The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-12
Takes First Step Today On
Long. Uncertain Road To-
ward the White House
GOES TO NEW YORK TO
MEET BIG REPUBLICANS
May Talk With the Colonel Be-
fore He f ixes DehnitelyUpon
His Plans Repairing Old
G. 0. P. Machine
By w. A. DAVENPORT.

Washington. June l1.-Charles
Evans Hughes the austere man OF
law whom the Republican party halls
as its Moses. will tomorrow take his
first step upon the political path that
may lead to the White House.
He leaves Washington and his six
year sanctuary of Supreme Court sill
ence for New York. This much and
no more he told a reporter as he was
leaving Calvary Baptist Church this
morning. To questions o. why and for
how long he replied with most be-
coming smile. But over the many
wires that stretch from Washington
residential to Washington political
came the following hints:
While in New York the former Gov
fernor of New York-they do not call
his former Justice Hughes, signific-
| antly enough-will confer with several
! big Republicans who will figure prom
| inently In his campaign. One of the
men with whom he may talk is none
other than his party's little old man Of
the sea, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
| He will settle upon a summer head
quarters. 1t will probably be Lake
Placid.
He will map out tentative plan OF
| his part In the Campaign.
! To See Roosevelt First.
! 1t Is accepted as indisputable that
he will not do any prolonged nor
active campaigning. But IL present
plans are adopted Mr.. Hughes will
make at least two speeches in the
State of New York, one each in In
diana and Ohio on propitious occa-
slons, and make one trip to the Pa
cific coast. However. 1t matters lit
| tie just now where he will speak or
| how much. The big thing Is the ru-
NOR that Mr.. Hughes and Colonel
| Roosevelt are to talk 1t over amidst
| the moose horns and bear skins OF
| Eagamore Hill.
OF course, these rumors are supple
mented and correlated by rumors.
They say that Elihu Root is indus
triously blazing the trail to Oyster
Bay for the Republican candidate, and
they go on to say that such Is the
| present mood of the sagacious Colo
mel that he will take the historic
stump In behalf OF the man who de-
feated him in the Chicago convention.
Predict Restoration OF Machine.
One might go on to predict the COM
plete restoration of the powerful o.
| publican machine of the halcyon days
OF Hanna ct al. because they are say
ing that the Colonel will share the
stump circuit with William n. Taft.
There are a thousand and one such
rumors. ALL vouched for by "men on
the inside" There is one healthy
argument against just such vouchings,
however 1t Is an argument that needs
but few moments contact with this
man, who is hailed as Moses. a
Gideon and even Jason.
The argument Is that there Is only
one man ION the inside"
/ His name is Charles Ems Hughes
and all the information that he is
! vouc hsaf ing to the turbulent regi-
ment of reporters now wearing out his
door bell is. II am going to New York
some time tomorrow"
| He will not tell at what hour he
leaves Washington. Nor will he tell
where he will stop while in New York
He will not even admit that he had
anything further to say. Apparently
he has but a few ''yeses'' and noes"
left. He refused to release any to-
day
They are saying a lot OF things
about Mr. Hughes just now. One OF
them, they say, annoys him. 1t II
that he is coldly literal; that he lacks
sympathetic understanding. that his
Is a marble heart and that he has a
bessemer steel personality.
| 1t takes a deal of time to discover
all about one man. SO lest 1t be noted
by the stranger looking for such as
tertty that Mr.. Hughes has a rather
lvote-fearing smile, they add that he
! has undergone a swift change within
the past forty-eight hours-since he
was told OF his nomination.