New-York tribune., 1910-08-31

Progressives here that Nice-Presioent
Sherman's friends are representing 10
him that he should withdraw from the
temporary Craftsmanship, in view OF 'he
manifest misunderstanding on the part
of some members of the committee when
,,. ,o,e Was taken. the charges or Irauo
and trickery and the letter OF fresioeht
Taft
To begin an effort to get speciei
meeting. under the circumstances "ou'o
he an unwarranted afront to the vice
President, in the opinion or some Vi 'i'e
p-orressives They hold that there can
Re no unisconception of their position
enS no misunderstanding OF the lac'
+bo+ they intend to elect Mr.. Roosevelt
g ,resi6e over the first days work OF
che state convention Meantime they
fee, that they do not want to Go any
ching unnecessarily to antasonize the
Vice President.
The dav's review OF the situation lell
NJ Greiner and Mr. Griscom ana All
the others who had talked with them
6,st,nctiv cheerful. They feel that be-
,o,s q cuestion they will control the
sfste convention BY a goodly Margin
ssv. one hundred or more Voles-aiio
that control OF the state committee Is
theirs whenever they want to take II.
Mr. Grisccm had nothing but cheer
In, smile to add to the formal statement
Mr Greiner said that the outlook
seemed pretty good to him.
Il think the so-called old guard won't
hsve more than one-quarter of the dele1
gates In the convention said he. All
The western part of the state is for Taft
and Roosevelt and the Progressive is
sues in this fight
Sure of Winning Easily.
Il think We shall win easily on the
temporary craftsmanship, and without
much trouble on direct nominations
plank There's no question that the
sentiment Of the state demands primary
reform along the general lines Of the
Hughes recommendations; not necessa-
rily precisely as the Governors bill mao
Il, but along that line. Even in Speaker
wadsworths territory the sentiment Is
unnis,akable. in my judgment
"Ail this makes me feel very cheerful
I think the Progressives Will control the
convention. and after they've MADE
good platform and q good ticket VIII
carry the election. a good fight is
sometimes a mighty good thing for those
vino have taken part in tit brings
about mutual respect and clears the at
rnosphere As good party men, we nope
that will be the result in this case
This present fight is the finest thing
that could happen for the Republican
party in this state" said Mr James
After II is over. we Progressives Will
be found to be in control of the tenn
porary Craftsmanship situation, we shall
win Oh the direct nominations fight and
we'll nominate and elect Progressive
candidate for Governor.
The outlook in Brooklyn is splendid
There is no general fight being made on
Mr. woodruff's control there at present.
There are fights in only two districts,
the 6th and the 14th. If a Woodruff
anti Woodruff fight We're made, the Pro-
gressivss would carry from tHenty-eight
TO thirty-flre OF the delegates to the
state convention surely. AS it is my
Judgment is that most Of the Kings dele
cation will be found in line for Mr..
Roosevelt at the state convention, al
though they may not vote for direct
nominations in such large numbers.
Moses Mckee. leader of the 21st Dis
.rict Of New York County. explicitly
denied reports that he was likely TO be
lined UP with the old guard" in the next
state committee meeting, and in the
convention
81 voted for Mr.. Roosevelt at the re-
cent committee meeting" said he, and
I have no desire or intention to flop. I'm
not the Topping kind