The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-29
HENRY |. STIMSON
NAMED IN NEW YORK


party machinery Of the state. Chair
man Timothy T. Woodruff who failed
elected from the second district.
The election ~ an insurEent chair
man en- place ~ Mr.. Woodruff ig eN-
man will be- is not surmiscd. IL g.
customary 60 hold meeting Of the
state committee Tor the election or a
chairman directly after the convention,
bat Chairman Root said that no such
meeting would be held tonight.
no is understood this situation arose
on account Of the fact that no agree
ncut had been reached as 20 the new
state chairman. LLOYD g.. Griscom and
Cornelius " Collins both have declined
g. eeryc.
Late this afternoon leaders canvassed
THE field once more in the idea that
hey might decide upon an upstate
man who would receive the united vote
o. tho New York delegation Colonel
Roosevelt asked Mr. Bonnet Co with
draw. but the Congressman refused.
colonel Roosevelt and senator Root.
frr main figures On the conference. de
cided 10 stand by their slate. and the
colonel agreed to make the nominating
speech. The meeting broke up. and
shortly after 6 o'clock colonel Roose-
Welt started for the convention hall
Roo~cvcIrS speccs.
Eirgsbury Foster nominated Mr..
Bennett. and after the nomination had
been seconded Roosevelt went 20 tho
platform tO make hts last speech OF the
convention. tie began by saving that
Do had. held Mr.. Bennett in hiEh regard.
but that nr believed Mr. Stimson to- be
TITO proper nominee. Tie told OF what
AR. Stimson had done as prosecutor Of
The sugar rust and as he finished his
speech the delegates stood uD and
chrrrrd-
Tho denomination Of Judge Vann.
whose term expired December 81. was
followed by the appointment or COM
mittec 90 confer with a Democratic
Committee relative TO the nomination q
an associate Judge 20 fiu the vacancy
caused by the death or Edward IT.
Bartlett. This points 90 the probability
that a. Democrat viii be nominated, the
two nominees to be supported By both
parties.
been I'm communication with william r
Hearst since he came 20 Saratoga and
that De and Mr. Hearst had formed an
alliance for the coming campaign,
mrut.
% have not communicated with Nr
Hearst or any one else outside the con-
veutfou and the candidates we have
considered here today have been dis
cue4ed purely on their own merits and
without reference 90 Mr.. Hearst or any
one else.
colonel Roosevelt will leave for home
tomorrow morning. stopping en- route
90 PouEhtlccpstc. TO speak at the
Duchess county fair.
lrr. Crig-on said tonight that. az a
result Of tho action 81 the state con-
Vrution. he confidently expected the
1--WE have in Mr. Stimson man of
tho highest order" Mr.. GriscOm said.
'He ir man whom we can compare
without shame with Governor Hughes
end other successful governors. The
Grfion of tho convention viii be Of the
greatest help 60 the party.
william Barnes. jr.. OF New York;
who Ted the fight Of the old guard
urrfngt Colonel Roosevelt. said tonight:
fThe ticket is named. and am Tor
ESQ ticket. That 3D. automatic. To Is
party government. I shall support the
nornin oc Of the convention and hope for
the best 7 expect that harmony VIII
prevail I'm the party.
"Thc state convention is the supreme
authority 81 the party. believe IN
party government believe In
RcquieTCinE IN the win of the majority
m adopting the princlpie or 9ircct nom
nations the party has set its face IN
The direction Of radicaliTm, which. n
the tendency o. not checked. will mean
the advocacy later Of the initiative and
words. a pure democracy. as advocated
b. Mr Roosevelt On bis speech on the
direct nomination plank.
Direct nominations In themselves
arc not afi-important. But the party
has made a EtupcudOus blundcr IN bow
inE 20 p hastily thouEhtout agitation
Tf may be political cNDcdieucy, as MI
Roosevelt said. but any political
party that bows 20 political eNpcdiency
.- making an error. the consequences
n which ~ cannot avoid.
PIau ExtoIIed.
cat So. Louis IN 1895. there were
com prr misses. but through the far
sighted and fndomitabfe courage
~ Thomas g. platt. the Republican
party was forced 90 adopt the gold
standard. That prcsentmcnt. apparent
- dangerous at the time. has been the
cause ~ every Republican victory that
ha. Iaken place from that time 60 this.
"oupertuuis-n f. popular at the hour
is day or existence is short. IL fs the
nope or tho conservative Republicans
throughout the state that m ATr. slim
son. pr elected governor. will not be-
tray the same -ycophanv that the m,
lor'y Or the convention showed. but