New-York tribune., 1908-07-16
ONE-DAI CONVENTION
UOODRUFF SUGGESTS 1T.
State Chairman Offers Plan to Ap-
pease State Fair Managers.

.+a,a convention lasting one day the
solution proposed yesterday by state ClAii MOI
Woodruff for the difficulty which has arisen oe
cause September 15. the date chosen tentanNeN
Cor the convention would interfere with the state
Fsir He issued statement yesterday setliis
forth his ideas that subject and ueclafeu tii
II was worthy the consideration OF the s'a'e
committee which pursuant to his call issueu
yesterday. viii meet on August II TO arr"ne i'
the call for the state convention
Chairman Woodruffs plan is 10 have the CON
venrion meet Monday. September II, at p H.
and by holding a night session clear up i's W.
IN the one day. leaving the delegates free 10 60
home or to the state Fair. as they prefer uoss @
politicfans who have heard of his scheme leat
he has overlooked the possibility OF pI"ioneeu
fight over nominations, for they salu theH i
not heard that the nominations Tor 1oNeiN -,
lieutenant Governor had been prearrangeo win
,nat degree of harmony which would permit an
overnight nomination
This compromise with the state Fair managers
followed a visit Of Senator Horace Nhlt0 VI
syracuse and James :. Whipple, State fores"
7-;t, "a Genre commissioner to state headquar-
tiers senator White strongly urged on ChalllhiiI
Woodruff the objections Of the upstate Peopie
having the convention fall SO near the opehihe VI
the state Fair He told Mr. Woodruff that up
state people deemed It the height OF pol'ieai
fully and implored him TO have the convention
date set A week before after the opening Oh .ne
fair. So. in the face of all this oppositlon' MT
woodruff made public this explanation of why he
had chosen the Objectionable DATE
since the announcement made yesterday that the
state convention would probably be held on l- ue
dav Senternbel l., week after the New loLh
er nrofests have been received by the state com
lnttee from those nnanaglng me sue eak begin-
ming Monday. September u The state Fair 6 peop5t t
have insisted that the state convention shouid Hol
be held during that week. , -, ,. ~ ,,afora
The state convention Of 1886 the last one oeIoae a
the enaetInent of the 1e present primary i""'
The primarV law which was subsequently enact
4 ed for he holding
seventh Tuesday before election in a.
years and tn, tenth Tuesday before election IN IN
Presidential years until this year when intb II Twas was
Saahsea @ sfT IN gc5i6n Which viii be September s.
in every year since the primary law was enacted e5
the Republican State Convention has been neId on
t..e Tuesday following the Tuesday on which the
In the non Presidential years lS9S 1902 and 1ss,
the dates of the conventions were september. q,
fba fNo PreseRtiai @ Years Of 1900 and s the state
conventions were held on September 1 and sep
InasmGch as the primaries are for the election of
delegates 10 Assembly conventions, whlch IN luTL
elect delegates TO the staie cohteIedoi IL TG MU
impracticable to hold the convention duIIhs
date, "e therefore 70 W being Monday september L. the
In order to cause as little conflict with the State
Fair possible, the holding of the conxenton on
Monday. September IA, probably not earlier than :
O'Clock in the afternoon. is well worthy of the con
sideration of the state committee. D4ubuess by
convention that day the work Of the convention y
be free TO attend the State FAIR on Tuesday and
The precedent of holding the conventions one
week from the primaries has been firmly estab-
lshed. even when IL brought the conventions in
the Presidential years of 1900 and 1904 early
September I and September g. respectively.
In New York City the Assembly district conVen-
tions delegates the state convention viii
be held September u, and even that date VIII
give a narrow margin
New York State is as surely going Republican as
If the votes already counted" said Senator
Horace White al the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday af-
ternoon. Mr.. White said he would be pleased with
Mr.. woodruffs arrangement, which the best
-tar he do b1lrSi Mr. drrff had
made statement there was nothing more to be
said the subject.
Speaking of politics. he said II have never seen
so much general satisfaction with a ticket in
section OF the state s exists to-day. The ticket
IS doubly strong for there is strong local pride
IN Mr.. Sherman as a native son. since he doesn't
live from Syracuse. The platform. too is ideal,
which is a great contrast the patchwork crea-
tion Of the Denver convention. The Democratic
party section is badly split UP also with the
Conners-A Murphy Democrats, the old line Demo
Gratis and the Hearst men. who come mostly from
the Democratic ranks Altogether. ! can't see how
anybody even expect Democratic victory
this fall"
When asked TO what he thought of the chance
of Governor Hughes a candidate again, he said
of course, ! do not know the Governors inten-
tions, but 1 believe that if he is willing to
the party again il viii be most fortunate. His
popularity is increasing all the time and he would
be sure Of overwhelming support
Mr.. White said his visit 10 New York has moth
ing TO do with politics and he viii return TO his
bone tomorrow.