New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
Reorganization VIII Take
Place After Return
of Perkins.
HITCHCOCK TO GET
ROWING COMMISSION
Wilcox Denies Any Plan
TO Keep Hughes in Sc
clusion on Tour.

FOLLOWING lUN ltNNAh Va
Perkins from his vacation, There will
he a meeting on Wednesday OF tne
advisory committee appointed by VIII
lam r. Wilcox, Republican national
chairman. and reorganization OF the
campaign management Frank H.
Hitchcock. William l. Ward, Perkins
and others are expected TO offer ad-
vice. Perkins is coming back especial
" 10 attend the meeting. and with
him will be Raymond Robbins, OF Chi
caro. chairman Of the Progressive Ma
tional Convention.
Hitchcock is not 20 have an once
NJ headquarters, as had been an
ro,nced He will fit between New
York end Chicago and lend mana
wherever the organization neeos
bolstering. At the council next
Wednesday plans are to be prepared
for launching aggressive work all over
Che country at the close OF the Maine
campaign, which ends on September y
No seclusion for Hughes.
A letter sent TO A. ~ Roadway, ad"
vance representative for Hughes on
his Western trip, in which Wilcox ad-
vised against holding any public re
eeptions 20 the candidate during his
tour and ordering a closed automobile
for him. has been misconstrued' the
chairman said yesterday. The idea has
got out that the chairman was trying
70 keep Hughes secluded.
Wilcox denied this. lie said that
the Western trip was fatiguing and ne
did not desire 70 have Hughes over
sxert himself in what he termed pre-
liminarv campaign. The closed auto
mobile was ordered, the chairman
said. for purposes Of health, as
HUGHES became overheated very easily,
and in going from place to place ne
did not wish the candidate TO take
any chances Of catching cold.
REPRESENTATIVE William A. Roden-
berg. of Illinois, sees occasion Tor
alarm over the economic situation
which he feels will confront the United
States if the European war ends with
out provision having been made by
Congress 20 save the country from a
food of foreign-made goods. In let
ter received by Chairman Wilcox yes
terday, Rodenberg said:
Thoughtful men everywhere real
ize that upon the conclusion OF peace
in Europe a worldwide readlustment
of business methods will be absolutely
necessary. The material interests OF
every man. woman and child in the
mill ha fuxsnlVpd IN that
readiustment. The situation will call
for the highest order of constructive
ability on the part Of both the Ex-
ecutive and Congress.
Shows Wilson's Weakness.
Constructive craftsmanship, broad
and comprehensive IN policy, always
has been the special forte Of the Re-
publican party, and the business inter
ests Of the country must look TO that
party for practical protective legisla'
ton.
president Wilson is wholly without
business experience. He has the south
orn viewpoint on all matters Of natlona
policy, and the horizon Of that view
point does not extend beyond the cot
ton fields of the South"
Arrangements were completed yes
terday for a statewide meeting Of thu
League Of Republican Clubs of The
State Of New York, at Utica, in Sep
TENDER. The meeting will be addressed
BY Hughes and Fairbanks, and severa
OF the nominees Of the state ticket.
\ Since the Chicago convention, The
III league has organized III new clubs
" and has under way several hundred
more The total membership is abou
$4,000, which will be increased TO 100,
600 by October /. The league is direct
ing its attention particularly 10 frs
voters. John A. Stewart, of New York
is its president. Prominent men are
identified with It's work. Letters have
been received from both Hughes anC
Fairbanks praising the leagues move
ment
Commercial Men Lend Aid.
Chairman Wilcox and the heads o.
the old Commercial Travellers SounC
Money League, which, for the purposes
Of the campaign, viii be called thu
Commercial Travellers and Bushes.
Mems Hughes and Fairbanks League
have held conference concerning
MONDAY meetings. Colonel william
Barbour is president of the organiza
ton. The meetings will be started a
soon as places can be arranged.
Harold G.. Arndt, secretary Of thu
New York State Hughes Alliance, re
turned from his upstate trip Of or
ganization yesterday. He was enthusi
astic concerning Republican success IL
New York. He reported he found Re
publicsns and Progressives united fo'
Hughes, and said many Democrat
would vote for him.
Hughes alliances we're got under way
in Erie, Monroe, Essex. Genesee, Steu
ben, Chemung and Cortland counties
A branch Of the alliance has beer