The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-25
TAFT AND SHERMAN.
REPUBLICAN, LEADERS AT OUTS OVER ROOSEVELT TuRN-DoWN
 IN NEW YORK CONVENTION.
FOR ROOSEVELT AND HARMONY
President Produces Telegram to Vice President Sherman to Prove His Case-Starts an Ananas Club Among New York Politicians.

New York, Aug 24.--A bombshell was thrown into the camps Of the Republican leaders of the "Old Guard when letter was made public by Lloyd C. Grisom sent to him by Presi- l dent Taft in connection with the re- cent defeat of Col Roosevelt for tenn porary chairman Of the Republican state convention and In which Presi- dent Taft repudiated the methods oi Vice-President James & Sherman In securing the nomination over Mir. Roosevelt in tbe committee meeting of last week, No statement could be se- cured from any of the interested par. ties.
 Sherman and Others censured. Not only was yice-President Sher- man severely scored in the letter, but others who had to do with bringing about the coup at the committee meet ing were also een5uFst
 It will be interesting 10 see what the outcome of this controversy will | be. It is certainly very unusual for chief executive to be compelled to issue statement of this character. bearing upon the conduct of vice president and nothing for montha has caused such ripple among politicians in New York state.
 To make his charge of double 1eal- ing against Sherman doubly strong President Taft says Sherman talked the situation in the state over with him over the long distance telephone on Monday of last day week before the meeting of the state committee and urged that Senator Root be named as temporary chairman of the state conventioon.
 Declined to Fight Roosevelt. | President adds that he protested against the use of Roots name and "peremptorily declined to be drawn into the fight against sM.f. Roosevelt He adds that he had no knowledge whatever that Sherman was candi- date until he read of the result of the meeting of the committee in the news papers.
 President Taft further declares that all statements that he desired the de- feat of Col Roosevelt or favored the election of Vice President sherman are absolutely untrue" His letter was made public by Mr. Griscom and was In part as follows:
 The Presidents Letter.
 Beverly Mass. Aug 20. 1910,
 My Dear Mr Griscom:
 As you know from your telephone conversation with my office I have steadily refused to admit the propriety or necessity of the presidents replying to newspaper statements which are not based on any act or authorized word of his and have no sponsor. am entirely willing, however, to reply categorically to your telegram of August f9 which has iust arrived and which is as follows:
 "T am informed and believe that several members of the New York Re publican state committee who voted for yice-President sherman over ex- President Roosevelt as nominee as
 chairman of the state Republican con vention did so believing that you was in sympathy with the movement
 "A member of the state committee told me before the meeting that Mir Sherman's candidacy had been ar ranged with you by telephone the pre- vious day Efforts have been made to create an impression that you favor particular candidate for election as | ,f.s a{x~fsa anr, xfrQY Yaf krOfr tA irnA
 that the injection of the name of high member of your administration Unto a factional conflict has produced
 q most complicated situation and the absence of any authoritative informa-
 tion as to your attitude Is seriously misleading many Republicans and i'm pairing a movement for progressive } party leadership and clean govern ment fin this state. l know you desire , us to have q fair field and hope that
 this may be made clear to the public Statements That Are Untrue. "The suggestion that have ever ex , pressed wish to defeat MT. Roose. i welt for temporary chairman of the , convention or have even taken the
 slightest step to do so Is wholly un i ltrue I never heard MT. Sherman's
 name suggested as temporary chair
 man of the state convention until 1 saw in the newspapers of August 10 that he had been elected at the meet , ling of the committee. When you
 called at my house Saturday evening.
 August 1S, you told me that Mir Roose-
 welt intended to go to the convention
 as delegate and you suggested in , cidentally his being temporary chair iman. suggestion i~ which l ac' l, ouiesced. It did not occur to me that , any one would oppose 1t. This was : line first time the subject of temporary ehairmanship was mentioned to me by , any one. You did not ask me to take , inv action whatever with respect to After full discussion of the New : fork state situation I drafted In your presence the following telegram ana . sent it to MT. sherman:
 The Telegram to sherman.
 Beverly, Mass. Aug. l4, 1910.
 Hon. James g. sherman, vice presi-
 dent, Utica. N. Y.;
 e,please say to Ward and Woodruff that I have had long conference with