Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-26
NEW YORK POLITICS
Principal Theme at the White
House Today.
MANY NEW WORKERS CALL
Senator Root Has Long Conference
With the President.
DIVERSE VIEWS ON SITUATION
Chairman Woodruff Is Optimistic,
and Is Willing to Yield. His Job
to Any One Who Wants It.
DIVERSE VIEWS ON SITUATION

New York and the political situation
| there IS occupying the center of the stage
| in Washington. The scenes shifted to
| the White House today, when a large
number of New York statesmen and poll
| ticians either saw the President or hung
| around there to see Senator Root. The
President did not have time to discuss the
| situation with all of the New Workers.
but he was in conference long time with
| Senator Root.
| While this conference was going on
Timothy Woodruff, republican state chair
| man, was waiting. Senator Depew walk
ed in while the conference was in prog
ress and there were in the waiting rooms
| Representative Herbert Parsons, with
| Alderman Brown of New York; Repre-
| sentative Bennett, with some New York
| friends, and Representative Calder o.
Brooklyn, with William A. Prendergast,
newly elected controller of Greater New
York.
| With the exception of Senators Root
and Depew, the other callers simply
shook hands. Senator Depew said he did
| not talk New York politics with the
| President, and Senator Root said that
( the tInc taken up WIFI tHC ClISl en-
| ecutive was with respect To legislation.
Despite this. however, the situation in
| New York is known to be not so salts
| factory to the republicans. Senator Root,
/ at dinner given in his honor last night
| sounded the alarm by urging the two
| factions the organization and Hughes re-
| publicans, to. get together and prepare
| for the fight against the democrats.
| Senator Root told the New Workers
| that the people of the state believed in
| upheld. The Same sentiment was re-
| iterated at the White House today by
nearly all the callers, Senator Depew
! and Representative Parsons both talking
rather freely.
Parsons Now Convinced.
AT one time" said Mr.. Parsons, 81
did not like the looks of things in New
York. but now / am convinced that the
party will nominate man and adopt a
platform in keeping with the high stand
ards set by Gov. Hughes. If this is
done. and there is no doubt OF it, the
party will win
/ Senator Depew was optimistic also
| Senator Roots short speech was mis-
understood 1t was not near SO blue as
represented said the senator. NO fear
| need be felt that the party. in the con.
| vention to nominate a candidate for
| governor, will oppose Gov. Hughes or its
| policies. The republicans will stand by
| him and will elect their candidate fol
| governor"
Both men asserted that the state anC
! city organizations will stand not only BY
the governor, but by President Taft
| Mr.. Parsons, who has been represented
as unfriendly to President Taft. declared
| this to be utterly false. You can de-
| pend upon it," he said, that whoever is
elected chairman of the republican county
organization will be Taft man, salts
fctory to the President in every, wy.-My
| resignation was contemplated many
months ago and had nothing to do with
| the political situation
Regrets Hughes Refusal.
There appears to be no disposition on
the part of the President or the New
/ Workers to want the s. ate craftsmanship
| for some other man than Woodruff. 1t Is
admitted that under trying situations he
/ has made a good chairman. Mr.. Wood
ruff today repeated what he has already
said, that if anybody wants the job OF
| late chairman, Il will be only too glad
TO let him have it,
| Mr.. Woodruff expressed regret that
Gov. Hughes had declined to run again
and repeated what he has sad hereto.
fore, that Gov. Hughes could have a re-
nomination If he wanted IT, and unanl
| nous denomination as the party leader
in the state. Mr.. Woodruff too, has
confidence in the future of the party ir
New York. He says that the democratic
party there is completely demora lied
and cannot make any Roadway agains
the republicans
Representative Bennett said that he ha:
declined to accept the presidency of tn.
republican county committee, and tina
he understands Representative Oicott ha
also declined. The county committee
meets the 31st of this month to elect {
president
Scandal Worrying Republicans.
What has come TO be known as tht
Aids scandal, affecting State Senator
Aids, republican leader in the upper bod.
of the state legislature. anti-Hughes man
is worrying the republicans. It is an
other illustration that Gov. Hughes |:
right in his fight for reform in politics
The scandal is being made use Of b.
, democrats to attack the anti-Hughe:
} wing of the party as rotten TO the cor,
and controlled by old-time standards o.
accepting anything in sight that has thu