The sun., 1910-09-08
BARNES BACK AND FIGHTING
" ne Ms SIDE wa CONTROI
STlTE COMMITTEE.
HI. Li~a sf me PiaNfsgm 20 Ne Nslspaed
90 saratsgA CaaT Eand tpSie1l s'r,--
esm sees Rect senator tnStlltnH
to Take stae- IN Party Want.

To Fuhe stae~ ~ parp ttShs'
William BAru.s Jr Republican leader 20
Albany county who - practically in COM
nAnd a. Republican state headquarters
IN its enort 20 defeat President Gri-com
of IN. New York Republican county com
mHtee. Postmaster Gr~,nsr of Buffalo
and Col Theodore Roosevelt and their
friends Tor control Of the Republican STATE
convention which ~ 20 assemble ~ Sara
toga on September -. arrived y~sterday
mo ruinE from Nantucket and said that hs
would remain IN New York city until Mon
day nsNt. when he will return 20 Albany To
take part in the primaries.
MIR Barnes. Chairman Woodruff. la
faystts y. Gleason. secretary ~ the state
committee and their friends w.re burning
] the telephone wires all over the state
/ getting into communication with Repuhh-
cans In the effort 10 ~ masters % tho situa-
tion ~ Saratoga NJ. Barne- Said that
without the slightest doubt the majority
~ the state COMMITTEES as represented at
the meeting which selected Nice President
sherman for temporary chairman would
- in control 81 the convention
When Col Roosevelt returns IN town
late in the week said = Republican State
committeeman he'll begin to fre ho,
shot A. you because of your authorized
statement ~ last Friday
That will be fine replied Mr. Barnes.
and yet I can remember the time whe
the Colonel thought I was a pretty good
Republican. the times when he was a can
dioAte for Governor and Vice President
and President We'll have a lot Of fun
over that
Mr. Barnes sAid further
I shall make nv heat endsavors tn
induce the COMMITTEES on platforms To
stand by the resolutions which were
adopted IN all three Assembly districts
! Of Albany county on September N. 1919.
which contained quotation from the
speech Of Gov Hugh@- az the Republican
Club in this city in February 1913
! believe in party COVE rnment TO
! enforce and apply party principles ]
believe in the responsibility NJ party
! admins ration in accordance With the
, policies announced in the party plat
| form
! The resolutions condemned direct
nominations direct legislation. the
initiation and rpferendum and all similar
proposals. which aSaail the principle OF
representative government
Mr. Barnee II was said. tined his NJ moet
10 get into communicated with former
Governor Benjamin Y Odell. Jr.. of
Sewburgh. but was unsuccessful Tor the
reason that Mr. Odell has privately made
" known that he docs no, care To discuss
the present controversy in the state
until he has looked thoroughly over the
ground Before leaving for Europe and
while in Parts Mr.. Odell made q few
causiic statements concerning Col Roose-
welt and Luther r. Little. Mr.. Odell's proxy
a, the State COMMITTEES meetinR which
voted for the selection of Vic--Pre-ident
Sherman Ia be temporary chsir man:
President Gri-Com of the Republican
county c"mmittee called on Senator
Root Yesterday AZ tho Hotel Belmont
and they had a conference" laeting more
than two hours A. the close Mr. Griecom
said that he had discussed the political
sittIation IN this State with Mr. Root
and did not feel ~ liberty to repeat any
thing tina, had been said. He said that
n any stat@ment was to he made II would
hav. TO come from Senator Root
Mr. Root refused 10 make known his
views yesterday. but IL IL likely that ha
will give out for publication a statement
! W few days explaining the attitude
he will take in tho existing situation
in this State He will leave to-day for his
country home nj Clinton. Oneida county
where he will rest for several weeks to
/ recuperats after his work at The Hague
arbitration tribunal
WThe statement can he made. however.
| that Mr.. Root give the impression tn MIR
Griscom that he will take no active part
! in the Republican party Affairs of the
state this year. IL is Understood that
while he told Mr.. Griscom that his position
on the question of direct primaris-s had
been made entirely clear by himself b..-
fore he left for The Hague he explained
hat he had been out Of close touch with
Republican conditions in this State for
50 long a time that he did not feel war
rantcd in taking any positive stand one
way or the other particularly a. IL was
his intention 20 take a long rest and not
20 bother his mind with public matters
for n month or 80
II IL understood al~o that Mr. Root went
50 far as to intimate to MIR GTiscom that
he did not wish 10 he elected a. delegate
To the Saratoga convention.