New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-04

A iovial smile met . broadening ar
ray Of glistening teeth. Two hands
,l.,ped cordially and then parted
How do you do"
How do you do -
The jovial smile stayed in ITS place
Tbc broadening array Of ghstening
teeth passed on.
Which is the consensus Of many dit-
,.,.nt versions Of a much advertised
meeting Of two eminent men OF the
.,,d., statesmen" class who have not
t,en Offering each other cigars OF late.
lsrg. number Of Republicans Of New
york CITY and environs, who dressed
an ron;nally 10 attend reception to
Charles I. Hughes, but really to see
,ow N, two eminent men would act
when they met, we're extremely edited.
Rumors Grow and Change.
All did not see. but all heard sooner
cr later. that Colonel Theodore Roose-
eel. and William Howard Taft had
thsken hands. As fast as more ana
more heard Just so last ala
y. number Of versions increase
std the versions themselves vary.
p..ring around the bronze statue
hat ,dorns the second floor Of the
Tn;on League Club between the stair
eas. and an elevator, it looked as
though nobody had room to shake nanos
with anybody in the crowded library
Tn. Hughes reception line was sepa-
r,ted from the rest Of the Hepuollcans
b7 stout plush rope extending down,
stairs past the band 10 the grouno
toor. 49,
This affair was a reception to the
Renublicsn Presidential candidate, not
an occasion staged 10 get the TWO emf
nent men together. Notwlthstandlng,
lot OF folks may have thought so. No
body appeared on the line inclosed py
tn. plush rope with one OF those
Roosevelt. Hughes. Taft" buttons
pinned to the lapel Of his evening coat
Interest in Hughes Eclipsed.
But every one Of the Republicans as
well as the reporters behind the STAIR
case and the crowd that stood across
N, way at Fifth Avenue and Ihlrty-
ninth Street, often let interest IN tne
two eminent men exceed interest IN
Mr. Hughes.
Reasons for this interest go all the
way back TO q return from Africa some
years ago. Certain things after tnat
sheh passed between Colonel Roose-
welt and Mr.. Taft did not make for cor
dial relations. Later there was funeral
a, New Haven at which the same two
men, neither OF whom had eaten his
words" or apologized, shook hands. as
cordially and as perfunctorily as they
did last night
when the Union League Club planned
reception 20 Hughes, lot Of people
conceived the idea of getting Mr.. Taft
and Colonel Roosevelt TO make up.
Somebody mad some buttons made, with
three harmonious faces thereon. Ihe
Colonel had them suppressed. Which
brings the affair right down TO the
moment when the crowd began 70
gather a. Fifth Avenue and Thirty
ninth Street, and the police had TO
clear path from the curbstone 70 the
door Of the Union League Club.
Taft First TO Arrive.
By the time the crowd on the corner
mad assumed proportions that menaced
the clubs tsxicab station, the lounge or
the club was jammed. The band on
the hrst stair leading above the lobby
"ss blsring away. II was half an hour
before any Of the notables arrived, and
even then everybody was smiling broad
y and expectsntly waiting for wnst
VAS 70 come.
Chauncey VI. Depew and General Hor-
Gee Porter fought a path through the
street throng by the simple expedlent
of using tA1icab, and entered the nag
ersped lobby Of the club William II.
Taft and Samuel W. Fairchild next
mounted The steps. Just about this time
fsndclspping began in earnest, and the
band or the balcony was playing Nancy
Lee Mr. Taft smiled his way across
me jsmmed lounge 70 the coat room
and was spirited upstairs by an eleva-
tor
State Chairman Tanner and Elihu
koot, president Of the club. sauntered
No. hr. Taft Wss still struggling for a
,se. IN front of that elevator. George
J. wilson proposed Three cheers for
Jgits TAFT" and the three were given
iotnNith.
Wild Chers for T. X.
Governor Whitman and Commissioner
srssks were the next, with William NJ.
CALDER AZ their heels. Some one else
proposed three more cheers. Former
ssaster ". Murray Crane slipped IN
Tsresly noticed. Charles ID. Hilles and
1ssn ". Weeks made a path 70 the
enstk room with difficulty, but were lost
hzsi Of when hullsbaloo started out
s.1s that could and did mean nothing
s'ss bat the arrival of the other emf.
rent man Of the "elder Statesmen
slst Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, OF
Vy.tsr Bay. Long Island.
The ColonePs broad rimmed black
lst hat came on with ysnk and the
IsS Of glistening teeth grsw broad 10
,spstity, while the whole club rang
,sn cheers. And this was In club
n1t !, known as a reAetionary, stand
=, organization, many Of whose mem
.sr supported Wilson In 1912 20 insure
~ defeat Of the man whom they
'ssred last night.
The Colonel was shaking hands with