The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
HIGGINS IMPROVEMENT PLAN
ODELL'S AND PARSONSS NOT THE
ONLY ONES IN THE FIELD.
The Governor Is Now Nominated'by Wood
ruiz to succeed Himself II j. Proposed
That the New state Chairman Shall He
Head Of the ENCcutlN G Committee Also.

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That the New state Chairman shall he
Head Of the EXccutlN G Committee Also.
Republican politicians have awaited some
intination that Gov. Higgins is a candidate
to succeed him.plf. They have given him
many opportunities to make his wishes
known. He has warily ayoided doing so,
Up country Republicans in own yesterday
said that after Timothy l.. Woodruff's
speech at the Tnvincible Club in Brooklyn
Saturday night they were convinced that
the Governor is a candidate, and that his
boon from this time on will conflict with
that Of Senator Bracket, which was
launched a month ago. Mr.. Noodrulf's
speech was made in the presence oil the
Governor, and that part of II which re-
ferred to another term for the Governor
was as follows:
In the coming guhernatorial campaign
I'll do all ! can, hut. its up to YOU 10 help
The Democrats" party it, rent aslinder' ne
organization If the Municipal Ownership
League is made M entirely OF Democrats.
though ! viii admit that in the last municipal
election some mis- uidcd Republicans APP
narentlv voted with them The Democrats
are spl,t IN half. and now Is the time to take
advantage If our adyrrsarles' weakness
Let us all pull together. and two years from
tonight we will give toy Higgins another
dinner. at the close al his second admins
traitor.
Gov. Higgins and MIR, Woodruff are in
innate FRIENDS, and o'ho's at the dlnnerln
the Governors set WEI Nicholas V. V.
Franchot. State Supcrir endent of Public
Works. and William Bar,es, Jr., chairman
of the executive committee OF the hepuh-
licau State committee,
a.,l mechanism Nv : hngH EIItAnnGT al
to know tha; if Mr.. Higgins is renominated
Lieut.. Gov. Bruce will he also. and that
STATE Treasurer John G.. W~allenmeier, Jr,,
of iona wanda, Attorney-General julius
NJ. Msver of New York city and State
Engineer and Surveyor Henry A. Van
Alstyne Of North Chatham will surely he
renominated.
Concerning a State chairman to succeed
Mr.. Odell, a chairman of the executive
, committee 10 succeed Mr.. Barnes, a treas
urer 10 succeed Louis Stern and a secretary
to succeed Reuben l.. Fox it was said that
there is a movement on foot to make Mr..
Odells successor not only chairman Of the
State committee. but to make him also
chairman of the executive committee. so
that there shall he no divided re sponsibility
that MIR. Stern's successor will he a Repub-
lican who can give his whole time to the
committee, and that Mr.. Fox's successor
will be a Republican in hearty accord with
the new head Of the committee.
Mr.. Barnes. it was learned, will not serve
again as chairman of the executive commit
tee under present conditions. Many Re-
puhlicans have said that they belle we'd
Mr.. Earnes was entitled to promotion to
State chairman. He has been executive
chairman for eight years. Mr.. Barnes's
friends say that the duties of executive
chairman should be more clearly defined,
60 that the State chairman shall not usurp
tho functions of executive chairman, as
has been the case under Mr.. Odell, who
was not only Govenor-chairman, but
Governor-executive chairman,
Gov. Higgins, it was learned, has m appor-
tionment plan of his own and other Repub-
leans than Mr.. Odell also have apportlon-
ment plans. not only for the districts below
the Bronx line, but those above it. While
it was said that the apportionment could
10 over until next winter, 1t was also said
that Mr.. Odell in perfecting his apportlon-
ment plans for New York city in OPPOSE
ton 10 President Herbert Parsons of the
New York Republican county
has evidently failed to reckon with the
fac that Senator Merton F. Lewis of Roctr-
ester and Asscmblvman Charles W, Mead
of Albany are chaIrmen of the legislative
a"rportionment committees, that Mr.. Lewis
and Mr., Mead are in accord with Gov.
Higgins and that the ap~Portionment plars
OF the Governor and Of President Parsons
are in the end likely TO be more favorahly
considered than those evolved BIZ Mr..
Odell for his own personal advantage
Mr.. Odell, aided by Senator RGines and
Senator Malby. is expeCted to put up a sim
fight in the upper house at Albany for the
OdelI plan of apportionment for New York
city, and this may delay the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature even beyond
MaylQ
While it was very ge nerally admitted
that there will be a State chairman to sue
coed Mr. Odell before June l, in order to
star next falls important campaign
properly, and while most Of the gossip
Yesterday favored the selection of Mr..
Woodruff, twas nevertheless conceded TINT
certain Republicans are putting IN hard
work to max Senator William j. Tully of
Corning. Stenben county, chairman. The
~strmbling block in the way Of that, though,
il was said. is that John B.. H. Mongin is
State committeeman for the Thirty-third
Congress district, which Includes the
counties Of Chemung. Schuyler. Seneca
and Steuhen, and that IT is an unwritten
IavTkat a Republican State chairman shall
ro the State committeeman for his Con
crest district. All indications point, it
vas then said, to Mongin's reelection as
safe committeeman for the district