Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-15
ROOSEVELT MAY TAKE
PARTY HELM IN NEW YORK
nv Associated Press.l

NEW YORK. March 14.-with the de-
parture OF Senator Root today for
Washington to inform President Taft
OF the result of his conferences with
State Chairman Woodruff on his re-
tirement from the Craftsmanship. looms
a political situation which. i'm its larg-
er meaning, bears directly not only on
the coming state campaign next fall,
but on "a national campaign of 1872"
The administration, through Senator
Root. has made It clear TO those now
in the party's leadership in this state
that New York must not be lost to
the Democrats i'm the gunernatorial cleo
ton. for such defeat would endanger
the party's success two years later.
To this end. Senator Root Informed
Chairman Woodruff that the opposition
to Governor Hughes and his measures
must cease and the suggestion is said
to have been delicately made that the
federal power would be used to thwart
such opposition, If it continued.
Whether Senator Root sought to re-
lease Woodruff from the state chairman
ship. as an initial step to remove from
control the so-called machine" leaders,
was the subject of much conjecture at
Republican state headquarters today.
I'm STILL HERE" SAYS WOODRUFF
Tam still here" said Chairman Wood
ruff today. and then made it evident that
he would at least continue as chairman
until the end of his term.
There's much more than the chairman
ship OF the state involved i'm this matter"
said an upstate Header today. President
Taft and his friends are setting the stage
for the national campaign Of 1872 and
the administration feels that unless the
present state organization joins with Gov
ernOr Hughes, party split will follow
that will give the state to the Democrats
next November and seriously jeopardize
the party's chance of capturing New
York's electoral votes for the Republican
political nominee.
Woodruff will remain chairman and
the opposition to Governor Hughes. WILL
I'm a large measure cease, so that no split
may occur, If the Root plan is carried
out; but the election Of Senator Cobb as
president pro tenn of the state senate has
so strengthened the hands OF Woodruff
and his friends in the organization that
they elect to advance ss,ch legislation as
they please at Albany, and so doing, will
split the party wide open.
Then our hope is, in that event that
Theodore Roosevelt will be asked to as
sumo the leadership of the party-and his
return is only three months away"
INVASION OF RIGHTS.
The Woodruff adherents assert that
the efforts of the administration in the
present situation constitute an inva-
sion Of the rights Of the state political
control
Chairman Woodruff indicated today
that the Aids case would be judged
solely on it's merits, and informed his
callers he had not even been able to
learn how the Brooklyn senators stood
in the matter. A close adviser of Mr.
Woodruff said at the headquarters this
afternoon:
The situation is thoroughly under
stood by Senator Root and the chair
man. The telephone and telegraph will
be placed under the public service COM
mission, but possibly under the upstate
department of the commission
The Hlnman-Green bill for direct
nominations won't go through, but the
bill drawn by the special committee,
which is a modification Of the Hinman-
Green measure, will be accepted. Chair
man Woodruff tells me that the sto-
ries told Oy certain congressman in
Washington that Senator Aids is to be
whiJewashed. have no basis i'm fact and
that the case will be fairly passed on