The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-23

Reports from all parts OF the state
were received at Sycamore Hin today.
otto r. Barnard. Of New York LLOYD
q. Criscorn. president OF the New York
county Republican committee, r. J.
EraciSe. OF Brooklyn. naval officer OF
the port. Representative William NJ.
Calder Of Brooklyn. Controller William
s.. Pendergast or New York CITY. and
Herbert Parsons. Mr.. Griscom's prede-
cessor. motored down from New York
late in the afternoon FOR final survey
or the field OF battle.
All through the fight which began
with the sherman incident the colonel
has refused to express any opinion as
60 the outcome and none was expected
from him today. but the reports here
this evening convinced him IL was an
over but the shouting. Unless some
unexpected reversal should be met he
was positive that the Republican or
ganizs tiou would be forced to give
ground before the insurgents when the
test came at Saratoga next week. His
estimate or 100 ma ioritV is CouCurrcd
i'm by she others who attended the CON
ference. The attitude Of the Roosevelt
forces toward the Taft aGministrat ton
was outlined hy Mr.. Baunaru.
In my opinion said mo. the sara
toga convention will adopt resolution
strongly endorsing tine admiuistra tiou
or President TAFT. I'm accordance with
the Presidents expressed wish. no men
tion viii 10 made Of any denomination
i'm 1912. No opposition to an endorse
ment Of the administra ton will come
I from delegates friendly to Mr.. Eoosc-
welt and Mr.. Griscom"
Mr.. Banuard's statement. coming di-
rcctly after the conference. was taken
as a plain Indication that Mr.. Roose-
welt had agreed with tho others on this
program. Mt. GrisCOm said that he
had brought good news to Sycamore
HIN.
u reported TO Mr.. Roosevelt" ne
] said. that there had been several ac-
8 CCssiOns to our ranks among the dele
gates from Duchess and Montgomery
I counties. There may he more Mr..
] Roosevelt viii be temporary chairman.
I There Is no question about that We
shall have majority OF more than 100
] dele gates"
/ No slate Made 10.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt said that the names OF
! several candidates were gone over
once more. but that no agreement OF
I any kind on any or them had been
( reached. The platform also had been
discussed. but 80 had not even been ten
7 tatively outlined outside Of the under
standing that 10 would he insurEcut
Colonel Roosevelt feels that no dcfiu-
/ itc action can loo taken until the up-
state men have been heard from at
Saratoga.
/ He understands that his forces plan
I to 40 To Saratoga without q slate. Co
+ find out what a aiOritv OF the dele
gates want and 20 settle upon candi-
dates and platform I'm accordance with
these wishes.
colonel Roosevelt said that from tho
beginning rc had asserted that me was
trying To- find out what the people oi
/ New York state wanted. He disclaiu,ad
any idea or attempting TO force HIS own
ideas upon any convention. 1u hfs
T speech at Syracuse last week he ont
lined IN a general way his own ideas
Z as 10 the program.
VIII Force Roll Calls.
What would be the nature Of the
plank on direct nominations he had n,
idea. but he felt that such a PLANK
. would depend upon the desires OF th,
de- egafes. Mr.. pa rsous said that an
effort would he made to force n roI
call on every delegate TO the convention
i'm the vote FOR temporary chairman
He explained that 70 was proposed r
put every man on record FOR an time
either FOR or against Colonel Roosevelt
By this method. ne believed. Roosevelt,
majority would gain from the ranks o
the trimmers.
When the correspondence with Arch.
bishop ireland. given out yesterday lbs
Mrs. Bellawv Storc~. was mentioned
Colonel Roosevelt said that DE did MOI
intend 10 bc dra WIN into a renewal o
that coutroversy. He confined himself
TO this comment.
-Four years ago. when 7 was Presi
dent and Bellamy Storer was ambas
sador to Austria. all the letters from m,
to the Storers and from them TO m'
were published. The letters must Speal
for themselves.
In his opinion. he added. the CORE
which no recollection OF verbal CONVEX
sations could stand and that therefor
the question Of veracity could not b
entertained.