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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
5
The speech argues for candidate accountability and party reform to let enrolled voters nominate and lawmakers act according to constituent will. It condemns a boss system while pledging to uphold party principles and statewide protections for independent judgment in office. The Governor will visit Ithaca for a reception and mass gambling meeting, then continue a campaign tour next week.
Prominent Hughes League figures in Albany vow to petition the President to dismiss William Barnes Jr. from his federal post as surveyor of customs, alleging coercion of Senator Grattan to oppose Agnew-Hert racing bills. Leaders warn of a risky move but aim to rectify perceived civil service reform violations and advance good government. General Woodford, head of the National Hughes League, would not comment.
Three speakers were chosen to join Governor Hughes at a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall Monday evening urging enforcement of the state constitution on racetrack gambling. William A. Prendergast, Dr. Cherries F. Aked, and Louis Marshall will speak, with several hundred businessmen and lawyers attending as delegates from about fifteen hundred invited churches. The anti racetrack gambling campaign committee is evaluating offers of church buildings nearby for overflow meetings.
Niagara Falls April 30 William C Wallace Republican nominee for Senator from the 4th District has received a telegram of congratulation from Governor Hughes for the unequivocal stand on the anti gambling issue.
In Bucyrus Ohio April 30 the 13th District Republican Convention chose Judge E B King of Sandusky and James R Hopley of Bucyrus as uninstructed delegates to the national convention. The minority convention named Charles A Judson of Sandusky and Congressman Grant E Mouser as delegates and instructed them for Taft.
Across states from Denver to Louisiana and Georgia, district Republican conventions named delegates to the national convention in Chicago and expressed varying levels of support for Taft or Roosevelt. Names include Whitney Newton, Albert A. Reed, John C. Warsham, E. J. Hinton, Alph Able, Charles G Henrys, H. H. Myers, and others with mixed instructions and endorsements.
General Stewart L. Woodford presided at a Hotel Astor conference urging Governor Hughes's nomination for president. Delegates debated party unity, with ex-Representative Douglas predicting Taft's weak Chicago chances and Hazzard pressing against racetrack gambling interests. Executive session planned campaign plans and committee appointments followed.
General Woodford dismisses talk of withdrawing Hughes from the presidential canvass. He says Hughes never sought the Presidency, did not solicit support, and only consented to the use of his name. If nominated, Hughes would work to help the party win in November. if not, he would remain a loyal Republican focusing on New York legislation.
Greensboro April 20 1920 North Carolina Republican State Convention elected delegates Thomas S Rollins Ashville Charles J Harris Dillsboro E C Duncan Raleigh and Spencer B Adams Greensboro Alternates A B Price Salisbury J H White Marshall W J Andrews Raleigh S T Everitt Brevard Resolutions endorsed President Roosevelt administration and instructed delegates for Taft for President.
The Maryland Republican Convention named General Felix Agnus and William P. Jackson as delegates-at-large to the national convention with Congressmen Pearce and Mudd. A Taft endorsement and instruction to seek his nomination were adopted. Alternates chosen include John D. Urie George B. Merrick Charles R. Schirm and Charles D. Waggaman. Electors-at-large are John A. Robinson and Albert G. Towers.
Four Maine delegates at large were chosen for Chicago with no voting instructions. A Taft pledge was adopted, naming Taft as Maine’s presidential choice. Alternate slates, electors, and a quiet convention atmosphere noted. Amos L. Allen renominated for Congress.
Secretary Taft departed Washington for Charleston to board the cruiser Prairie and sail to Colon at the president’s suggestion to examine Panama Canal construction questions, U S Panama relations, and the Colombia Panama boundary dispute. He is accompanied by canal commission counsel Richard R. Rogers and aides. bluejackets will join the Atlantic fleet and be sent to Panama aboard the Buffalo. He may return by May 25, possibly landing in Pensacola.
Washington reports daily influx of roughly four hundred third term letters to President Roosevelt urging another nomination. Proponents from diverse parties argue his leadership is essential to pursue reforms and interstate commerce control. He replies by reaffirming his position and unchanged stance.
