New-York tribune., 1910-08-20
'PROGRESS|VES LOOK
TO PRESIDENT
Think Beverly Will Give "0ld
Guard" Unpleasant Surprise
Before Long.
TRYING TO REACH TRU n
Griscom and Fellow Leaders
Sure That Taft and Roose-
welt Will Work in Har-
mony in State.

made three significant statements Eester-
lay regarding the much mixed situation
in their party in this state These we're;
That Vice President Sherman was
chosen by the Republican State Com
mittee as temporary chairman of the
state convention by series of deliberate
tricks and misrepresentation
That Vice President Shermans inter
view at Beverly anent ex-President
Roosevelt and the progressive platform
he advocated did not represent President
Taft's views
That President Taft had not broken
situation here. or abandoned his belief in
the wisdom and desirability Of enacting
the Hughes primary ard election reforms
into law.
To these statements a significant pre-
6jction was appended: Wait until you
see what happens at Beverly in the nest
few days
.rrhev plaved Taft for a sucker. and
don't Won believe he doesn't know II
In that way one prominent progressive
described the manipulations. which ierf
the impression in the mind Of Mr.. Roose-
volt that President Taft had Joined
hands with the "'old guard and brought
these close friends almost TO an open
rupture.
"Thcv tricked Taft. and deliberately
sought 10, create the impression that,
while he had consented TO the enforced
retirement of Cannon and Aldrich. ne
had thrown over the Prosressives IN TINS
state and ioined hands with Woodruff,
Barnes. Ward, Wadsworth and the rest
of the petty satraps- That was the
comment of another man, who suspects
that Mr.. Sherman is about 10 encounter
a few unpIea SAINT moments when next ne
cots into communication with the head
Of the federal administration for having
been taken in by his 'old guard trlends-
Tryina to Get at the Truth.
Meantime. Progressives here and Re-
publicans not precisely so radical are
hard at work trying to straighten OUT
what all consider nisconception OF the
true state of affairs. both by President
Taft and ex-President Roosevelt When
both men understand what went on the
believe there will be some
nrettv hot shot coming to the old
guard" and much better outlook for
tho success of the Republican state
+;cLet in the coming election Needless
to say. these men predicate their bel1ef
in the tickets success. on the propos1-
+ion that the standard bearer be a Pro-
eressive and the platform a Hughes
Roosevelt kind of document
I1oyd c. Griscom will go 10 Beverly
coon TO Law before President Taft the sit
nation as the Progressives see it, He
Knows exactly Mr. Roosevelt's frame of
mind though he will not be in any
sense an ambassador from Sagamore
tJ5u to Beverly. Mr. Griscom refused TO
discuss his coming visit in any way yes
terdav. He threw up his hands and fed
from, those who sought TO ask him ques-
tions.
Mr. Griscom has talked with district
leaders here and prominent Republicans
not directly connected with the political
machinery. so that his views are pretty
v,eI1 known in political circles They
a
sivss The New York County leader -
axpected to ask President Taft To make
II clear that the Sherman Beverly inter
view was not inspired. and represented
,nIv the ViceIPresident's personal con-
rention of politics, not that of the ad-
Probably Mr.. Griscom VIII carry to the
President the information that MI
Roosevelt considers the Sherman inter
view. delivered Immediately after a taIs
with the President. as reputation OF
he Presidents progressive ideas for
New York state and an Endorsement OF
he 'old guards position Added 10 this
will be the judgment of many OF ths
that the Republican ticket
r this state will be doomed unless Theo-
lore Roosevelt lead the fight. receiving
Inc recognition in the convention as we'll
10 in the campaign. That. it will De
needless to point out to the President.
gould be a mighty bad thing for him.
Expect Action by Taft
The Progressives' view is that Mr..
Roosevelt and his close friends will be
ikelv TO keep out of this state situation
Together unless 1t is made apparent
hat President Taft did not inspire the
,herman interview. Some of them be-
eve that that interview was just part
Z a general scheme of trickery and mis-
hiefnaking designed by the old guard
o bring about breach between the
resident and Mr.. Roosevelt They ex-
ect likewise that demand that Mr..
herman step aside as temporary chair
IAN which has made it's appearance
mong Republicans will be echoed heay-
\ In Beverly before long
A bit of political gossip which is going
no rounds has an interesting bearing on
II this The story has il that a pretty
efinite understanding has been reached
mong Mr. Griscom. Fred Greiner. of
uffalo: Vice President Sherman and
J. Sloat Fassett and
ohm Dwight. This was. roughly. an
nti- Woodruff alignment and il is un-
erstood that there was sort of one
" r-all- -all-for-one offensive and defen-
We arrangement. patched up first when
lie federal crowd" was trying to bring
bout the retirement OF Woodruff as
ate chairman.
Recently. il is rumored. this agree
emf grew into prettV hard and fast