New-York tribune., 1910-10-06
ST|MSON FOR HOT FIGHT
With Roosevelt, He Will Grid
iron State in Speaking Campaign
TANMkNY TO BE a KEYNOTE
Prentice Begins Hard Work OF
Preparing for Trip-Upstate
Reports Encouraging.

-. eO,- ,-oz,e-nor AT Republican state
hea5ova-ter-s and Al The Outlook oAiiOe'
nia-,s FOR the Republican campaign W.
discussed ana virtually completed II VIZ
he 2 ho- fgh-. with Mr.. Stirnson ano eN-
President Roosevelt gr1dironing the s'a'e
on sneaking trips They expect 10 lay DC
fora she neonle of every county the record
Of Renuhlioanisn. the record Of the he
r7,,blican candidates. the platform pledges
of f,,e marty and contrast with these the
record OF rarnmany Hall. Charles r
Murphy and The Murphy candidates
In -he morning Ezra ?. Prentice, Ihe
new state chairman, and Represenlh1iNe
Parsons Lloyd {. GriscOm. president OF
the county committee. Secretary o.
State Koensg Attorney General O'MaIiey
and State Engineer Williams met MI sum
son al his home. No. "a Lexington avenue
They talked over the work OF the CAM
paign generally. In the afternoon MI
Prentice conferred with Mr. Parsons and
Mr.. Criscom and had a long talk with ny
Roosevelt I.asz night Mr.. Prentice had
more conferences with Nj Griscom about
speak kers and campaign trips upstate and
with otto 7 Barnard about the treasurer
ship OF the state committee M bannaro
will not take this place
Brisk Campaign Desired.
leaders alike that this should be q brisk
campaign from beginning to end No one
IS blinking the fact referred 20 by Senator
Root al the Saratoga convention that the
drift Of sentiment this year faVors the
Democrats AL. however, seem 10 have
taken Senator ROog's advice that the thing
10 do is for the Republicans 10 pun to-
gether and change this drift. They think
they can do this, too, without great trouble
when they get out on the stump and show
she ueuule OF the state that the Repubiican
ra-ty and its officials have been responsible
FOR all the progress in government IN the
last twenty years.
Mr.. Stimson viii make MS first upstate
oamnaiEn speech Al the Montgomery
county Fair. Al Fonda. to-day Chairman
Prentice expects to keep him busy from
then 10 the end OF the canpaign- lie viii
have the various county c-hai-7nen come
down 10 state headquarters this week and
the fore part of next 10 talk over conditions
with him and the candidate
II was a busy day for the new state
chairman. At midnight he was trying 10
get his correspondence into shape he
could begin to-day with a clean slate
Prentice Down TO Hard Work.
I'm little new 10 this job Mr.. Prem
rice laughed so I suppose III have my
troubles for z while I'm here 10 work.
though and so FAR everything seems 10 be
al right We've been talking the situation
over generally to-day Mr. StiulsOn and
Nr. Roosevelt are keen TO get out around
he state and they believe that sooa as
they present the Republican side of this
campaign 10 the voters eli this talk Of
Democratic year will pass out We out
lined generally plans which viii keep Mr..
Stirason and the rest Of the candidates
pretty busy until election day
- am writing 10 all the county chairmen.
shking them 10 come down here 10 meet
Mr.. Stimson and have a talk with him ana
ne about upstate conditions. That viii
take Us along into the middle Of next week
BY that time MI. Stimson's stumping trip
will nave been arranged. and he viii be
ready 70 &c out 10 talk - the voters am
perfectly confident that when they see him
and get to know how clean and sane ana
able he is. this alleged drift 10 the Demo-
cratic ticket viii be proved TO be a myth.
The upstate voters don't want any ticket
OF Tammany Hall men"
Ex-Assemblyrnan Merwin h Hart. head
~ the Republican League, the Progressive
orEaniza1ier il Oneida County was in sown
YESTERDAY. Tie was enthusiastic over the
way the Republican,. P-ogressives and
tiuket ana the reorganization OF the state
committee.
Getting in Line Upstate.
We're al in line" said Mr.. Hart
''Srmson and the Republican ticket look
good 10 US. ] have heard many prominent
men among the clement in the party op-
posed 20 us P-orressives say that the state
convention made al admirable choice and
ZION for state chairman.
Personally, ] am very much pleased.
think Oneida County viii give its regular
Republican ma i0riry- We Progressives
have control Of she situation now. and Sen
aIor Davenport mas been renominated-
don't believe there will be any sulking
defecIions but on the contrary, I think Re
uubIicans Of both wings viii work their
hardest.
''I am q direct nominations man, heart
and soul I believe that in spite Of the
fact that Afr Prentice has been opposed 10
that system he viii work for II with all his
energy. uov that the party in convention
has declared for it. Our people in Oneida
are more than pleased that the PTogTessives
controlled the state convention and adopted
fhis direct nominations plank.
William J. Schieffelin. president OF the
Citizens Union. called on President Girls
con- o. the county committee yesterday 70
teli Eiu that the union would support all
Republicans o. good record named for the
Legislature Il is understood that d Re
liUhlican-Citizeu Union fusion may be ar
ranged IN some districts against Tammany
legislators whom the Citizens Union doesn't
consider desirabIeE.
DEMOCRATS NAME REPUBLICANS.
Amsterdam. X y. oct. AIT the Demo-
cratic convention IN the 25th Con
EresS District. comprising me counties
ef Fulton, Hamilton Montgomery, Sara
toSa and Warren. held here TO-DAY. Dr.
Them Akin. OF the village Of Akin. Mont
gOmery County, WIS nominated. DR..
Akin is known as an insurgent Republi-
can ana previous 90 his nomination by
Democrats had circulated q petition ano
secured $50 slgners, intending to run in
dependeutly-
GILCHRlST NOT AFTER TO6k.