Ten thousand spectators watched Marty Houdini known as the handcuff wizard plunge from Harvard Bridge into the Charles River and free himself from bonds underwater in forty seconds. He jumped fifty feet with hands bound behind him and chains and upper arm bands arranged to prevent escape.
Judge George Gray denied a report of an offer to become president of a New York Insurance company with a salary of 296000. He stated he had received no such offer or any other offer from any insurance company. The remark tied to a Gray Club meeting in Princeton on April 17 was found untrue.
At yesterday's hearing on the NYLIC fund case against District Attorney Jerome the commission heard testimony on the first eight charges and some on the ninth to eleventh. Jerome denied personally opening the fund to a grand jury and said Fleming offered only a typed summary of matters requiring investigation. A missing Metropolitan voucher fueled tension as Franklin Pierce pressed for more evidence while Jerome dodged questions and guarded grand jurors.
In jth District Municipal Court yesterday H H Vreeland testified he had no records of political contributions by William C Whitney for the Metropolitan Street Railway. Grant R B Schley and John D P Crimmins gave stock sale and directorship details. case to be continued this morning.
Telegram dispatches from Mexico City claim Dr. F R B Parra the Mexican chargé d affaires in Guatemala City has been jailed at the request of President Cabrera. Reports also say Guatemalans in the legation were removed by police and soldiers. Officials deny any Mexican intervention in Guatemalan affairs.
The Gow grand larceny case facing a Monday start is hindered by three missing material witnesses. Two disappeared since the trial stay, with one reportedly en route to Europe. The witnesses had been subpoenaed for the April 20 session when Justice Marean transferred the case to the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit announces surface line changes tied to the Flatbush and Atlantic avenues subway opening. Borough Hall becomes a downtown terminal for St John’s Place and Third avenue cars with half of Vanderbilt avenue cars routed to Borough Hall rather than Manhattan.
The report details Bermel fleeing aid of Carter while Gresser pursues Queens reforms. Pettit pushes grand jury warrants as Indictments anticipated across Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Albany. Rumors tie Flanagan to a Public Works post with a $5,000 yearly salary.
Albany April 20 Chairman Conners of the Democratic State Committee issued a statement upholding the recent Democratic State Convention action. He argues the convention should appoint the state committee to discipline traitors and prevent Republican capture, condemning open treachery by prominent Democrats and asserting the convention’s authority preserves majority rule and home rule. Senator MecCarren said he would hire a hall to respond.
Baltimore April 30. A Democratic State Central Committee meeting discussed dates for state and Congress district conventions. A Bryan element resolution proposing direct vote for national convention delegates was referred to the resolutions committee. S. S. Field urged adoption but objections of potential confusion prevailed. the Bryan effort was rejected.
Birmingham April 30 a petition with the required names was sent to the Democratic State Executive Committee chair asking governor John A Johnson be placed on the primary ticket alongside W J Bryan for the Democratic nomination in Alabama.
Alabama leaders met in Birmingham and elected twenty two delegates to the national Independence League convention in Chicago in July. They adopted a resolution opposing fusion with either the Democratic or Republican party regardless of the candidate.
North Carolina Negroes have called a mass state convention at Raleigh on May 12 to elect delegates to the National Republican Convention. If deemed desirable, they may nominate presidential electors a state chairman and a state ticket. The call arrives by telegraph from Asheville dated April 30.
The Senate Committee of Commerce led by Senator Knute Nelson reported favorably a bill by Senator Stone to authorize dam construction over the James River in Missouri without War Department compensation terms. President previously vetoed a Rainy River Minnesota dam bill, arguing the government must gain charges for use of navigable waters.
Albany April 30 Governor Hughes signed multiple measures urged by State Controller Glynn to protect court and trust funds. Key changes include delivery of funds to chamberlain or county treasurer, bonding requirements for banks and trust companies, enhanced controller oversight, and penalties against misappropriation. Other bills empower mortgagors, expand examiner appointments, and allow earlier redemption of funded debts in second class cities.
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