New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-26
OLD GUARD TO FIGHT
AND GET LICKED
Now Claimed 1t Has Even Lost
Control of State Committee,
as Ii STANDS.
sTIMSoN GAINS STRENGTH
His Candidacy Favored by
Friends of Taft and Roosevelt
Barnes Intimates He
Still Has Hope.

TBy Telegraph 20 The Trib-Ins
Saratoga Springs. y. Z. Sept %
Nothing but the most phenomenal up
heaval. such as he cannot imagine. could
disturb the Progressives' control Of tbs
Republican State Convention. according
to LIOvd a. Criscom. president Of the
New York County Republican Commit
tee. other Progressives declared that
the "OId guard has lost control even %
the state COMMITTEES as IL is constituted
now. and that that will be demonstrated
if any fight Is forced Tomorrow night
William Barnes. tr.. Of Albany. real
leader Of the old guard forces. main
tains that the Progressfves have lead
Of only forty delegates. and that this
easily could be overturned He does not
make any predictions about the control
Of the convention The "old guards
men" once more have fallen back On
the statement that the only thing they
are interested in now is the platform.
with its primary plank
With these conditions well estab-
lished. the Progressfves went ahead with
their plans to-day for the control ~ the
convention and the new state committee
They have agreed that the candidate for
Governor must he a Progressive Of un-
nistakable type TO hold within the party
the independent vote which Covernor
Hughes attracted TO it. a draft OF 4
platform he's been worked out which. II
adopted. will put the Republican party
II this state in the forefront Of the Pro-
gressives- II will declare for progress
in policy and cleanness in party leaders
and office holders alike to insure that
IL will advocate a considerable degree OF
direct nominations. and IN all proba bill
ity for the extension Of the system il is
proves satisfac Glory on trial
Stir,son Favored Candidate.
Henry l. Stfmson. of New York, this
prosecutor OF the sugar fraud cases.
seems to he the favorfte candidate ot
the Prozressives for Governor His
candidacy is urged by friends OF Presi-
dent Taft ard friends OF Theodcrs
Roosevelt II is not at all certainty
that he will be nominated The man to-
be supported by the Taft Roosevelt
Hughes forces will have TO be picked at
conferences after Mr.. Roosevelt gets
here Tomorrow. and other names are
under serious consideration II Mr.
Stimson is chosen as the partys Candi-
date the Progressives seem agreed that
Otto T. Barnard shall be the new state
chairman
This has been a day of conferences by
both sides. The "old guard got togeth-
or first over 4 luncheon at the Arrow
tinued their meditations in the headqusr-
tiers Of Mr.. Barnes and state Chairman
woodruff The old guard decided to
fight and get licked. The Progressives
talked in little groups on the hotel
porches. then later in the day met In
formal conclave in Mr. GriscOm's rooms
Again tonight they met for a continual
ton of the conference and Mr. Griscoms
Mr.. Barnard. Fred Greiner, Of Bufralos
Naval officer Kracke. of Brooklyn; Rep
resentative Herbert Parsons and Cor
neIius V. Collins. Of Troy. were at ii IN
til long after midnight
Other Candidates for Governor
In these conferences OF the Progress
sives candidates. the platform and tbs
state committee and state Chairmanshto
situation were discussed No decision
was reached. and none will be until the
arrival of the ex-President and SOMA
other upstate leaders tomorrow.
In the list Of possibilities for Governor
many names figured They were those
NJ Mr.. Stimson. Representative Bennett
and Seth Low. whom Mr.. GriscOun con-
siders strong men: William R Wilcox
chairman or the New York City Public
Service Commission. who Is talked ot
as harmony candidate:
william H HOtchkiss. Insurance Super
rtendeut: Ansiey Wilcox. a wealthy
business man Of Buffalo. formerly a
cleveland Democrat. who was driven into
he Republican party bv Bryan: Justice
Woodward. OF Buffalo: Judge Chase. oc
Greene County: President Ciunniscn OF
ST. Lawrence University and jacob
-YouId Schurnsn of Cornell II is rather
, general opinion that Mr.. Schurrnan's
opposition 70 direct nominations has PUG
him out Of the running.
May Enlarge State COMMITTEES.
The list OF possibilities for state chair
man il much smaller. and there has not
been a great deal Of effort made to
reach a decision Of that problem II is
by all the Progressives that the
candidate for Governor should be al
owed virtually 70 select the man who
viii have the responsibility OF running
MS campaign. Besides Mr. Barnard.
-vo upstate men have been talked about.
They are Colonel John T. Mott. OF o.
rego. and Representative John w.
Dwight One development OF the day
was a suggestion carefully discussed
among the Progressives OF charging the
state COMMITTEES To $50 members. and
making them elective by the voters d.
-ectly az the primaries. Most OF the lead
FRS seem TO favor this change 1t IS their
opinion that il could be made by the
adoption OF resolution in the state con
and no new legislation would ba
necessary This was a feature Of both
the direct nominations bills introduced
at the last legislative session and tho
Meade Phillips bill. the machines ''rri-
mary reform measure. Therefore this
leaders figure that there
should not be a great deal OF oppositlc1
to il II II is decided on by them.