South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-23
Text of Conference Proceed
ingS Are Made Public by
Democratic Nation
al Chairman.
CONFERENCE is GIVEN
A HIGHS0UNDING TITLE
Members of Republican Ma
tiOnaI Committee Pres
ent at Meeting Held at
Chicago Sept. 30.
Nevs-Times Special service:

NEW YORK, oct. 23.-In re-
sponse to the denial Of Charles
Evans Hughes carried broadcast
Monday morning by the Associated
with reference TO his confer
ence with Jeremiah A. O'Leary.
without any details as to what was
being denied. as If the service were
sort OF subsidiary OF the republican
national press bureau.-Nance Nc
Cormfck. democratic national CHAIR
man. today makes public full text
of the conference proceedings. The
Associated Press, while presumably
non-partisan, cooperative news
paper agency, for the gathering OF
rews. has noticeabiy been giving
Candidate Hughes the better end or
il throughout the campaign, carry
ing little as possible on what Prest
Wilson and other democratic speak
ers have TO say.
Melville ". Stone general man
aper of the Associated Press, was an
active figure about the republican
national convention in Chicago,
close enough 10 the powers 10 know
when 10 smile and wink ut Henry
Cabot Lodge over the state rights
surprise handed the audience in the
woman suffrage plank i'm the repub-
lean platform. and is reputed TO
have been the go-between as ne
tween Roosevelt and Hughes that
brought them toEether, even as he
was between Roosevelt and Car
Nicholas i'm bringing about the ne
Eotiatious 10 end the Russian-Jap-
auese war.
The negotiations between Hughes
and OLeary. the latter being he
NJ. no recently sent most insulting
telegram 20 Pres't Wilson, and re-
ceiVcd severe rebuke in reply. APP
pear TO have been conducted under
the high-souuding title of the Amer
lean independence conference. Of
which official minutes and authenti-
Gated stenocraphic transcripts OF
the proceedings are furnished.
shows Working Agreement
I'm addition To disclosing the as
founding fact of personal confer
cnce between Candidate Hughes and
the members of the special commit
Tee representing the OLeary organ
ization. and the existence of work
ing agreement between il and the
republican national committee, the
records reveal the secret purposes.
plans and scope of the body i'm all
their startling boldness and daring.
giving the disclosures deep and
rational significance far beyond the
interests Of the present campaign.
The documents made public 10y
the democratic national committee
disclose.
Documents Disclose.
THE personal conference be-
tween Charles Evans Hughes and
she special committee of the or
sanization held sometime between
sept. Z and Sept so.
THE demand Of the special
committee upon the republican ma
tiouaI candidate. involving iusolent
rebuke which for daring and au-
dacity has no precedent I'm American
politics.
8-The promise made verbally uy
Mr.. Hughes. after am apologize eN-
tfanation Of his now famous teIe-
gram UI GUAleI tlltAll Nl.fllH ttf AAlAt'tAN.l n
Roosevelt upon the occasion of the
Iatters Maine speech.
4-The fulnlmeut by Candidate
Hughes OF his promise as manifest
"a bv his attack on the British EN-
largo and blacklist and other cam
raisn speeches desisned 20 hold the
German vote and hy the acceptance
aft his candida "a hy the organization.
5-The working agreement with
the republican national committee
Tor complete cooperation between
The two organizations
6-The reward of the unqualified
endorsement and support Of Charles
Evans Hughes for the OLeary ag-
rregation AMI the secret support II
certain republican couEreSsmen.
Dealings Are Concealed.
1.-The concealment by both Mr..
hughes and his campaign managers
Of their dealings with this body
even after he insulting telegram TO
Fres't Wilson 10y jeremiah O'Leary
part and parcel OF the American
Independence conferences political