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Show UK Ml They Have a Con- ference but Give ; Out Nothing Oyster Bay. N Y., July 13. Thco- dore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes spent last evening at Sagamore Hill Jn conference on state politics. Tbey talked In secret and no word "of the result was allowed to become known y beyond the fact that the entire polltl- cfil situation In this state was taken ! "P. Colonel Roosevelt will have more ' politicians at Saguniore Hill today, perhaps the most conspicuous of whom I will be Timothy L Woodruff, chairman chair-man of Ihe Republican state committee. commit-tee. Warmly Welcomed. Governor Hushes received an enthusiastic en-thusiastic welcome from Colonel Roosevelt. The governor came down In the car of William R. Wilcox, chairman chair-man of the public service commission of the First district. Mr. Wilcox left I almost immediately for his summer I home in Gleneoe, near Oyster Bay. I Colonel Roosevelt, after a hard day in New York, motored home, reaching ' Sagamore Hill only a short time be-! fere the governor. Afier dinner, the colonel and the governor withdrew to the former's library, li-brary, where they talked far into the. nlfiht The colonel sent out word that neither he nor the governor would be J Interviewed. Colonel Roosevelt has ' made it clear that he will flg'ut for the direct nominations bill, and James ; Wadsworth, speaker of the state as-' sembly, said with equal frankness to- 1 day when he called on Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt In New York, that this bill was the one thing that loomed up as a rock in the smooth seas ahead. ! The speaker's chat with the colonel ', waR very brief, but apparently much ' to the point, and gave Colonel loose-p. loose-p. In advance of his talk with the i governor, a clear view of the atlj-. Hide of the Republican organization. The speaker said, with a broad smile. : afterword, that his position was un- ; changed, and that as far as he was ' concerned there would be no "saci i- . fice of principles." 1 j Very. Brief Statement. I ' When Colonel .RcoseveJt .cp;ue .Qut.i of hl6 office a little later, he said: j "I talked politics with the speaker. We discussed direct nominations. That is all I can-say.' - . The general opinion is that the first tangible result of tonight's conference will Hot be known until Ihe Initial f.teps In the program outlined by the "colonel oiid Governor Hughes are taken tak-en On the other hand, it Is possible tbat the full plan will not be d'isclos- I ed until the Saratoga conention has , been called to order. Nothing was learned here tonight as to when the governor and colonel : vlll meet again. Mr. Woodruff's visit ' tomorrow is awaited with interest, for' he Is one of the meu with whom the I ivoncl must reckon If he is to win his j fight for a direct nominations bill I Representathe Fowler of New Jer-j hey. who Is an ardent insurgent, will be at Sagamore Hill today. The con-1 rnssraan had a long talk with Mr. Roosevelt in New York. |