Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-26
S'LEARY DENIES
HUGHES PLEDGE
Asserts Nominee Correctly
Stated What Happened
at Interview
DEMOCRATS SEEK
HYPHEN VOTE

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-Jeremiah A.
OLeary, Of the American IndeDend-
cnce Conference. who. in statement
issued by the Democratic national
committee. was alleged TO have OBJ
tanned from Charles &. Hughes a
promise not TO offend "hyphens' in
his campaign speeches, declared in a
statement Tuesday night that Mr..
Hughes account OF the meeting was
correct. This confirms the assertion
OF the Republican national commit
tee that Mr.. Hughes made no prom
Uses. OLeary says;
Governor Hughes has stated cor
rcctly what happened at our Interview
with him. I'm order TO prevent any
possibility OF misunderstandings or
MISREPRESENTATION we had carefully
reduced to writing what we wished
90 say to Mr. Hughes. Our statement
spcaks for itself. The man who at
tennis to ind fault with any portion
OF H. particularly with the question
we asked. whether or not MI Hughes
would administer the presidency OF
the United States in accordance with
the spirit Of the fathers and the
whole American people is not a true
American"
OIeary said there was nothing Sc
ere. about the meeting. aud asked
why should there be- He SAID the
interview was given by request.
Another FiaScO. Says Wilcox.
Another Norman Hapgood hasco'
was the way william r. Wilcox char
acterized the Democratic statement
Mr. Wilcox had read telegram
from member Of the special commit
lee Of the conference also cOrroborat-
Ing Mr. Hughes account OF his meet
fng with the special committee, as
contrasted with the Democratic Com
mittee's statement of what transpired.
Frank Seiberl.ch signed the telegram.
His name appears as one OF the special
committee in the Democratic state
ment. The telegram was as follows
"Tho statement made by Mr.. Hughes
relative 10 conference with committee
NJ the American Independence Confer
ence is absolutely true. Mr.. Hughes
saw the committee. Of which ! was a
member. made no promises, did not
criticize Theodore Roosevelt and made
n statement 10 the committee that he
stood for all American rights
This telegram was voluntary and in
nowise solicited or requested by me OF
his committee"
The Democratic National Committee
issued tonight what il termed the
second installment' OF charges that
q secret agreement exists between
Mr.. Hughes and the American hide
pcndence Conference. The statement.
the committee announced. sis based
on the official records of the O'Leary
organization" and attempts to show
by excerpts from Mr.. Hughes
speeches what is alleged TO be a COM
pliance with the demands" said 10
have been made upon the Republic
can nominee by O'Leary and his as
sociates.
The article. based on the alleged
minutes of the OLeary organization,
charged that they showed that Daniel
=. Cohalan. OF the city. a Supreme
Court Justice long identified with
Tammany. had PLAYED an important
role in the organization and had act
Oh cd as spokesman for OLeary.
SAY lie Didn't Know O'Ieary.
This statement was read over the
telephone TO the secretary Of Mr.
Hughes at Montclair. y. J. Mr.
Hughes declared he had nothing to
say concerning it. II was asserted
I'm his behalf al Montclair. however
that when he received O'Leary and
his associates at the Hotel Aston
here he did not know who OLears
was
In their counter-charges the Re-
puhlicans said il was the Democrats
and not they who sought the "hyph
on" vote. AS proof OF this they ac-
cused them Of sending out campaign
literature printed in German under
q government frank They also again
called attention TO the activities
among Germans OF Senator Stone. OF
Missouri. chairman OF the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.