The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-28
Special from United Press,

Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 28.-New York Republicans today adopted platform over which a progressive label of goodly size has been pasted but ln which there was little evidence of
 Insurgency" as the term has been
 defined by western and middle west ern Republican states
 After fighting for weeks for abso- lute control of the Republican state organization and victory in his grasp.
 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt today
 compromised The big fight for the
 last month has been> on direct nom
 nations and only yesterday Roosevelt
 announced that he would see that the
 platform would explain explicitly
 what the people of New York could
 expect in the way of direct primary
 1egiSla tion.
 As adopted today the platform fails to come up to Colonel tRoosevelt's ad- direct nominations but fails to detail how the plan is to be carried out, neither does it touch on the extension of party enrolment to the rural re- gions.
 James A. Wadsworth, Jr, summed up the opposition to the Roosevelt plank when he said:
 '"The majority report does not tell the people in words what they really intend to do.''
 But Roosevelt was satisfied. The IS d p1OInlS0 LO l1l0 pSOP4SS lO said, that the Republicans will eventu- ally aid the people to rule.
 The entire platform was a complete and staggering surprise to the fol- lowers of Roosevelt who had believed that he would stand steadfaStly for actual insurgency. Instead the Payne Aldrich tariff law was praised in un- mistakable terms and had President Taft himself written the endorsement of his official acts, his friends in the convention said today, it could not have been more flattering.
 There was a rumor about the corr vention hall that Roosevelt and Taft had reached an understanding and that hereafter Taft is to take the progressives into his confidence and they, and not the old line regulars, are to be the big features of the gov ernment.
 These persistent runors, upon which Roosevelt refused to comment, declar- ed Roosevelt and Taft were satisfied with the ordinary insurgent such as CumninS. BriStow and Deliver, but did not care to meet the position talk en by the LaFollette organization.
 Senator Harvey D. Hinenan, an out and-out Hughes. direct primary man, went home in disgust and refused to let his friends consider him as can didate for any office. The changed conditions and the platform as ac- cepted, was the big subject of com ment during the day and it was the general opinion that Colonel Roose- welt secured far less than he could
 
 sion or radicalism as his policies were sized up by his friends and his op- ponentS.
 Colonel Roosevelt had called the convention to order, the opening pray CT was offered by Rev. pr. Martin of Saratoga and immediately the report of committees was called for. Sena- tor Elihu Root was named as perma- nent chairman and the other tempor- ary officers were made permanent Roosevelt then referred to the ab- " ing:
 s9In conventions of the other party in this state when the contests have been as strong as in this, there have always been many contests and open and warm exchanges of gross m1Scon- duct have been made But this con vention has made a record for scrupuz be proud
 He then introduced Root. He thank ed the delegates and said, in part:
 There is passing over this country a revolt against the tiTne-honored and political procedure. ln1tia- tive and referendum and call TOT direct election of all officials, 1nclud- ing United States Senators, are de by the people who insist they must be given every opportunity to will at the polls. No cry of this Kind has ever been or can be ignored by the Republican party. We must as sure the people that the Republican party intends to make it easy for the plain man to come from his farm and and give expression to ms wishes regarding candidates
 ''The wheels of progress must not be permitted to catch up with run over the Republican party. This con vention must put before the people of this state candidates whose cHaraG tn ter will mean that every promise in the platform will be abided by to the last.
 q have been told that the controv- ersv which was brought to a vote yesterday will be continued in the coming campaign with disaster at the polls next fall. I do not so estlnaIe the character of my honored frlenos who were among the 445 young Tn the yesterday.
 'sIn no such direction will minority act, that is guided by the ma agnanlfaltus nus spirit of the Vice-President of the |
 His boost of Sherman causht the delegates, who jumped to their/feet and cheered the Vice-President- resolutions was then called for and w. H. Prendcrgast, chairman, read the platform as prepared by the ma jority of the committee.
 Prendergast, an orator of note, rGLi- ed out in sonorous tones the lengthy document, emphasizing the strong points with telling effect. when ne national administration endorsement' Roosevelt began to clap his hands
 As soon as he concluded Prendergast moved the adoption of the platform. and James s. Wadsworth was ehen 
 He read the minority platform which provided for the continuation or tIio system; extending the pII. 1 mary law. and provided for the d1recs election of State2 committeeman anu oA III delegates to conventions.
 Wadsworth said that the .Is mlnoritg ', waived all objection to everything in Iof 9 9l drafted