New-York tribune., 1916-07-22
Nominee Feels That He
Has a Reunited Party
Behind Him.
ELECTION ASSURED,
HE NOW BELIEVES
Refuses TO Discuss Politics in
Advance of His Speech
of Acceptance.
From stan Correspondent 0, IN, Tribuu, ]

From stan Correspondent Of The Tribune J
Bridgehampton. n. Y, July 2l.-
Charles +. Hughes has put behind him
all worry regarding the possibility
Of reunited Republican party For
yesterdays council of representative
/ Progressives and Republicans in New
York proved to him that those who
remained with Taft in 1912 and those
who followed Roosevelt after the split
four years ago are now working to-
gether.
From now on Mr. Hughes will occupy
himself solely with the fight he is to
make in the coming campaign. To
William R. Wilcox, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, and
to George W. Perkins, chairman of the
Progressive National Committee, and
to their associates he will leave the
working out of the details.
Probably nothing has pleased Mr..
Hughes so much as seeing these two
and other representative men in the
Progressive and Republican parties
conferring yesterday at Republican
headquarters 20 devise ways and means
TO roll up a big majority for the Re
publican ticket.
Pleased with Perkins.
And he was especially pleased to
see Mr.. Perkins appointed chairman
of the b-committee whose duty IT
will be to see that a Republican Con
gress is elected 10 back up a Repub-
lican President when he sets out after
March next to put through con-
structive legislation TO enable the
country TO face the economic condi-
tions that the world war is creating.
Mr.. Hughes is not worrying oyer
the result Of the campaign he will for
mally open July 81, when he makes his
speech of acceptance. Just now he is
concerned solely with the part he is
to play in the fight that he is certain
will bring about the desired result.
Nor is he worrying over local dissen-
sions. These such as the lckes-
Thompson affair, in lllinois-he re-
CARDS as petty differences arising out
of Misunderstanding He looks on
them as differences that can be, and
have been for the most part. settled
at home. And all Of them, he believes,
have been exaggerated in the telling.
Reunion Pleases Him.
As the nominee and his friends and
advisers see it, the Republican party
to-day is harmonious whole, and
kal m
the fact that Republicans and Progress
sives we're not forced into a union, but
were able to meet on common ground.
To-day the former justice spent
working over his campaign material,
whipping into final shape his speech
of acceptance. Until he makes it be.
fore the gathering Of Republicans and
Progressives in Carnegie Hall Monday
week, ne will continue his silence on
all questions of politics. This he made
clear again to-day, when an attempt
was made to have him comment on the
British blacklist
But this little village is not con-
cerned over the speech Of acceptance.
Every man, woman and child Of the
/ 400 inhabitants of dgehampton is
talking about what Mr.. Hughes will
say next Tuesday night, when he opens
the annual carnival here.
Everybody To Be There.
Jim Ludlow, one of the best known
men about town, who knows the best
places to go for pickerel and white and
yellow perch and cells, is going to be
there. and so is Charles Humblet, the
village barber and justice Of the peace,
and Carl Mulligan, who is police com
missioner, police inspector, captain OF
police. lieutenant Of police, sergeant
and patrolman, rolled into one. Next
to the Hughes speech, the big event
of the carnival will be the awarding
of a cart and donkey to the most popu-
lar boy or girl in the village.
The aforesaid popularity is deter
mined by the number OF votes cast
at cent vote. The proceeds will
20 to the volunteer fremen of the
village, of whom Harold Hallock, ed
itor of "The Bridgehampton News" is
| chief.