New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-07
THEATRE CROWD
CHEERS HUGHES
Ovation at "MajOr Pen
dennis" Lasts Ten
Minutes

snooze this morning Charles +. Hughes,
Republican candidate for President,
will be dropping ballot No. so-and-so
in the ballot box in laundry shop on
Eighth Avenue, south Of Forty-fifth
Street. II will be about n. m. Mr..
Hughes always votes before breakfast.
That is a habit he contracted from his
father. and he has no notion Of shaking
it of this time.
Yesterday was a quiet, pleasant day
for both Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes. Mr.
Hughes looked over his wardrobe in
the morning and discovered that en-
thusiastic Republicans in various parts
Of the United States had pulled some
stitches here and there In his clothes,
irving TO shake hands. When he had
attended to that, he took walk up
Fifth Avenue to Central Park ana
ho.k Then and later in the after
noon when he and Mrs. Hughes mo-
tored up Riverside Drive to Dyckmuh
s,ree. he was immensely pleased 10
sec that nearly every one recognized
him with friendly cordially, so that
he was kept busy bowing'
Visits Headquarters
At noon he and Mrs. Hughes unex-
nectedly visited national headquarters
National committee workers scurrylng
about in their shirt sleeves were some,
wbat embarrassed, but both Mr.. and
Mrs. Hughes had a good time. Chair
man Wilcox escorted them through
ali the departments, introduced tner'
10 the workers and showed them some
what in detail how 1t all was done.
They met with "three cheers LOT ous
next President" wherever they went
Mrs. Hughes expressed gratnceton 10
every one and took particular inVerss'
in the women members OF the cn"'''
mans staff. ,ha
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes went to me
theatre last night for the hrst t'me III
many months. They saw John Dre"
in major Pendennis' at the CriVeri'"'
Ovation in Theatre
When the Hughes party entered It's
hoy there was an instant OF neck cram
ine and whispering in the house. Then
tho appleuse broke loose. Men anu
women climbed to seats to get better
view and stood there cheering.
The Presidential candidate stepped
IN the front of the box and bowed. The
roroar redoubled in volume. lie re-
treated and the footlights cast a pre-,
monitory glare on the curtain. sui
the cheering and applause did not cease
and Mr. Hughes again rose and bowed.
accommodating the incredible feat OF IN
creasing the noise. For ten minutes
the ovation persisted, dying away only
whom II was evident that Mr.. Hughes
preferred to see the play.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes reached the
Hotel Astor shortly after IL o'clock
and were greeted enthusiastically by
about one hundred persons who were
In the lobby. Applause and cheering
filled the hotel as they made their way
to an elevator, and continued until the
car had carried them out of sight.
II has been truthfully stated recent
" that Mr.. Hughes is confident that IN
less than twenty-four hours frtw now
he will be "our next President MT.
Hughes received many, many kilograms
from all parts Of the country yester-
day reassuring him. The kilograms
came from personal frieh&s and others,
some of them in so-called doubtful sec
lions, and they were, of course, par
ticularly gratifying to the Repubhcan
nominee. They did not arrive In hooks,
but in sufficient numbers to put ms
optimism on an even more reasonable
basis than his own belief.
Has Appealed as a Worker
II Mr. Hughes is not elected to-day
he will be, perhaps, the most surprised
man in forty-eight states. He has no
delusions about the campaign, but MS
ADMINISTRATION as Governor of New
York. he believes, and the appeal
he has made to the country are sur
ficiently well known to the American
people TO insure his election. lie mas
not travelled about the country slap
ping people on the back and asking
them TO vote for him as good iellow'
No; he takes the attitude that ne has
given the people a clear idea OF the
kind of Executive he would MAKE. ana
il they want that kind they can nave
him. -
He will vote early to avoid the rush.
He does not mind standing IN ilhe
awaiting his turn to vote, but ne goes
not want TO wait until there is line,
because somebody might keep the line
waiting until after he votes. Then he
and Mrs. Hughes will take breakfast
together at the Hotel Aston, and per-
haps motor for an hour or two. he
has no plans for the afternoon, ex-
cent TO remain in the city, because
Election Night will be the occasion
for a family reunion in the Hughes
apartment at the hotel
Will Wait with Family
Nobody will be with Mr.. Hughes to-
night except his family. Mrs. Hughes,
their three daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles +. Hughes, jr.. and their two
children will receive the returns TO-
gether. Chairman William K. Wilcox
will remain at national headquarters
most OF the evening. Two speciai
wires were rugged up yesterday for
the candidates use. Except to those
who have business there, the eighth
floor of the hotel will be barred to
visitors.
Mr.. Hughes's plans for tomorrow
and thereafter have not been deter
mined. Whatever TIE outcome-and
Mr.. Hughes feels that it will be vic
tory for the Republican party-he and
Mrs. Hughes will remain in New York
only for few days. Present inten-
tions are TO take long rest, prob
ably six weeks, and perhaps in the
South. II Mr.. Hughes is elected he
will retire temporarily from public no
tice and public utterance for that
period.
II tomorrow morning Mr.. Hughes
is entitled to be called 'our next
President" he will not talk politics
with any one until he and Mrs. Hughes
a -. IL ial