New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-17
CALLS WOODRUFF nc
TORY SHORT-L{FED.
Root and COHgressmen { SAID To
BE CaHJassjRg State Com
mittee Before lctiHg.

tOIy 10 n general lfiNeslll5dtlol OF t4l-- i
legislative corrupt practices and the
passage Of the general Hughes 1egislativs
programme still is the aim Of senator
Root and other prominent Republicans iu
Washington.
This information was brought % re
state Capitol by prOminent Repubn-
cans who came direct from talks with
Senator Root Vice-P President Sher-
man. Representative John ". Dwisat
and others in washington. These talks
mostly concerned the general political
situation here. which is deemed by ths
federal men 90 be more pressing thar the
legislative situation.
According 70 the stories told here.
careful canvass of the Republican state
Committee is being made now by sen
atOr Root and some of the New York
state Congressmen Within short tine
IL is expected that they viii have infor-
nation at their disposal which viii war
rant them 10 act Then. if State Chair
man Woodruff viii not walk out Of state
headquarters hc will be pushed out and
the door closed behind him. according to I
those who have talked with the Wash
ington people within twenty-fOur hours.
and say that is the attitude there, f
they can understand English.
Grsinsr May See Hughes.
Among prominent Republicans here
to-day were Fred Greiner. postmaster OF I
Buffalo, and leader Of Erie County. whose
name has been mentioned for state chair !
man 10 succeed Woodruff. and state
Committeeman Daniels. of Erie County.
They stopped of here from washington !
70 see Attorney General O'Malley and I
various Erie county legislators Mr.
Cireiner probably will have a talk with
Governor Hughes tomorrow.
Il reiterate what I said when i was
here a few days ago." said Mr.. Greiners
when asked about the political situation.
Il consider the Woodruff -Barues-Wads-
worth victory, if you want 20 call u that,
merely a temporary one. and one deemed
70 be very shOrtlived. 4 stand with
Senator Root and Governor Hughes for
a clean state and a square deal and \
expect we shall have one very soon"
Mr. Daniels. who had seen Senator
Root and Representative Dwight in
Washington yesterday. was extremely
cheerful Just keep your eye on the
BALL" he advised Senator Root is pre-
pairing % make home rum"
Neither of the Erie county men at
tempted to hide the fact that he believed
the policy apparently adopted BY Messrs
Woodruff Barnes. WadsWOrth and their
"Old Guard" associates TO be the height
Of folly politically and personally. In
any reorganization of the state commit
tee the Erie county members will be
absolutely and constantly anti-WOOdruf.
Disclosures Of the last day or two in
the Aids investigation appear 70 have
stirred Washington much more com
pletely than they have the state capital
Particularly is this true Of the reVels-
tions made by James W. Osborne q,
Senator Allds's connection with the
Argus claim. and his receipt OF $4,000 or
$1,000 for acting as counsel against the
state in this case. and. while a member
of the Legislature. advising his client
how 20 get enabling legislation passed %
validate part of that claim.
Want Aids Case Promptly Settled.
As interpreted by men fresh from th~
national capital, the sentiment among
Republicans there is that the party ma
jority in the state Senate should settle
the Aids case promptly and without
bubble Then il should take steps to
lay open the legislative record. and 81.
blots appeared adopt measures 20 pre-
vent the repetition of conditions which
permitted them.
Meantime watch for developme0f7
and don't be fooled by any Statements
that Senator Root has been fooled or g.
being fooled" cautioned a federal Re-
publican tonight II fairly weep zs
think of that poor. innocent statesman
being beguiled 20 his doom by few de-
signing Senators. Root knows his game
It's the other fellows who are the fools. on
one side are Taft and Root and Sherman
and Hughes and most Of the Congress-
men and che people ON the other stds
are Woodruff and Barnes and Wads-
worth shaking hands with themselves
and swearing 10 die in the last ditch
don't know whether I shall attend he
funeral. but IL will have my approval
Goes Back to IusuFanes Scandals
+ Just To show that whatever happens "A
Washington the progressives here DO rot
intend o. let the organization elemcnt
control affairs without fighting. Senstrr
Josfah T. Newcomb made public Co.
night a compilation Of formal records uf
alleged Doodle funds which the Legs
\ Iature has done nothing 90 investisal7
In that list he goes back % the repor,
\ Of the special legislative COMMITTEES which
investigated insurance scandals. ana
points cut that while the Insurance. sVls
we're cur cut by legislation nothins Ntf
done regarding the legislative evils as
closed in that investigation.
I senator cobb. the new tempog1Ef
president. declared to-day that ne hoped
/ a. brine about a compromise on some
urinary reform measure between the "a
vOcates Of Governor Hushes's dircct
urinary bill and those &C the Meade
/ phillips bill patching up the existing
system
some interviews have been published
purporting 20 come from me with refer
ence 10 nv attitude and the attitude q.
the Senate upon the direct primary
measure recommended by Governor
Hughes" said senator Cobb. n desire
10 say that they are not authentic 4