The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10
FIGHT FOR SENATE LEADER
FRIENDS ~ norm HTNMAN
AND COBB CLAW VICTORY.
senator Rest's Telegram Crgtng Hls.
mAn's Election Resented by Cab0 aasl
IIIs Friends hartman woodruff and
VIM. kBarne.. .Ir.. Discuss the aatuss.eu.

Wans fsiectloo WeaenNeU ID Y ann n0u
IIIs Friends q hartman woodruff and
Vim. Barnes. .Ir.. Discuss the Situation
ALBANT. March q Indications to-ni9he
were that there would he no choics IN
the Republican caucus tomorrow nighs
for the ONCE Of temporary President % thu
State senate 10 succeed senator Aids. A.
least this was the expectation Of the
Human Davis senators The adhsrents
Of senator Cobb. however. declared that
he would have the votes 20 nominate
him tomorrow night
The only break in the Cobb forces
tonight for Human seemed to be senator
Hewitt of Cayuga and senator Grifath
Of Wayne. and possibly senator witteF
Of Allegany. although the Cobb people
insisted that Wtter would stick The
Cobb people declared that 10 Senator
George A. Davis Of Erie retired from tbs
fight Cobb would get A. many % the DAVIS
votes 49, Human world outside of the
eight insurgent Senators. and that the
strength Cobb would get from DAVIS
would more than offset hts lcss due to TIM
Root telegram
| The task of tho anti-Cobb people To-
/ night seemed to he to iron out the Davis
situation IN favor 81 Human They ad-
united frankly that they would have .
hard time getting a majority 81 the Re-
/ publican senators to support Hinnaan
and they took the trouble tonight 70
make u plain that tho insurgent Senators
had not vet abandoned Davis This
attitude on their par was for che pur-
pose of preventing the disintrsgration
of the DAVIS forces until II was certGln
that the Davis strength could be switchsd
To Human.
II was for TIN. reason that the Hinman-
Davis coterie 81 senators announced To-
night that they would hold a conferences
tomorrow afternoon Immediately After
the adjournment ~ the Aids trial 90
tina there would be- concert OF action
in the evening between the Hiuman.
Davis forces They seemed to think
that Il Davis and Hinman remained in
the race Tomorrow night along with Cobb
there would he many ballotings with no
choice. thus putting a selection Of a suo-
cessor To Aids over until next week and
giving the influences at Washington more
time 10 corral Human votes
u the Human people are able % placats
the Davis forc-s. they announced To-
~ ight they would have the following
votes for Human for Republican senate
leader: Travis Of Kings. Agnew and
Newcomb Of Manhattan. Roes of New
burgh. Schlosser OF Columbia. Cordts
Of Ulster, Allen Of Rensselaer,. Brackets
Of Saratoga. davenport of Oneida. Hewitt
Of CayugA GTiffith % Wayne. White ~
Monroe. Hill and Davis 81 Erie and aarnil.
ton OF Chautauqua. with Witter 81 Al
Iegany in doubt and Human not vot-
ing This would give them Just enough
votes 10 elect Human leader by majority
Of one II Il should H. decided that
Hnman II impossible and the Hughes
Root rorc"s should stand for Davis thu
latter might h. able TO poll two or three
more votes than Human. although there
ara three or four Human Senators who
do not relish having Davis elected 70 tbs
leadership
30 the situation a. far as the Hinman-
Davis force - concerned v a very much
mixed one senator John r. Rose OF
Newburgh Is the leader of the Hughes
forces IN this fight and he declared to-
n. ght that they were bound 10 win. Tbs
friends of Hughes in the senate made no
bones tonight IN announcing that the
Root Telegram was but the opening gun
Of a tight which - To be managed from
Was hington 10 eliminate the Woodruff
influence m state Republican circles
Timothy l. Woodruff. cheirman Of
the Republican State COMMITTEES. cNma
To Albany tonight from the Platt fu-
neral ~ Owego With him was William
Barnes. Jr Mr. Woodruff friends
made u nlAin to him that the situation
involved more than the selection Of the
Sanat. Republican leader that Il in.
volved the future influence nj WOODBURY.
IN state politics Mr. Woodruff gathered
his friends around him and 60 did Mr.
Barnes. and they had "A long chat about
the situation
SENATOR Cobb and his friends joined In
thes., chats and an exceedingly ugly
disposition over tn.. Root telegram vas
manifested 4 Dozen senators we're opea
IN their criticism of Senator Root. They
said u cam" with poor grace for Senator
Root On direct or urge the Senate To select
as ITS leader senator Human after
n inman had bottled the Republican caucus
~ hich elected senator Aids 10 the ma
jOrity leadership 1t thu senate at ths
opening 81 the present session
The insurgent Senators met this crit
cisn with a smile. They said n would
have bc~n all right had senator Root
asked the senate to ebert Cobb a. les
leader fhe Insurgent Senators insissei
that senator Root was fully cognizAnE
Of the rimpus that would follow his tele-
gram asking the Senators 70 elect Hinman
and that he acted in perfect accord vita
party leaders m Washington. who fe.t
hat the party IN this State nseded Roots
counsel and influence 70 help u out Of its
present uncomfortable position
The Cobb people claiFSeh tc-niSh. shss
y ith Davis out OF the way IL would haveths
senators: Glsdhill. Ruriingana
kIsael. Ale oG KinRs; BrouEh Of Man
haitian. Schlnsser Of Columbia. GFattan %
Alhany. Heacock Of Herkimer. Emerson