The Washington times., 1902-08-17
REPUBLICANS MEET
and IGNORE MR.. QUIGG
New York Convention Call
ed for September p.
Main Problems Not Taken Up--Indif-
ference as to Lieutenant
GovernoTship.

NEW YORK, Aug 1.-THE Repub-
lican State committee was called to or
der at 10 O'Clock this morning at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel by the chairman,
| Col George W. Dunn The session was
very short. lasting only fifteen minutes.
Three resolutions were adopted by the
committee. The first fixed the date OF
the Republican State convention as
noon. September %, at Saratoga. The
second named the United States Hotel
as the headquarters of the State COM
mittee in Saratoga, and the third ad-
| journed the committee to meet at a.
M. September %, at the United States
Hotel, Saratoga.
An Exchange of Views.
For two hours before Chairman Dunn
called the members OF the State COM
mittee TO order, the State leaders ex-
changed views of the campaign situa-
ton 1t was decided that until the
committee meets on the night before the
| convention is called to order, no action
whatsoever will be taken on the three
big problems that confront the State
party at present. viz, the candidate for
lieutenant governor the suggested ap-
rointmentrof of Lemuel E. Quigg. as tenn
porary chairman of the convention, and
the deadlock over the nomination of
Congressman Littauer from the TweE
ty-first district
Only one man from up the State spoke
out for Quigg at the hotel today. That
man was Louis F. Payn.
II presume" said Mr.. Payn, that Mr..
Quigg will be appointed temporary
chairman of the convention"
Little Quigg' Enthusiasm.
Mr. Payn appeared to be very much in
earnest. He button holed the commit
teemen one by one and Iabored to arouse
Quigg enthusiasm. Nevertheless, the
general sentiment of the upstate lead
ers on the Quigg question seemed to be
absolute Indifference. One and all they
professed to ignore the problem that is
agitating the local organization. who
is Quigg?" they asked and they laughed.
Quigg might or might not be given q
convention Office for all they cared, they
said In general, II was the opinion OF
the State committeeman that the ques-
tion of Quigg be allowed to solve itself
in the hands OF the State leaders and
county organization before they attempt
ed to settle it.
As to the candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor. the up State men appeared to have
lost all interest. None of them had any
candidate to offer. they said. This city
appears to have the candidate and who
it was, since General higgins had been
put in the background, they didn't seem
TO c1re.
Still for Woodruff.
Jake Smell. who represents Greene.
Otsego, Schoharie, Montgomery and
Schenectady counties, had a suggestion
TO make which he offered with many
winks and chuckles.
Why not Woodruff" he said.
As TO the Littauer muddle. Smell. who
ia engineering the fight of the rival can
dldaJes. declared that no effort would
be made even to mention 1t at today's
meeting.
We can fix that all up at home and
il Will be all ironed out by convention
time" he declared.
Almost every member of the commit
tee was in his seat when Chairman Dunn
called the meeting. There are three va
cancles TO fill in the membership. but 1t
has been decided to leave the matter
of tlling them TO the convention.