The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-22
Former President Expresses
Confidence Of Defeating
"Old Guard"
Gfiscom Echoes Hopes Of His
Chief.
BOSS OF LITTLE RHODY DIES

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 23.-T
feel certain that we will have a ma
iority Of loo delegates In the state
convention. l will run for the tenn
porary chairmanship. My friends de-
sire that | run. Ii will be an open
convention fight"
In these words Col Theodore
Roosevelt made It clear that he con-
hdently believes he has the old guard
of the Republican party beaten in
the Saratoga fight. He made his
: sanguine announcement after a con-
ference at Sycamore Hill with Comp
troller Prendergast, of New York.
Otto T. Barnard. Lloyd Griscom. Re-
publican leader in New York county;
Representatives Herbert Parsons and
Calder and Navol Oficer Krake. For
three hours the ex-president talked
over the state situation with his
callers and the prospective lineup of
delegates at Saratoga was infinitely
taken up. A table was compiled from
figures furnished by the leaders in
the conference. When 1t was all over
| Col. Roosevelt. his face beaming and
his tone triumphant. made his dec
laration that he was sure he had won
the fight and that he would have his
own way at the convention.
No Platform Yet.
The ex-president made II perfect
| ly plain that he preferred TO have no
comprimise on the temporary chair
manship. He frowned upon a sug-
gestion that senator Elihu Root
might be agreed upon as man ac-
lceptable to both factions. Col Roose-
welt IL firmly convinced that he has
at least 100 votes more than enough
to elect him, and he wants to make
the victory decisive.
The ex-president and his allies in
the Saratoga battle have not made
up their minds upon their candidate
for governor. nor have they decided
upon the platform they expect to
put through. Both of these points
were discussed at the conference. but
no final decision was arrived at. As
to the candidate for governor, Mr..
Roosevelt favors an upstate man.
IAN the sentiment seems TO be in
favor of an up-stateer," remarked
the colonel. I'VE are waiting to
talk the governorship over with the
upstate leaders. We want to see
whom the people up there desire"
The nomination for governor. so
far as the problem stands now. will
go to any one of these six men, IL
the Roosevelt forces actually control
the convention: William Hotchkiss.
state superintendent of insurance:
Jacob Schurman, president of Cor
nell university: State Senator Dav-
enport, of Oneida county; State Sem
ator Harvey Human. Elias Mann.
mayor of Troy. and Frank c. Steyens
state superintendent of public works.
Griscom Is Confident.
New York, Sept. 23.-Col. Roose-
velt's chief lieltenants in the fight
the progressive" element of the Re-
publican party is to make against the
"old guard" at Saratoga next week.
went to Oyster Bay this afternoon
for the last conference before the
convention. They were Lloyd @.
Griscom, chairman of the New York
county committee; Otto T. Barnard.
Congressman Herbert Parsons and
Naval Officer Kracke, the "progres-
sive" leader in Kings county.
Before leaving. Mr.. Griscom reiter-
ated his predictions OF success in the
fight for the selection OF a temporary
chairman of the convention.
John Hays Hammond, president OF
the National League of Republican
clubs. and John A. Stewart. the New
York state president of The organiza-
ton. called on Mr.. Griscom today
and assured him of any support the
league could give the "progresslves"
in the coming contest.
John A. Sleicher. who has laid the
framework of many Republican plat
forms, is at work on the foundation
of the platform the "progressives''
expect to send to the Saratoga con-
vention.
sherman Confident, Too.
Utica. N. Y. Sept 2S.-vice Pres
ident sherman returned 20 Utica
from Atlantic City, where he attend
ed the national encampmeat of the
IG. A. r.
Replying to the question as to the
length of his stay in Utica. he said:
81 shall be here until the Republi-
can state convention meeting In Sar-
atoga; then l am going there to pre-
side"