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Show 'HUGHES ASKS PROGRESSIVE ' GO-OPERATION Sends Telegram to Conference Confer-ence of Republican-Progressives in Session at San Francisco. JOHNSON WILL RUN FOR U. S. SENATOR Announcement Is Received! With Great Enthusiasm; Christian Preacher Seeks Democratic Nomination, j By International News Service. I BEIDGEHAMPTON, N. Y., July 8. ! Charles E. Hughes today sent the following fol-lowing telegram to the conference of the Republican Progressives in session in San Francisco: Hon Hiram W. Johnson, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Cal. I understand that the Progressive conference of California iB- to bo held today. The national aims to which we are devoted are so vitally important that I earnestly hope there may be that strong and effective effec-tive co-operation which will insure their achievement. I desire a reunited party as the essential agency of national victory; a party drawing to itself the national na-tional sentiment of a quickened nation. na-tion. I warmly appreciate the many assurances of support that are constantly con-stantly coming to me from Progressives Progress-ives and the willingness that has been so frankly shown to forget former differences in order that by common effort we may meet our country's imperative need. As to our common, purposes, I repeat re-peat to your conference what I said in my telegram to the Progressive s convention at Chicago, "We are not divided in our ideals let us work together to attain them. " (Signed) CHARLES E. HUGHES. In California the state conference under un-der tho law takes the place of the state convention. The Republican nominee arrived in Bridgehampton from his flying trip to New York City at 3:45 a.m. He had a final conference with National Chairman Chair-man Willcox on the personnel of the campaign committee, and it is understood under-stood the make-up of the committee will be made public Monday. |