The San Francisco call., 1910-09-14

There were unsuccessful contests.
backed by the old guard leaders. in
several districts in New York county,
while in Kings the friends of Roosevelt
endeavored to capture some of the dis
tricts controlled by Chairman Woodruff
of the republican state committee, but
without result
Four Districts Lost
Woodruff had expected to lose four
districts in Kings in which the leaders
are recognized as progressive, but he
won in all the others.
AS soon as results were known at
republican state headquarters tonight
the state chairman issued the following
statement:
The returns from the primaries in
Kings county show that while the dis
tricts controlled by Naval officer
Kracke, Postmaster Voorhis, Congress
man Calder and Senator Travis have
33 delegates out OF a total of 142, the
other 19 will all support the Kings
county organization and vote tosratify
the votes of the committeeman from
Brooklyn in the selection of Vice Presi-
dent Sherman for temporary chairman
OF the convention.
The returns from the New York
county indicate tht one state commit
place in the state committee. and that
a number of the delegations to the
state convention will support the state
committee in the position which it has
taken in the matter OF temporary
chairman"
Woodruff, in his statement. also
claims the delegates from Richmond
ad Queens
Although Chairman Woodruff said the
returns indicate that number of New
York county delegates will support
Vice President Sherman. the Roosevelt
forces, headed by County Chairman
Lloyd c. Griscom claims the delega-
tion will support the colonel almost to
a man. They also count on the support
of the Richmond delegation, although
John Timlin Jr. republican leader in
the county, who acted as proxy for
George w. Cromwell at the recent state
republican committee meeting, voted
against Roosevelt for temporary chair
man.
Griscom Pleased
County Chairman Griscom said to-
night:
All attempts to break the solidarity
Of our county have proved futile and
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ally feel greatly encouraged in our
work for clean and decent party man
agement.
Our county will continue in our
loyal support of President Taft and
will lend our best efforts to uphold his
hand in carrying out our party's efforts
to upholding his hand in carrying out
our party's pledges to the nation.
In the state we viii continue our
efforts to bring about such changes in
the party management as will restore
the confidence of the republican voters
and bring about success at the polls
in the autumn. We welcome the aid
which ex-President Roosevelt will give
10 bring about this success"
Dangerous" Says Barnes
State Committeeman William Barnes
Jr. of Albany, who has been cooper
ating with State Chairman Woodruff in
directing the old guard fight, issued
statement tonight characterizing Roose-
welt as the most dangerous foe to the
world Of business and labor in the
United States The statement follows:
Il see by the newspapers that Mr.
Roosevelt and his leading supporters in
New York city have had a talk and
Mr.. Griscom said that the action of the
state committee in selecting Mr.. Sher-
man as temporary chairman will GER
tainly be overturned by the convention
and that Roosevelt will preside, which
means that he win appoint the commit
tee on resolutions.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt is temporary chair
man and if the convention adopts the
report of a radical committee on reso-
lutions New York will place herself
alongside of Kansas and Iowa, and the
conservative element of the republican
party. which for. years has been its
DdchpoHe, Will NC ihN'teu 10 the rear,
and the new nationalism,' coupled with
the Bryanite pronouncement against
the decisions of the supreme court, will
take its place.
IF the action OF the state committee
in unanimously selecting Mr.. Sher-
man, after Mr. Roosevelt's name had
been voted down, should be ratified by
the convention and If a committee on
resolutions is appointed which will
draft platform indorsing the admin
istration of President Taft in forcible