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Chosen Temporary Chairman Over Wise.
President Sherman.
RESULT Nc SURPRISE ; RI !.
Complete Rout of the "old Guard
By 4prosressiye.s," Under Leader
l, ship of the Former President, at
New York Republican State Con-
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ventaon st Saratoga Tuesday.

yention st Saratoga Tuesday.
Teddy Roosevelt rode Tuesday to
victory at Saratoga, N. Y, defeating
yice-President Sherman for tempor-
ary chairman OF the Republican
State Convention and bowling over
the ..OId Guard in the first engage
me- ment Of a series Of conflicts that are
sure to come. Roosevelt was In his
element.
AFTER he had named the members
of the three important commlttees li1
and the Convention had adjourned to
meet Wednesday Roosevelt turned
to the newspaper men and remark 1'
ed:
IT said FRAGILE you may quote me
on that"
At Troy on Monday the former
President said he would beat his OPP
ponents to "frazzle."
There were 1,O11 votes cast in the
Convention, of which Roosevelt re-
I ce:yed 5S8 and Vice President Sher-
man received 443, this electing the
leader of the "progressives' by 8
majority of 1875. -.
Roosevelt did not vote. Sherman
voted for John Doe and two Of the
New York County delegates did not
respond when their names were call
ed.
The: vote as officially announced at
the Convention gave Roosevelt oe1
and Sherman 445, but an error IN
the count was discovered that night.
Roosevelt spoke feetingly, saying
that the laws passed reflect high
credit "upon all who succeeded IN
putting them in their present shape
upon the statute book; they repre-
sent an earnest effort Of the achieve
ment which is yet to come, and the
benehcence and far-reaching impor-
tance. of this work done for the whole sl,
people measures the credit (which fs
rightly due to- the Congress and to
our sble, upright and disinterested
President VIM. Howard Taft.
The spectators and many of the
delegates warmly applauded the dec
laration of Roosevelt for a direct
primary plank. 's
Roosevelt bitterly assailed the
.bosses," declaring that "the differ
ence between a boss drives. Tne
difference lis that the leader holds
his place by firing the conscience and
appealing to the reason OF MS toi-
lowers and that the boss holds his
place by crooked and underhano; i;
manipulation"
Thunders of applause greeted the
Colonel as he was escorted to thhe
Speakers stand by Vice President
Sherman and Cornelius V. Collins,
and 1t was some time before he could
proceed with his speech. Thanking
the delegates for the honor that they
had conferred on him, he caused the
greatest enthusiasm when he said;
You shall not have cause now OF
hereafter to regret what you have
done"
It was a day of oratory; 1t was a
day Of bitter and acrimonious speech
with the opening Of the Convention
State Chairman Woodruff defined the
position Of the "Old Guard" and an
nounced that Sherman had beeh Sc
iected for temporary chairman.
And then the real fight was on.
Col. Abraham Gruber, OF New YORK
City, had been selected to fire The
verbal shot Of the "Old Guard, una
his speech attacking the former Pres
ident, which was bitter arraign-
ment OF him, was often broken and
drowned by Kisses and jeers.