Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-16
BARNES CLASHES
WITH ROOSEVELT
Diversion Created by Tart
Interchange of Political
Personalities
COLONEL THANKS HIS ENEMIES
Politics and Business Should
Have Nothing in Common
Is Latter's Idea.

New York, Sept. 16-There was a
sharp exchange today between Colo.
mel Roosevelt and William Barnes.
Jr., Republican state chairman and
Of the "Old Guard" In a published
statement, Mr. Barnes said; mo
amount of political maneuverine. no
use of patronage or personal abuse
can in the slightest degree Obscure
the one issue, which must be fought
out to finish at Saratoga. There
VIII be determined the future of the
Republican party work for some wears
10 come. That party must determine
IN its platform whether it is to con.
tlnue the conservative force which
mas been its history or whether it will
follow the radical politics of Mr..
Roosevelt and lose the strategic nosi.
tion which it has held in New York
ior many years as the party of sanity
and the protector of industry. ON
which the world of business and labor
must depend.
No radical candidate has eyer car.
rled the state of New York. Progress
III political life is essential to anv
party, but state leadership which re.
lies for its strength on the mob can
never even if it tries, stem the tide
which it has created"
When Colonel Roosevelt was shown
the Barnes statement, he dictated tba
lolioWlng comment: Il am indead
blessed in my enemies. am very
grateful to Mr.. Barnes for having
lHaae the issue SO clear between
what he pleased to call Rooseveltism
on one side and on the other side
the alliance of the boss with that ela-
ment OF big business which seems n
control politics in connection with its
business"
Roosevelt Gains Recruits,
New York, Sept 16.-The first
break In the ranks of the old guard
IN Kings county, where Timothy T.
woodruff, chairman of the RepubH.
can state committee, mas f6F--ys f6F y;.;,7s; !;
oeen acknowledged leader. came yes.
terday with the announcement by Rem.
pen l.. Haskell, Republican leader of
tne Twenty-third district, that he will
support progressives under Colonel
Roosevelt's leadership.
chairman Woodruff, before leaving
for Syracure declined to discuss Has.
keifs decision to desert the old guard.
Lloyd G. Griscom, chairman of the
New York county committee. went ON
record in favor of an absolute en-
dorsement of President Taft's admin.
lstration by the Republican state con-
Ventlon. This was his answer as a
progressive leader to suggestions that
the Roosevelt supporters would be on.
posed to putting real endorsement
OF the Taft administration into the
platform.
Haskell Says Roosevelt is lnsincere
I'awton, Okla, Sept. 16.-In an ad-
tress at the Southwestern State fair
here Governor c. N. Haskell delivered
what he termed an analysis OF the
new Colonel Roosevelt. He Maid mar.
ticular attention to the Muskogee town
lot cases and his own removal from tba
Democratic national committee. both
OF which he said originated in political
moves on the part of Roosevelt for
persecution only. Commenting on
principles announced by Roosevelt in
MS Kansas City speech the governor
endeayored to show the former nres,-
dent insincere and said he had suf.
fered an entire change Of thought
since his presidential term expired. or
Roosevelts comment on the United
States supreme court, he said: 'Ts
it building for the welfare of our
country when the leaders of public
thought breed lack of respect or en-
courage contempt of our great insti-
'u.lons' aEa
lie declared that Roosevelt had
stopped prosecutions before the in
lerstate commerce commission to pro-
tect Paul Morton. He said that HI, M.
Daughterty, Republican lawyer of
Columbus, was indicted with him in
town lot cases but prosecution was
stopped by Roosevelt because Daugh-
erty was prominent in the party. Clos
ing, the governor said:
Where he asserts his principles to
be clean, impartial and of the square
deal nature, other facts heretofore re.
lated show the certainty of his change
of policy in those particulars
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