Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
W. MURRAY CRANE
AND HUGHES MAP
OUT PARTY PLANS
William Hayward Nav Ra
Chosen to Manage Repub-
lican Campaign
MANY PLEDGE SUPPORT

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE dr,f, :,
Bull Moose party to the standard of cbarl..
Evans Hughes began yesterday. Let,.,.
and kilograms pledging unfllnching spnn...
from Progressives throughout the oons.-N
began pouring In on the Republican 49,,
date early.
Theodore Douglas Robinson. neph.,.
Colonel Roosevelt and former chair.vt "
of the New York State Progressive Gasu
fnittee, called on Mr.. Hughes to pledge h.s
support, and soon after Oscar 8 stre,,. "is
delegate.at.large to the Progressive H.. 2
tional Convention announced that ba ,..,,,, w.,
also ally himself with The former assoois.l Js,a
justice. 'sVeiats
Mr.. Hughes had a two hours, oo.,..
ence last night with w. Murray ner Crasr
former Senator from Massachuset..S sne w
chairman OF the subcommittee which .m, u
select the chairman of the NatIonat M ~.
publican Committee, and all the offiosr. ss. ne
employees of the campaign headons s...l anu
throughout the country. 'ers
After 1t was over Justice Hugh..g
nothing to say. but Mr.. Crane tool ooo. ,ao
to deny Chicago dispatch which oredI.oa 1,oa
the "old Guard" with trying TO retajn
nold on the national organization throuss
'"e "ppo'htVe power OF the subcommittee.
TALKED OF CAMPAIGN
There will be no appointments rnads -,
the subcommittee until after Mr. Hushs.
mas neen consulted Mr.. Hughes and INV.
self talked over the situation and disc,,sass
those eligible for the two big positIons ~
be hlled, that of national Chairman 80
campaign manager but anything on ts.a
score must come from Mr. Hughes" 'ua'
Nicholas Murray Butler, presiden, =,
1oluinpia University, who placed Elhu
Root in nomination at the Chicago conyartt
tion, also visited Mr.. Hughes Later Dossas
Butler said: 0s'or
There is not the slightest doubt tb.,
Hughes will be elected, and he will recsias
a surprisingly large vote from the Dana
Gratis, and virtually the entire Prosressir.
vote l am satisfied to have him as leaSsr
ana ne VIII make vigorous campaign
PREDICT VICTORY.
This was the opinion of all who caIsd =,
him, and that he would make a vigorov.
campaign was evident to those who besrS
from him yesterday morning that bia az
titude in the campaign would be one a.
"undiluted Americanism," and that anv ors
who supported him supported an .'out.and
out American" and an "out-and-out An,ar r
ican policy and nothing else" ~ ,@
Mr.. Hughes was in the midst OF a fall,
with the newspaper men when one asked, +;
'Will you make statement or comment
on the German-American vote?" Y
Mr.. Hughes dropped the smile that Il
part and parcel of him and with voice ouly.
ering and fists clenched said:
II stated my position very clearly In nv
telegram to the convention. My attitude
is one of undiluted Americansm and any, /.
body who supports me is supporting an out. .
and-out American and an out.andout Amer.
ican policy and nothing else"
Political wiseacres who thronged me
block of rooms on the northeastern cot. y
Of HrGt of tha
yesterday said they would not be SUI.
prised to learn that a date for a conferencs 3
between the Colonel and Mr.. Hughes would 4
soon be arranged. ..a ts, .
MAY SEE ROOSEVELT. Y ~ ~
Mr.. Hughes continued his silence with re-
spect to Colonel Roosevelt yesterday. When I,
one young and bold reporter. with an i'm
agination that saw in Colonel Roosevelt's
visit to his son-n-law in town pretext
for a get-together conference between Col
onel Roosevelt and Mr. Hughes, asked him
If the Colonel was going to call. Mr.. Hughes I,
made it plain he would keep silent on
politics for the present. -
William H. Crocker, the new national
from California and head
Of the Crocker National Bank, of San Fran.
cisco, with NJ. II. De Young. owner of The
San Francisco Chronicle, called on Nj.
Hughes today and told him that he would
carry the entire Pacific Coast A
1T was the first time / saw Mr.. Hughes
said Mr.. De Young to newspaper. men. y
found him cordial and human, with moth
ing of the coldness about him that bis
enemies talk about and when he gets out
on his countrywide speechmaking tour hs
will impress his individuality on the voters {.
Df the nation"
Mr.. Parsons, before leaving for ProNf
dence where he is counsel in civil action
said the National Committee would bear
the expenses of the Hughes headquarters