The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-13
HUGHES Or ROOSEVELT
IN 1920 NOT QUESTION
Wilcox Still Holds 1t IL Final Result
of the Present
Election
NOT AFRAID HE Will BE
DISPLACED AS CHAIRMAN
Suspicious of Change in California
From 500 For Hughes TO 1000 For
WILSON, and VIII Closely Watch
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Nv York. Nov. ls.-"wnl It Re
= hes or Roosevelt In Is28T' was
sd Of Republican National Chair
r.eo william r. Wilcox today,
II Nigh. be one and neither," Was
he reply. within tho next four years
n re is likely to be entirely new
Pa publican alignment New issues vii!
de elop whether wilson or Hughes IS
IN Ally elected to the presidency. MI,
Hughes never sought the presidential
nor.inAt!on. He was drafted. He
ne-sr lifted q Anger to get II His
nomination came in response 10 Re
publican and Independent summons. l
still believe that he has been elected
II snail await the official returns and
hope that they will demonstrate that
he has been"
You have been informed, have you
not. that Progr~ssives are already urE-
/ ms Colonel Roosevelt 10 again be
eo-ts Il candidate for the presidential
nomination."
SIM anexsioas Result.
NY only Information about that is
cleaned from the newspapers Should
| It develop that Wilson. instead Of
, Hughes. 10 elected. the choice for the
Republican nominee naturally will tie
determined by the official acts OF the
present administration IN the other
hand, should Hughes prove to have
won The presidency his acts "a Pres
/ ident would count for or against him
II ts too early to forecast what may
happen turing the next four years
Bit Of one thing you may be certain
| shan stick right 20 my job as ma.
tionai chairman until every vote in
, every oioss State Is cAnvassed and
counted for the candidates for whom,
! Il WIS cast The official canvass OF
| California begins. believe. tomor-
| row and In other States In dispute
: turing tina next fortnight Our heat
| De ,ember let. SO we shall hold tbs
fort as long as the count progresses
re~ls His scai~ 1. safe.
Then despite demands for your
scalp. Won plan 10 remain at the head
of the national committee four wear:
more"
| II have hear~ no demands for my
scalp I know G. no reason VIII there
should be any. Though II seems tc
be habit with some people to visit
punishment upc- tire managers OF tht
campaign II the campaign has not gone
right IN every respect I expect to re-
| taiH MY ppSt
! II Is charged that the Hughes man
ayers chiefly yourself. were ignorant
| OF conditions in California. Kansas
Nebraska. Ohio. New hampshire and
ether States which ere either car
rted for Wilson or are in dispute
"As for California, personally
KNEW OF conditions there. There wal
no basis for the report that Mr. HuEhe,
| had treated Governor Johnson dis
oourteousty and 40 excuse for friction
between the regular Republican or
gaTfsAton and the Progressives. Tn.
moment heard rumors Of quArrels
former Omitted States Senator Heming
way. Of Indiana and lanes r. Gar,
field hastensd to Califo<niA- They In
vestiEaesd and reported that thing
were in good shape. Apparently
majority Of the California women be
lieged that cry Of the Wilson man
ayers. He kept us out OF war wa
the real American ory.
That swing to Wilson.
but when returns from the Stat,
switched In q moment from 500 70
Hughes to 5000 for Wilson, Il ia tn,
duty OF the campaign manager to In
vestigate. 7 do not charge crooked
ness, But I DO say that every vot,
rust be counted as cast in Californi,
AMI elsewhere. As for Ohio we warne,
long in advance that Industrial con
ditions there we're such as to war
rant anxiety. We took every mean