III TIC
New York delegation vas emphasized
to-day upon the arrival Of some OF the
New York leaders representing the rival
f. factions. Among those who got In were
United states Senator wadsworth. State
Chairman Tanner. Senator Elon X.
Brown, ex-Sccretary of Wal Henry l..
[, Stimson and James X Sheffie'd.
b. These men at once separated into two
d, camps, the Root men apparently look
ing to Senator Wadsworth to inject more
life into tho Root boom. and the Hughes
men. under Chairman Tanner, canvass
Ing the situation diligently in order to
report on the ~jurist's chance 10 Gov.
Whitman when the Governor reaches
here with the delegates tomorrow after
loon.
Whitman Is to have a conference
Dromptly with Frank II. Hitchcock,
Chairman Tanner and Public Service
Commissions William Hayward, who
are working for Mr.. Hughes's nomina-
ton. There has been some comment
: hero over the apparently close working
which the Governor has with
isNr. Hitchcock. Although the ex-Post-
master General Is not in the confidence
Of many national leaders who are OH
the ground. the Governor seems to he
relying upon Mr.. Hitchcock's political
ocumen.
Leave II to whitman.
81 Tho Hughes men are to leave 4, to
Whitman 90 do most OF the talking for
Z Hughes. The present programme is for
the Governor. after getting the reports
at to-morrow's conference, to issue a
f: statement over his name tina. is expected
b crystalline and give a more tangible
ohape to the Hughes sentiment, at pres
q without any official abiding place.
Chairman Tanner to-day contented
himself with the statement hat he
: Hughes people would have a majority
e the delegation on the first ballot. Il
10 known that they are counting on at
least sixty votes. Otherwise Tanner
seemed to fight shy Of assuming TO be
an official spokesman for the Hughes
boom. This Is one Of the interesting
features of the peculiar situation. and
: since Justice HuEhes's disavowal Of
Hitchcock's activity IL has become pro-
nounced. This Ia one OF the reasons why
the Governors arrival Is being awaited
with so much interest.
! Senator Wadsworth tonight. in a
statement claiming a majority OF The
New York delegation for Root, said
p, MIR. Roots name will be presented
10 the convention by a majority OF the
= eShNe aha'AH ii' tbCaIN NV
y attack on any. other candidate or group.
The men urging II are profoundly con-
WINGED hat he is eminently A. to be
President, He is prominently the man
70 nominate.
Points Out Roots strenHth.
"If nominated Mr.. Root will carry
New York by "a big majority. II that
means forty-four electoral votes His
strength before the people was shown
whep he was elected delegate al large
to The Constitutional Convention. In
that election he received a plurality Of
about $4,000 over Chief Justice Cullen
and more than 10000 over eX-Judge
Morgan j. o'Brien. both OF whom were
very popular men.
81 do not think that there IL going
to he any difficulty in the party getting
together on both the platform and the
candidate. There is a very marked
spirit of Cancellation apparent every
where
James II. Sheffield. president OF the
Republican club. said that he believed
the Republicans would be creating n
very dangerous precedent II they took
Mr. Hughes from the supreme Court
bench. Said Mr.. Sheffield
III this should he done | believe tho
court hereafter would he c1mbed for
presidential candidates every four years.
IL we choose II Supreme Court Justice
and he Is elected ! have no douh, that
next time the candidate would he Mr..
or a man like him should
this precedent be created every de.
cision would be "A message designed 10
please labor or some cleincn, in the
community. No matter how good the
man might be. even II he were a thou
sand per cent. better than Justice
Hughes. his motives while on the bench
would still he under suspicion"
Gould Mr.. Root he elected" Mr.
Sheffield was asked.
That Is not worrying me i'm tho
least he replied. III Mr.. Wilson can
be beaten Mr.. Root can do It,"
StimsOn In Root Camp.
Henry !. Siimson was another New
Yorker who lifted his voice to-day IN
advocacy Of Mr.. Root. Mr.. S,imsou
said c~hicago's preparedness parade was
only another proof that that was the
overshadowing issue. lie pointed TO tine
TACT that on the very eve OF the an
nouncement of the great North Sea
battle the Democrats had refused 10
continue the battleship programme and
committed the country TO the building
alone Of a class Of warships Who's
limitation had been well shown In that
sea Aght The one Republican. he he
1ieved. who stood out beyond all Others
for regenerating the army and the navy,
Mr.. Stimson said, was Mr.. Root.