The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-17

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came to tho assistance OF Mr.. Grisconl
II ended In splitting tho motion 50
that the nrst vote came OF, the motion
TO postpone.
strength, OF old sGusrd.
rho old guard was pleased, ana
hmiled grimly whilc the secretary
called the roll. Only twelve ayes an
ewered and twenty.three noe \,
Then came the motion to substitute
Tooscveles name for Sherman. On
This tho vote was 15 to 90. which was
Followed BY action on the original mo-
ton to name vice-President sherman.
There was no vote in the negative, fal-
though Grisconl and two others, re :
Il FUSED to answer.
The seiecticnso Of Sherman was greeted
with applauso. The committee prom pit.
ay.adjourned to meet again on the eve
of the convention. The old guard then
trocped downstairs to the grillroom OF
the Republican Club. where the meet
ing had been hsId q;
Toe days action was unmistakable.tn
Z Its animus and effect. The State Com
mittea registered its resentment OF his
attempted participation In control OF
politics IN this state. 80 f56sss .
Chairman woodruff is still in power
sn the committee, and Will resign the
craftsmanship or not, as he pleases,
when the committee reorganizes in
septefnber
Two Factions OF Party.
= 81 The two factions in the committee
represent the two factions in the Re-
! publican ranks of the State. The, old
guard arc the men who fought Hughes
stiislikes Roosevelt and resent the talk
Of alliance between Hughes and Roose-
Welt. The progressive Republicans are
3n line with Hughes, Taft and Roose-.
There Is q collateral fractional inter-
est in Woodrufr's craftsmanship of the
State Committee. In amcasure it is not
on all fours with the shap division be-
tween the progrsssives ind the old
guard.
Chairman woodrur has declined to
be put out Of the state craftsmanship as
has been explained so often. He probably
will retire when the committee is re-
organized after the State convention.
He. will not retire now, and under
fire. .ss. 8tg
President Taft has recently shown
that he Is not anxious to see Mr..
Woodruff put out, II Mr.. Woodruff
wants to remain in. President TAFT and
Colonel Roosevelt are in accord on
New York state policies and platforms
Yet Colonel Roosevelt thinks Woodruff
ought TO go.
Irritation Against isooscyelt.
The old guard are irrttated ct Col
onel Roosevelt's interest in State poli-
tics. 1t happens that he is resi-
dent Of the State. has once been Gov
ernor, has been titular head Of the
party in the nation. Yet now that he
undertakes to maintain his connection
with the party the old guard calls it
einterfercncc.'
The old guard also resent the ac-
tivity Of Lloyd Griscom. chairman Of
The county committee. because of his
alleged alien origin. They say he i'm
migrated from Philadelphia, and hard
~ has earned voting residence.
But, back OF It all. the real grievance
of the old guard is the effort to liberal
lize the Republican party in New Yorl
State, to divide and dissipate the power
and the substitution of direct nonlina
lions, all of which is hateful in tn,
extreme to the old guard.
Attitude OF Old Guard.
In advance of the assembly of the
State committee at noon q member o,
the committee made the following
clear statement of the attitude of the
Old Guard:
1T ought to be clear to any one
he said, that the Old Guard, so called
are not lighting President Taft. AS
primary political proposition. it would
seem plain that the Republican State
convention, when 1t acts, must give {
straightforward, unequivocal and en-.
thusiastic Endorsement OF President
Taft, his administration and the work
& pf Congress.
If the! Republicans fail to do tina,
they might as we'll shut up shop and
not go into the campaign at all. Well
ISN'T that what President Taft wants:
Isn't that what the Old Guard insists
he shall have? Then how can we be
said to be nned up against Taft and
Hughes and Roosevelt?
I'VE do differ from Hughes on the
direct nominations scheme. But Pres
ident Taft himself Is willing to meet
us halfway on that proposition, and
have the form OF partial direct nom.
nations, with a State convention also
such as we proposed, as q compromise
s in the Legislature
Thisaman vent on To- explain thai "a
among the ..old Guard over. the activ,
iity of Lloyd Griscom, chairman, ant
his expressed intention to try to make
Colonel Roosevelt either temporary OF
EIeElIdIeuC iOAktlncs oIdIc CON
Nention when it, meets in September.
He pointed out that It is not par
of a county chairman's prerogative tt
dictate the organization Of the con
vention. That Is left to the State
committee the night before the con
MENTION meets. s
The rumor that Mr. Griscom Nigh
atto-day's meeting try. to get de
claration in favor OF his plan FOL
Roosevelt aroused the Old Guard. Mr.
Griscom Is not even member OF tn,
State committee. but Is going into tn,
meeting to-day with proxy.
Before the meeting he was advised
4 not to try to force a resolution rec
Dmmending Roosevelt for presiding
officer OF the State convention. He wa
4 told that this had been tried but once
End had failed.
ENTERTAINED AT I. NEWPORT
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