The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-30

tonight familiar with Republican poll
aes who sAy that repetition 81 the sara
tOga episode will he witnessed IN thu
Legislature a. the final outcome Of the
direct nominations problem. On the
other hand legislators WHO oppose direct
nominations remark that Roosevelt Is
not President now None Of the Senate
Republican leaders or prominent Se1atorl
Was IN town tonight, as the senate
does not hold business session until
Tomorrow night. but IL goes without
saying that the Cobb hill will go through
thS senate now hat Roosevelt has spoken
a. the senate ~ not 80 unallsrably On
record against the bill a, Is the Assembly
Roosevelt or no Roosevelt declared
mo prominent Republican Assemblyman
tonight who has oppressed direct noml-
nations from the first ~ We stand for
tins interference We ought 10 90 hack
on the farm and hoe potatoes n Roose
welt thinks h. can come back from Africa
and tell VA how 20 run the state " New
York for ono think he ~ sadly mistaken
Re sad unlv short time ago that h.
vas not going - talk politics for ~ ,
months az least Now here he comes
within a lew DAYS a.tr- that statement
breaking m upon IA with those tdings
that the Cobb ball ought 10 he passsd
Ten 90 one he doesn't know what the
Cobb bill, with its new Griscom amend
ments. really does What does Ronse-
welt think thar he 10 the monarch It all he
surveys
Let him try q h ave the Assembly
pass a direct nominations bill declared
another Republican NsSemblyman. and
let the Assembly ~ ahead and pass The
original Hlnmln-Green bill and send
that over % the Senate Then Sc how
the senate would Ike that ana n Mr.
Roosevelt would call upon the senate
" pass the Human Green bill
Assetnblyman LyndsA Bats Jr was
% elatsd over the Roosevelt telegram
that he started out w.th petition seeking
signatures Tor caucus - Republican
members on the Cobb bill tomorrow
He succeeded IN getting only a few
names and those q members who share
Bates's sentiments
You recall Lhag a few months ago an
eminent member OF our party sent a
telegram q the Ssnata. SAID senator
William h GrAttan. with Unit-d States
Senator Ellhu Roots telegram on the
senate Leadership question m mind
and YOU remember what happened 10
that telegram don care O. speaS
for any one els ou the Roosevelt tele-
gram. but | want - sly freely that Il
will not m any way change my opposition
n the Cobb bill unless We ara again bound
by a caucus rule. ~ was the Casa when
the Cobb bill passed the Senat. at the
regular session
AHs'mblyman ? l. Young " West
chester declined - discuss the Roosevelt
telegram. hut said Il would not change his
opposition D. the bill Assenblvman
Young 10 likely 20 get a Republican nomI-
nation for State senator u succeed soma
TOR Wainwright
Postmaster Fred Greiner Of Buffalo.
the Republican boss II Erie. who has
Away maintained that Theodore Roose-
welt was the most eminent man in the
Republican party. was in Albany tonight
when news Of Roosevelts telegram 70
Griscom rs5 ubsd her.. Mr. Greiner I'M
mediately proclaimed Roosevelt the life
saver Of the Republican party.
4 believe the position taken by Mr.
Roosevelt. declared Mr. Greiner. will
assure tho plssly' ct the cobb bill as
indorsed BY him, and his telegram further
indicates . me- that Mr. Roosevelt is
willing and ready o. assume the leader
Ahip Of the Republican party IN this STATE
which Is sadly In need OF leadership
chairman GrIscom reached Albany
a. II clock tonight He said h. thought
he would be on tho ground 70 observe
the eject Of Roosevelt interference
Mr GrisCom was met az the station by
Secretary collin X Woodward NJ III,
NeW lors county Republican committee
and Asaemblvman Higgins and bates. and
went ~ once 20 ths Ten fyrk Hot'I
Chairman Griscorn has b"an here bu,
two or thra@ times since be- sucrNeded
Herbert Parsons a. tn. head of tho New
York county Republican Cornmitt"" and
he an Q m ~ IN" trir,s and curve. of
The game here
The result n M" telegram VI" fore.
cast ~. Oh. no. ~ course I cannot DO
that. he said 4 prefer N Ink around
FIRST and $40 what tho u.oplo here think
H. said he would see Speaker Wais-
worth the first thing IN the morning
Asked Il he had any r0mmu nIcation from
Col RooseyaIt ~ tho ~p-lsor Nlr Girls
l. l. =.
10 Chairman Griscom that the fo'Ing
prevailed m certain quarters here that
the Amendments 20 M" Cobb Green bill
had not heon proposed IN good faith.
bur merely ~ attract thA support IT m"
Nsv Yorl members who have harato.
fore hean against direct nominations ~
snv form
The amendments wcrn an carefully
consitersd insisted Chairman GrIsc1m.
and believe they ar. essential ~
ours. they eliminate the operation ~
direct nominations IN New York every
two years and every four years. and
think IN tins shape the bill ought {, be
pass@d
You take Il for grant II that COL
Roosevelt u o. assume the leadership ~
the Republican party IN This Sttta7-
chairman Gr.srom was asked
Well. I'm not prepared N discuss that
haven discussed u with Iol Roosevelt
and am not prepared u talk about Il.
Ne merely gave his opinion on the pri.
mary reform question, ~ any private
citizen could give IL