Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-23
|UGHES IN SECRET
DEAL W|IHO O'LEARY,
SAY DEMOCRATS
Promised Conduct Should
Be Satisfactory to Racial
Organization.
JAILED ON BY COMMITTEE
TO DEFINE HIS POLICIES
klso Asked About His Views of
Roosevelt's Pro- British and
Anti-American Utterances.
PENIAL BY G. o. p. CANDIDATE
,dmitS Seeing Persons Mentioned,
but Has Made No Private Agree
ncntS or IntriGucS.
lnv As.ocIn,cl Pros. /

lBy Associated rr"se
NEW YORK, october 2...--churlcs
Hughes, Republican candidate for
'r"sidcnt, dcnicd today the chargcs
f the Democratic National Committee.
hat he had entered into u secret
precncut with the American Indie
'erdcncc Conference. in which Jorc-
!iah y. o'Lcary j. said TO ne the con-
RAJ figure.
Ills denial was in reply 80 :. state
neut issued from Democratic head
quarters containing what purnortcd 10
80 report made by Mr. oI.cury. -,
he session of .hc conference in Chi
,etwcen Mr. Iurhcl aud 4 committee.
rom thc confcrerce headed by o'Leary.
N this alleged report c'Lcaiy WAS
uotod :s having said:
MI Hughes promised thu, his fu-
urc conduct in the speech -maltjn,- line
hould be entirely sat:stactory to the
interests oC the committee"
The Democratic statement Charged
hat p'i.cary ana his committee wcrc
delegated 70 meet NJ. Iiurhcs and as
oriain his vtcws with reference IT, Nr.
;ooseYoit's prp-British aud anti Amer
can uttcrnnccS. IN particular and his
MI lIuehes'sl policies in general
the Republican reply was Issued a.,
'Iopteiair at m!dnigh, Chairman
WILCOX called early IN tho evening. ana
vhilc I'm conference. with Mr hughes.
he Democratic statement wns read u
hem over the telephone.
B,TATE,iENr iS ISSUED
ny CHAIRMAN Wu.LCov
\ few minutes before mianiri,,
Chairman Wilcox issued this state
nent:
"chairman Wilcox said this even
ng that IN" matter referred TO i,ad
icen brought TO the attention Of Mr..
PIughcs over The telephone. aud thai
air Hughes replied:
saw tn" persons mentioned a.
heir request about the miGdle OF sep
tcmbc,, just as ! have socn all persons
Fsnd delegations. 80 FAR a. possible.
.who have asked me To receive them
f" I have said nothup in rriva," that
I hav" not said In public Al the very
|hcG!anlng of my speech Of accordance.
declared my hel'ef in the protection
|of American lives. American property-
find American commerce. This re-
terated To these persons, ana have
Stared it t" all others who have asked
Interviews. as well IS in my public
Speeches.
ITO This maintenance of All Amer
Iican rights adhere. and shall con
Itinuc 10 adhere ! have declared OVER
|nnd over again that have made no
private agreements. and have engaged
lin no intrigues, and | repeat that
Statement"
After quoting Mr.. Hughes as above,
Chairman WillcoNs statement con-
|,inues:
chairman Wilcox further said that
the national committee has no, had
and has not now any agreement or
understanding with anybody on such
IN matter
READ OVER TELEPHONE:
TO HUGHES AND WIiLCoN
Apparently neither MIR. Hughes nor
Mr.. Wilcox knew that the statement
was Ia he forthcoming umtjl after
dinner to-night. The statement issued
(by the Democratic Committee was read
|over tho telephone To Mr.. hughes and
Mr.. WILCOX by an employee of The.
Republican National Committee at New
York into whose hands Il copy had
faDcu. about o'clock Tonight.
The committee which saw Mr.
Hughes included. besides MIR. O'Lcury,
Will II. Macdonald, of New York: Carl
IL. Schmidt, or Detroit, cha irman of the
National Committee of the American
independent Conference. and Frank
Sciberiich, OF Boston. IL was appointed
al a meeting in Detroit on September =
The alleged disclosures, for which
the Democratic National Committee an,
nounced 1t assumes fun rcSponsibii!
ity, purpor. TO have been taken from
bn MI nj IL
stenogra transcripts Of certain pro-
ceedinSs of the American Independence
Conference, the high sounding title OF
The secret. racial organization under
which jeremiah OLcary and his as
Sociatcs have been making their fur
tive and nation-wi ide campaign in the
interests OF Charles Evans hughes"
AZ conference held on September
20 last. il was asserted O'Icary made
his report which WAS in substance that
Mr.. Hughes had assured The special
committee" tOLcary and his aSSo-
ciates) that he nad sent Il comrratu-
iatory telegram TO Colonel Roosevelt
on the occasion of tho Coloncrs Lew
iston. Me. speech before he tAIr.
Hughes) had actually read the :,d-
dress. According: 10 Oi.cary, tho
statement said, Mr.. Hughes had simply
glanced over the newspaper headlines
and comments and fclicilated Colonel
Roosevelt upon what apparently was
"a great Republican ut;crtncc."
STATEMENT READ 70 HUGHES
RY ESPECIAL COMMITTEE."
a statement read to MIR. Hughes by
the special cnm.nittcc.' according to
the Democratic Nation&, Committee,
Said In part:
I'VE. representing u large percent