The sun., 1906-12-28
PATES OF The WADSWORTHS.
STORY AFLOAT THAT THEY ARE
OUT WITH THE PRESIDENT
And Talk That the Reelection Of Speaker
wadsworth IL Jeoparded Thereby His
Friends say He VIII he Reelected With
out Doubt Attitude OF senator stew rms


out Doubt Attitude OF senator stevens
Tho Wadsworths, James W. Sr., and
James W., Jr., the former defeated for
reelection to Congress in the Thirty-fourth
district on election day by 5000 plurality
and the latter reelected Assemblyman for
Livingston county by 800 plurality, are
out" with President Roosevelt. according
to reports Representative Wadsworth,
il is stated, has not visited the White House
since his defeat and Assemblymsn Wads-
worth has also sbstained from his usual
visits.
The story about the Wadsworths was
told by Republicans who say that uni ess
there is a change here Assemb ly
man Wadsworth's reelection as Speaker OF
the Assembly may be jeoparded. Repub-
lican friends Of Speaker Wadsworth at the
Holland House said that they did not be-
lieve anything OF the kind and they were
ready to bet pumpkins 10 cookies tn at
young Jim would be named for Speaker
at the Assembly caucus to be held In Albany
on January 2.
The Republicans who told the story
about the Wadsworths and their al lege q
differences with President Roc csevslt said
that Representative Wadsworth bla mes
President Roosevelt for his defeat Repre-
sentative Wadsworth has been for eighteen
years Congressman for the Thirty-fOurth
district, which comprises the counties of
Livingston, Wyoming, Genesee, Orleans
and Niagara. Two years ago he was elected
by $4,000 and in November he was defeated
by nearly 5000, making a change of 19,OOO
votes in two years. He is said 10 lay his
defeat directly to his controversy with
President Roosevelt over the meat in spec
ton bill, Mr.. Wadsworth being chairman
Of the House Committee on Agriculture.
Other Republicans said that Mr.. Wads-
worth's defeat for Congress was due quite
as much to himself in another way and
also to dissa tisfaction with the Senate
apporton ment which eliminated Frederick
G. Stevens from the Forty-sNth Senate
district for no other reason than that Mr..
Wadsworth believed that Senator Stevens
might at some time turn up az dangerous
candidate for the Congress nomination,
the Senate district being part Of the Com
gress district. The Republicans of the
Senate district as well as the Republicans
OF the Congress district, IL was stated, have
been impressed with the belief that Senator
Stevens should be nominated either for
Governor or for congress- and that because OF
his work as head of the Stevens gas investI-
eating commission he should not have been
eliminated as possibility for reelection 10
the Senate.
veteran IN the group at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel last night said: Young Jim
Wadsworth should not take up his fathers
quarres and neither should Old Jim per-
init Young Jim to do 50. | have passed
a very tempestuous life myself. ! have
been compelled TO make many powerful
enemies and at the same time. as | am
grateful to know, have woD the friendship
Of many square men. | have a son myself
and I have told him frequently that he
must not under any circumstances assume
my qusrrels. I have told him that l am
quite competent 20 take caro Of myself and
that even II should die with many qlarrels
unsettled il would be far better that death
should settle these quarrels than for him 20
accept them as a heritage. So, AZ | say no
father should ever encourage his son in
taking up with quarres which the old man
justly or unjustly has been compelled to
make. But do not believe Young Jim
Wadsworth's attitude toward the President
since election day will hurt him as a candi-
date for reelection as Speaker
senator Stevens. IL was stated, is still 40
angry AZ the Wadsworths that he believes
Young Jim should not he reelected
Speaker.