The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-25
If COLONEL WINS,
MAY NAME TICKET.
Then 1t w i'll Be Up
t o ii j m t O
Elect 1t.
THIS is THREAT
OF OLD GUARD
Roosevelt and "Boss" Barnes
Each Confident Of Victory at
Saratoga, but Indications
Are That Ex-President f
Will Administer Drub-
Ding to His Enemies.
Especial to The rimes.ptspatch.1

1 Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
Saratoga. n Y, September 24.-'Tf
Roosevelt wins he can name the whole
TICKET and elect 1t II he cau." Is the
practically unanimous response OF
Old Guard leaders to queries as to
whom they will put forward for Cow
ernor and other State officers.
Should Roosevelt dominate the con.
vcntion let him run for Governor him
self II he dares," Is the revengeful
suggestion of Former Superintendent
OF Insurance Louis F. Payn.
We have no choice for Governor
We are simply lighting against the
Roosevelt proposition OF making the
Republican party as radical as Bryan
tried to make the Democratic party"
said Old Guard Chief William Barnes,
i Jr 1--WE expect to win. II we are
nomination and election OF the ticket
must rest upon other shoulders than
| ours az
Congressman William s. Bennett. OF
New York. seems as yet practically
the only avowed candidate for Gov
ernor. AT least he Is the sole man who
has opened headquarters. He wants
the nomination, and is doing his best
TO get it. Henry l. Stimson, who has
been the real Roosevelt favorite for
4 months. continues In receptive mood.
Senator Bracket is boo/ting Superin-
tendent of Public Works Frederic
Stevens. Roosevelt men who fear q
oreaA in the Resselaer delegation are
4 angling the governorship bait before
! Mayor Mann, of Troy. Boss Grenier.
of Buffalo. is still playing Attorney
General O'hlalley to make sure of
knocking out Superintendent OF Insur-
ance Hotchkiss. should O'Malley rail
4 of the nomination for Governor, his
denomination as Acknowledgement
seems assured. Secretary of state
desires 1t. and state Engineer anu
Surveyor william, are also slated FOR
a second trial.
Y Mny Name Collins.
j 1t is reported to-day that Roosevelt,
should he carry the convention, may
throw over n, V. Franchot for State
4 chairman and try to make Superinrend-
4 ent OF Prisons Collins his right hand
man.. Woodruff's successor, Franchot.
! is being assailed as tho Standard OIL
man, and his election would mean a big
bid for Standard OIL money.
Barnes and his Old Guard still per-
do on ticket and platform thoy will
control the new State committee and
5Echoose sucn officers as they Please
i Woodruff is still coy as to whether
/ he will stand for recollection in case his
friends hold the State committee. That
depends upon conditions that may pre-
vail when the issue confronts me-" he
answers to all queries.
AT this hour the Roosevelt and IN,
Il are ~
dieting triumph for their respective
factions. Superintendent of Prisons
4 Cornelius Y. Collins and Boss Fred
4 Grelner, of Buffalo, who will conduct
i the Roosevelt skirmishes until lh. ,o1-
4 onel arrives on Monday. maintaH that
on temporary chalrmanship as Well ais
4 on direct nominations, the crucial issue.
they nave the Sherman Barnes yood.
run alliance beaten by 100 majority
Barnes. MISUNDERSTANDING OF tca
anti Roosevelt forces, retorts that he
and his allies Will throw at least 516
i OF the bol5 votes against Roosevelt
and that hey Will repudiate any COBB.
Hinman. Green or other legislation
inimical TO the retention of State con-
ventions by an even larger mapority.
1t must be armitted that since hear
Ing from Schenectady the news which
Barnes pronounced simply awful.
and the breaking up of number 81
other district delegations, adherents or
the Sycamore Hin man are openly
! more sanSuine than are their Old
Guard adversares
That neither faction is none too
sconfiden, however, is manifested by the
eagerness with Which scouts for potn
watch the incoming trains, escort dele-
Gates on the fence to the headquarters
4 to which they are attached and then
4 haY yar m he Sc
men higher up
4 Colonel Abraham Gruberis doing hts
best to aid barnes to make certain OF
i the twenty out of the 100 delegates
4 from New York county which they
have asserted would support Sher-
Il man..
Reported splits in Rensselaer,. Guy.
!. hoga Cha auua. Oswego. Orange.
4 Chenanso. Tioga. and other rural
1 sides.
"Shudcs of s.Eusy Boss,'''
When Manager Barnes was told to-
day that Tioga, the birthplace OF sena-
tor Plat, was about to cast her ent,re
\ vote for Roosevelt i, he exclaimed,
Shades of the easy boss this Is
enough to make him turn over in hts
! gravel
Then Barnes rolled up his sleeves
and Went IT deputy OF Chairman
4 smyth of the Tioga county committee.
He assured Barnes that hos delegation
was still unpledged to Roosevelt, but
was inclined to support direct nomina-
Il tions.
What would Plat do? Would hs
| not stick TO his Old Guard to the
! Enish?" demanded Barnes
Smyth's deputy allowed that Piast
would,
Then. remsmper the old man. Waa
! Barnes's injunction,
i WhilA the warning factions vera