New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-07
Hughes Is Said to Have
Asked Him To BE Ma
tiOnal Treasurer.
DISCUSS PLAN TO PUT
MOOSE ON COMMITTEE
Perkins, CorteIyOu and Satterlee
Among Callers on the
Candidate.

Brdgehampton. Long Island, July b
Charles T.. Hughes arrived here TO
night, tired after two days and might
Of continuous conferences with VIII
lam K. Wilcox, his campaign manager
and other advisers and prominent Re-
publicans and Progressives.
OF the Bull Moose leaders the most
prominent was George W. Perkins, with
whom Mr. Hughes spent nearly t"o
hours. Mr. Hughes and Mr.. FerRln'
talked over the plan to have the FRO
gresqives represented on the campaign
committee. Mr.. Perkins and James K
Garfield. Of Ohio, as announced to-day
in The Tribune, are certain 70 be mem
bers Of this committee.
Names Of other Progressives were
discussed at this conference between
Mr. Hughes and Mr.. Perkins, but none
decided on. The entire committee, con,
sisting of seventeen, seven 20 be bull
Mooscrs, Will probably be named IN the
next four or five days.
Wanamaker May Take Place.
The visit Of John Wanamaker. the
New York and Philadelphia merchant
and former Postmaster General, gave
rise to the report that Mr.. Wanamaker
would be named treasurer OF the Ke-
publican National Committee. 10 IS un-.
derstood that Mr.. Wanamaker could
have the place If he would accept.
Mr.. Wanamaker arrived at the hughes
headquarters in the Aston early, accom-
panied by j. b. Martindale, president
of the Chemical National Bank, and +.
A. JuilHard. of A. d. Juilliard & Co,
drygoods commission merchants. All
three were shercd into Mr.. Hughes s
conference room. and after fifteen min
utes Mr.. Juilliard and Mr.. Martlndale
left, leaving Mr. Wanamaker with me
nominee. For the next half hour Mr
Hughes and Mr.. Wanamaker talked To-
gether At the end Of that time MT
Hughes sent for his campaign manager
and for the next fifteen minutes NJ
Wanamakcr, Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. VIII
cox talked things over. after when
there was a conference between Mr..
Wanamakcr and Mr.. Wilcox IN the lat
ter's room.
As Mr.. Wanamaker was leaving he
was asked if he had been requested
to become national treasurer.
He replied that he would not care
70 answer any questions then, as his
interview with Mr.. Wilcox had not
been completed, and that he would
be back later. He had not
made his temperance, however, up TO
3:45 p. m, when Mr.. Hughes jumped
into a taxicab % make his train.
Cortelyou a Caller.
just before Mr.. Hughes left New
York he had conferences with Herbert
/. Sattcrlee, one of the organizers OF
the Roosevelt Republican Committee,
and George b. Cortelyou, member of
Colonel Rooscvelt's Cabinet. II is said
that they will be members Of the cam
paign committee.
Other callers were r. Ross Appleton,
a Brooklyn banker; Hamilton Holt, edl-
tor of "The Independent; Representa-
tive II. b. Snyder of Oneida, and
George c. Riggs, of Washington.
II was learned tonight that the no
tifcation committee will wait on Mr..
Hughes here the latter part Of the
month. The original plan was 20 mott
fy Mr. Hughes IN New York City. The
change in the plan means that Mr..
Hughes will make his speech Of ac-
ccptance from the porch of his sum
mer home. Tremedden. thus following
the precedents established by McKin-
ley, Taft and Roosevelt