Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-07 | Page 1 | Hughes a Diplomat of Highest Order

HUGHES 11 0IPL01T OE HIGHEST ORDER Meets the Suffragists and the Antis and Both Sides Depart Satisfied. NEW YORK, July 6. Delegations of Women suffragists and ant i -suffragists visited Charles E. Hughes today, and each declared tho conference was entirely en-tirely satisfactory. The Republican presidential nominee returned late today to his siimmcr home at Bridyohampton, after having conferred with several prominent Republican and Frogresgi ve leaders. Mr. Hughes was visited first by a committee of suffragists composed of M rs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the Nai ional Woman 's uftrfctje association as-sociation ; Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, former president of the association, and Mrs. Xorman D. Whitehouso, prfsidnt of the stale suffrage organization. Mrn. ( fttt d'lnred the assurances the nominee nomi-nee hail riven them were ''more satis-fni'torv satis-fni'torv than any others wc Lave received re-ceived hretoforn. ' ' Mr. Hughes then received a delegation delega-tion of six nnti-sufTragists, who eharac- (Con aimed on Page Two.) HUES II OIPLOiT OF HIGHEST DmDER (Continued from Page One.) terized their reception as ' ' eminently sat isfae torv. "Nlr. Hughes is indeed the man of the hour.'" declared Mrs. Arthur M. ; Dodge, president of the national association asso-ciation opposed to woman suffrage, who ; was the leader of the party. .fohn YV.ummnker of Philadelphia was among those who conferred today with Mr. Hughes. Mr. Wamimaker refused to discuss the cue of his conference, but a rumor be-; ime current that he was bring eonsid-i -ed tor treasurer of the national com- j - ittee. Asked if this was true, the dry : 'oods merchant merely sniiied. j