Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-31
OLD GUARD DEF|ED
Friends of Roosevelt in New
York Take Firm Stand.
LEADERS IN CONFERENCE
10 Support Colonel for Temporary
Chairmanship Of Convention.
ARE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
Assert They Will Have $50 Of LOIS
Delegates-opposed to
Special Meeting.
LEADERS IN CONFERENCE
ARE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY


challenge TO that faction OF the republican
party Of New York state which brought
about the defeat OF former President
Roosevelt when the latter's name was
presented to the state committee for the
temporary Craftsmanship of the state con-
vention was issued yesterday by Lloyd
G. Griscom. chairman OF the New York
county committee.
Mr.. Griscom was In conference during
the better part OF the day with Frederick
Greiner. the republican leader Of Erie
county: Collector of the Port William
Loeb, +. J. III. Kracke. state committee
man from Brooklyn: State Senator Fred
erick NJ. Davenport of Oneida county:
d. r. James. president of the Brooklyn
Young Republican Club, and former
Mayor Cutler Of Rochester.
After carefully considering the situa-
ton the conferees gained the conviction
that they could depend on at least go
Of the 1,O15 delegates. and they issued a
formal statement to the effect that they
would not only present Mr.. Roosevelts
name for temporary chairman OF the con-
vention. hut do their utmost TO have a d.
rect nomination plank inserted in the
platform. The defiance TO the old guard
leaders, for which Messrs. Griscom.
Greiner and Kracke stood sponsors, was
as follows:
Mr. Greiner, Mr. Kracke and Mr..
Griscom all agree that Mr.. Roosevelts
name shall be presented TO the coming
state convention for temporary chairman.
and that they will use their best en-
deavors TO have included in the party
platform a direct nominations plank.
II is believed by Mr.. Roosevelts friends
that the old guard will have undivided
DELEGATIONS only from Albany, Syracuse
and Rochester. Senator Davenport said
yesterday that there certainly would be a
divided delegation from Utica
Expect to outvote Machine.
II was asserted by those who were in
the conferences held yesterday that they
will be in a position TO outvote the old
machine leaders when the state commit
tee meets in Saratoga September Is. the
day before the convention. II was said
by them that when the resolution to
name Mr.. Roosevelt as temporary chair
man Of the convention was voted down
and Vice President Sherman was selected
instead at the meeting of the state COM
mittee held in this ity August IS the
vote was brought about by trickery on
the part Of Barnes, Woodruff and Ward. |
who had, by means of speciously worded
kilograms intimating that there would be
nothing doing at the meeting beyond the
naming OF the date and place of the con- |
vention, kept a number of members away. |
Another statement made yesterday |
was that Benjamin B. Odell. tr, who |
before he went to Europe left his |
proxy with Luther Little. who IL ON |
mittee. and whose proxy was used in !
support of the Sherman motion. could |
be depended on to vote against any
plan which Barnes might bring for
on the day before the convention. As
N was put by one OF the conferees.
Odell has no particular love for Roose-
welt but he has q hatred Of Barnes
that would not allow him to give his
vote in the committee to any resolu-
ton that Barnes might support.
Discuss Special Meeting.
So confident Of victory were those |
who decided to present Mr.. Roosevelt's
name again for the temporary chair |
manship Of the convention that the dis |
cussion at the conference turned most |
~ on the question Of the advisability
OF calling a special meeting Of the
state committee to rescind the action
taken at the meeting August Is and
TO substitute the name OF Mr.. Roose-
welt for that Of Mr.. Sherman.
Although no positive decision was
reached IL can be stated that the opin-
ion OF most OF the conferees was against
any proposal TO call a special meeting OF
the committee. Mr.. Griscom was one of
those who were opposed to this sugges-
ton
A dispatch from Medina, n. Y, to the
New York Times says:
IL now develops that the story sent
throughout the country last week that
the Orleans county republican convention
had passed a resolution favoring Roose-
welt over Sherman for temporary chair
man had no basis in fact. No such reso-
luton was even offered to the delegates,
and had one such been offered those who
say they know declare that the old guard,
who were in control of the convention
would have smothered IL TO death with
q rush.
The Orleans county primaries were con-
trolled from beginning TO end by the
Wadsworth influence. Four Wadsworth
men were named for the four county Of
fees. The state delegates elected were
former Senator LHommedieu yarnum D. |
Luddington, George w. Bennett William |
Fuller. n. Titus Coann and Irving weet |
-Four Of these delegates were Wadsworth |
old guard men of long standing. L'Hom- |
medieu and West were the consolation |
given 10 the former opponents Of the |
Geneseo man.