New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
Candidates 5000 Word
Speech of Acceptance
Is Completed.
HARDING TO PRESIDE
AT BIG MEETING
Roosevelt and Many Progressive
Leaders to Greet Ex-Justice
at Carnegie Hall.

The Hughes speech Of acceptance is
finished.
Saturday night William X. Wilcox,
chairman Of the National Republican
Committee. remained at the candidate 3
home, at Bridgehampton. and the two
worked over the last details. Finish
ing touches were made and the final
plans for to-night's meeting at Car
negie Hall were completed.
MIR. Hughes motored his campaign
manager TO Eastport yesterday morn
ing. where he caught mid-forenoon
train for New York.
Senator Warren Harding, Of Ohio,
who presided at the Chicago conven-
tion, will preside at the meeting and
will make the notification speech
which will tell Mr.. Hughes of his nom
ination. The only other speech Of the
evening will be the reply by Mr..
Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes will read from manu-
script the S,0OO-word speech. He ex-
poets this to constitute his case against
the Administration.
Fully one hundred Congressman will
attend the meeting
Doors Open 10 ALL
Mr. Wilcox wishes it understood
that the notification meeting is a public
meeting. The invited official guests
consist OF the delegates TO the Progress
sive and Republican conventions,
chairmen Of the state committees of
both parties, Republican Governors Of
states, Senators and Congressman.
These invited guests are to get their
tickets at the Hotel Astor this morn
ing, beginning in the Rose Room, On
the ground floor.
The first balcony at Carnegie Hall.
containing 1000 seats, will be open 20
the public without tickets when the
band starts to play at 7 o'clock. At
1850 such seats as are not yet occupied
will be open TO the public.
Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt will occupy a box. He will not
speak. Some of the other boxholders
who will be present are Frederick c..
Tanner, chairman Of the Republican
State Committee; Samuel s. Koenig,
chairman Of the Republican New York
County Committee; William A. Prem
dergast. Controller; Cornelius y. Bliss,
treasurer Of the Republican National
Committee; George r. Sheldon, Mss
Frances A. Kellor. president Of the
Woman's National Hughes Alliance;
Miss Alice Carpenter, president of the
Women's Roosevelt League. which has
turned into a Hughes vote-getting or
ganization, and George w. Aldridge, Of
Rochester.
Senators Who Will Attend.
The United States Senators expect
ing to attend are Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts; Cummins, Of Iowa; Kenyon,
Of Iowa; Brady, Of Idaho; Smith, Of
Michigan; Sterling, of South Dakota;
Warren. Of Wyoming; Wadsworth, of
New York; oliver, Of Pennsylvania;
Penrose, Of Pennsylvania; Brandagee,
Of Connecticut; McCumber, of North
Dakota; Fall, of New Mexico, and Reed
Smoot, Of Utah. The Governors pres
ent will be Whitman. Beeckman OF
Rhode Island and Miller of Delaware.
Some Of the Congressman will be
Campbell, Of Kansas; Chandler, of
New York; Gillette, of Massachusetts,;
Mckinley, Of Illinois; Parker, Of New
Jersey; Mondell, of Wyoming; Young,
Of North Dakota; Winslow. Of Massa-
chusetts; Bennett, of New York; Cram
ton, of Michigan; Kelly, of Michigan;
Austin, Of Tennessee; Slemp, of Nir-
ginia; Dyer, Of Missouri; Timberlske,
of Colorado, and Britt, Of North Caro-
lima.
There will be a good sprinkling Of
Bull Moose present. Among them will
be Oscar Straus, Frank A. Munsey,
William II. Hotchkiss, George W.
Perkins and Zion II. Hooker.
Barnes VIII Attend.
Ex-United States Senator Joseph VI.
Dixon, of Montana, first chairman Of
the Progressive National Committee,
has accepted, as has Medill Mccormick,
of Illinois, former vice-ehairman of the
national committee.
William Barnes, Of Albany, who was
overlooked on the first round. has been
invited and has accepted. The head
quarters could give no information on
the location of Mr.. Barnes's seat.
Colonel George Harvey will be pres
ent. as will also George W Wicker.
sham, George b. Cortelyou, David
Jayne Hill, John Wanamaker, F. W.
Estabrook, Franklin Murphy, former
Governor Of New Jersey; former Gov
ernor Stokes of New Jersey and Charles
b. Warren, Of Detroit.