Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-27
Militant Colonel Wins Out
Over Old Guard at
Saratoga Convention.
OLD GUARDS LAST
STAND FOR SHERMAN
Saratoga Convention Is Swept
by the PrOgressives Headed
by the Colonel. ~

mingled cheers and Kisses the names Of
Vice-President Sherman and Theodore
Roosevelt were placed in nomination
this afternoon for temporary chairman
of the Republican State convention.
At 3:16 D. m. Leader Barnes conceded
Colonel Roosevelts election as tenn
porary chairman.
Chairman Woodruff, of the Republ-
can State Committee, carried out the
State committees dictates in present.
ing Mr.. Shermans name, while Colonel
Roosevelt was nominated by Joseph
Hicks, delegate from Nassau, the ex-
presidents home county.
Col Abraham Gruber, of New York,
speaking for the Old Guard, attacked
Colonel Roosevelt and declared his AL
legiance to Vice-President Sherman,
while Comptroller Prendergast ad-
dressed the convention in behalf OF
Colonel Roosevelt
The word had gone forth that the
Old Guard were beaten in their fight
to elect Vice-President Sherman the
temporary chairman, and every one
waited for the real fireworks. Colonel
Roosevelt was the first to come. His
appearance started rounds of applause.
Shortly after Vice-President Sherman
took his seat and the demonstration
shook the building for several min
utes. William Barnes, jr., the Old
Guard leader, also came in for salvos
of applause.
Chairman Woodruff called the con-
vention to order at 1905. and after the
aisles had been cleared. which the one
policeman available for the task found
difficulty in doing. the convention took
up the regular order of business
When the roll-call had been CONF
pleted Chairman Woodruff announced:
"The next order of business is the
election of temporary chairman"
There was an instant hush, then d
ripple of uncertain applause. after
which Chairman Woodruff. addressing
the convention, said:
woodruff ms Taft's Mouthpiece.
| State Chairman Woodruff issued the
following statement: 1 have been in
l.structed by the Republican State Com
mittee to recommend to this convention
temporary chairman, and in doing SO
l ask YOUR indulgence for q moment
The election of temporary chairman
of this convention is crucial act and
calls for the most careful consideration
by every man who is about to vote on it.
president Taft deeply desired that
his party mere III COINentlOH dSSeIHDleus
representing the largest and most po-
tent Republican constituency of the
United States. should unequivocally in
dorse his administration. This know
from personal knowledge, as the result
of visit made two weeks before the
meeting of the State committee to the
summer capital at Beverly There he
made known not only his desires, but
also his apprehensions.
ITO allay these apprehensions what
more natural than the selection to
make the keynote speech as temporary
chairman of him whom has been sent
to speak for the administration to all
parts of the country, even into the
| Presidents own State of Ohio, the
Vice President of the United States,
James S. Sherman? Who else, indeed.
could the State committee. unless ac-
| tuated by some ulterior motive, have
even thought of to speak for the ma
tional administration in this his own
State, which with unanimity and en-
thusiasm presented him two years ago
at Chicago as the choice for the second
highest office in the gift of the people?
1.-THE correspondence between Colonel
Roosevelt and myself just after the
meeting of the State committee shows
more clearly than can otherwise be
presented that his opposition to the
selection of Vice-President Sherman
was not based on any personal
grounds
Mr.. Woodruff then read the letter he
had sent to Mr.. Roosevelt following
the announcement that Sherman had
been slated for the temporary chair
manship.
RooseveIt's Ready Reply.
Mr.. Roosevelt's reply to this letter
was as follows:
"'New York, Aug. 10. 1910.
my Dear Mr.. Woodruff:
! "'You seem to me to be under mis-
apprehension in the matter / was not
notifying" anybody about the matter
| and neither Griscom nor had any idea
! that the question was to come up at
this time. Some of the gentlemen with
whom you were acting on Monday eve
ming announced that it was going to
come up and made the announcement
on the specific ground that 1t was 70
head off the movement for me. because
| they did not believe in the principles
for which | stand | have never wanted
the position. but merely said that
would accept 1t if 1t were desired thatl
should do so. If the Vice-President is
correctly reported as to his position. and
if YOU agree with that position, you are
only right in having him and not me
make the speech. Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEvELT.'
Colonel Roosevelt manifestly meant
that he desired to PROFOUND the doc
trine of the new nationalism admitting
with his characteristic frakness that
we were right in selecting the Vice
President if we preferred the tradi-
tional Republicanism Of the adminis-