New-York tribune., 1910-08-26

e+t,,Tf,- 80 TIMOTHY L NooIpfS1 r
tSSah f5----,a1joIls action AT the StfAtoea
sncn - t,,,1 a. i necessary TO success al
+s,e raoIls can only De secuie" - E,nox,- Of
4nerafion Of all ReEcoIica1LSs-, - ara a.
" ,ea,tv rrinciple upon whien we are a.
~ iA-,. -. si,-iSed in this state eNcept LA
i,,-olve6 in the proposal 10 aDoh.ot 80 80
ooilFeLi'lor nbsf;11,Te therefor the direct noml,
ratior nlau which has been craI a. a.
as the device Of the deInasos"V anu '''
millionaire
Will Know Where Party STANDS
r-non that question al the Saratoga con
Ten1ion there VIII dououeSSs 's .,,a a arritl1fe
II j. right and proper tnat tIe r,,'5 "a b.
n the marty on this matter shoul0 -
clearly defined without equ'Vocalloi 80. 90
Misunderstanding that The NoseLs nm
t+1oTe cxactly where the party stanoS-
Those VINO are OPPOSED % 1sL, tt!LS a. ,nie
who believe thai its lllit-ou - r5-,,,sI,tS Of
Por11iisriC IDEAS Will i chosen oeles'tteSS
10 the Saratoga convention ElsIl,lS - 90
p.vteerS F o111,1ittine itself TO this folly
The spirit that Is behlhG tnlS 60 &C.
Tor direct primary noinlna!ildhs - - "a
more dangerous Ila12 any NiilIIrS NlLeS ~
-,--o,,,,sitfor5 itself embOdieS- The raolcal-
-, ,,-fSpF ir this state y directed aSalllS'
- -s,,~asanrstive system Of nomlnauTS
- 80 u5sJ2s|1-;ors viii II given its head. next
menace the stability Of industry and frish'-
en- enterprise ,,,.
,rran6S tss go 10 the Saratoga convention
and present his ideas on this ana otheI
The importance OF ADlS COIN tli
ton VIII thereby be greatly enhanced alc
*he silperiorfty Of the convention system 70
rhe direct nomination method denonsITateG-
The best thought o. the fepublfcan Pa
-yiu f7z there EXPRESSED. both before the
Committee On Resolutions and upon lAe
floor OF the convention DIE ererceS tstl
may exist upon matters OF prIncIples or
rcl;cies VIII be there debated and declCeo-
Cln the part Of myself and the otheI
regulars there is no personal Warlart ~ 80, ~
volsed in this matter, nor has 1he1S pee.-.
Our interest lies where II always haS-II-
the success Of the party when its T}rosTeS-
siveleS does not violate It's tradltloh-
orr right TO contest for principles IN
which we believe can he gaiuSald hy none
and l assume that the. opposition mas me 1r.S
will be as ready as We 70 accept the Terdlcl
of the state convention. which IS the SC-
preTne~ authority of the party
Acree or One Issue.
Bevontl this formal utterance Mr..
Woodruff had nothing 10 say Nj
Barnes also had nothing 10 say about
his talk with MI Woodruff. Politicians
who have talked with both OF them say
they are going into the convention pre-
parec- from the present look Of things.
10 he beaten on the Sherman Roosevelt
issue.
on that. seemingly, they agree with
Mr.. Griscana, q New York County, who
smiles and smiles as he reads letter after
letter from upstate telling about the
Roosevelt sentiment in various counties.
Mr.. G-iscom also thinks the Woodruff
Barnes Ward -EVadsworth combination is
whipped on the Sherman-Roosevelt is
sue
That is nor-the whole fight. though, as
the old guard" leaders are looking at
Il Indeed. just now il seems TO some
Of them 10 be rather small part of the
situation For. they say, there's all the
rest OF the convention. and after that
the election.
They gauge worth in politics by re-
suits. and figure thai Progressive issues
and q temporary victory which brought
some humiliation 10 the Vice-President
of the United States wouldn't count very
heavily alongside OF a defeat for the
Republican state ticket
Influential old guard leaders say
they are quite willing not 10 have con-
troll Of the coming convention. Indeed,
they seem To think that the responsible
ity which viii go with control Of the con
vention responsibility for the choice Of a
state chairman. for the nomination OF
state ticket and the conduct Of a cam
paign which Republican traditions de-
rnand should be successful-win be over
hurdensone this year.
Therefore. they are planning 10 hgut
as best they may 10 make Nj. Sherman
temporary chairman. content TO be
whipped If they must be. They talk
with cutie tone Of resignation over the
prospect-resignation tempered with
little unholy Clee over the possible
plight Of the victoTs.
Battle Over the Platform.
After the temporary chairman Of 2
convention makes his keynote" speech
comes some Of the real business OF the
affair-tne naming Of committees on
credentials and on resolutions, the latter
of which bodies considers suggestions for
the platform and in a report presents
that important document Tor the con-
sideration Of the convention
old guardsmen'' have q distinct no
ZION that this committee viii be found TO
be unfavorabIe 10 direct nominations.
They hope that Mr.. Roosevelt himself
viii have a place on i; they hope also
that Mr.. Barnes and Speaker Wads-
worth may find places there.
They said last night that If anything
Of The sort happened, there would be
some real consideration OF the planks
which went into that platform, even II
i did take a couple Of days. Ia any
case. they believed there would be
minority report On direct nominations
Tor The convention 10 hear That pre-
saGed. 10 their minds. continued peace
and harmony.
j is officially announced that the old
guard" VIII have no candidate for Gov
ernor. To place d man IN nomination
as the Woodruff Barnes y adsNorth-
Ward leaders reason, would be 10 sub
1act him 10 rabid, unreasoninS criticism
by every direct nominations man and
t.independent Republican" IN the state
= condition not just now highly desir-
able.
So they are said 80 plan 20 90 into the
convention holding theiT)yotes as bal
snce OF power for use much as Boss
Cox. of Cincinnati. used his 70 nominate
Harding in the Ohio Republican conven-