The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-09-29
ROOSEVELT WINS
OVER old GUARD
Defeats Sherman for Temporary
Chairman at Saratoga.
VOTE RESULTS. SGT TO AS
Ex-President Praises Taft and Hughea
In Specific Is VicIousIy Scored
by Abraham Gruber of New
York.

Saratoga, Sept. 2S.-Special: The
New York republicans today adopted
: a platform over which a progressive
label Of gOodly size had been pasted
but in which there was little evidence
Of insurgency. After the term had
: been defined by western and middle
: western republican states and fight.
ing for weeks for absolute control OF
the republican state organization and
with victory in his grasp, Colonel
i Roosevelt today compromised the big
fight for the last month has been on
direct nomination and only yesterday
Roosevelt announced that he would
see that the platform should explain
explicitly what the people of New
York would expect in the way of a
direct primary law. AS adopted to-
day the platform fails to come up to
Colonel Roosevelts advanced notices
and pledges of direct nomination. but
failed to bring out the plan which is
to be carried out. James W. Wads-
worth, 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 in
tend to do, but Roosevelt was salts
fled" The platform was a complete
and staggering surprise to the follow
ers of Roosevelt who believed that he
would stand steadfastly for actual in
surgency. Instead the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law was praised in unmistakable
terms and had President Taft himself
written the endorsement of his official
acts his friends said today it could not
be more flattering. 1t was rumored
in the convention hall that Roosevelt
and Taft had an understanding and
that hereafter Taft is to take the pro-
gressives into his confidence and that
would end In the old line regulars be-
ling tlIe big FACTIONS IN the national
government. The platform was pre-
pared by the resolution committee and
adopted by vote of % to Is.
Saratoga, n. Y, Sept. 2S.-Theodore
Roosevelt was elected temporary
chairman of the Republican state con-
vention here by SGT votes against 445
for Vice President Sherman.
Amid cheers and Kisses the names
of Vice President Sherman and Theo-
dore Roosevelt were placed In nOmina-
ton. Chairman Woodruff of the Re-
publican state committee carried out
the committees dictases in presenting
Mr.. ShermRn's name, while Colonel
Roosevelt was nominated by Joseph
Hicks, delegate from Nassau, the ex.
pl esidents home county.
Col. Abraham Gruber of New York,
speaking for the "old guard" attacked
Roosevelt and In the course of a vi
cious scoring Of the former president
uttered the aphorism that the lungs
OF the nation are not its brains"
Comptroller William Prendergast ad.
dressed the convention in behalf of
Roosevelt
Roosevelt ChuckIes over II.
No one enjoyed Gruber's speech
more than Colonel Roosevelt, who
chuckled repeatedly. The delegates
Kissed GrubeT's statement that it
would be found that twOthirds of
RoOsevelt's strength in the cOnven-
ton came from federal ofice-holders.
At one point the jeers and catcalls be-
came so great that Colonel Roosevelt
leaped to his feet and" waving his
hands at the delegates, cried; Il ask
a full hearing for Colonel Gruber"
The speaker continued, but Kisses
almost drowned his attacks on Roose-
welt.
Comptroller Prendergast of New
York was recognized to speak for
Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Prendergast
congratulated Roosevelt on Gruber's
speech. He said he knew of nothing
better to show the line of cleavage
between Roosevelt's friends and other
people In this convention"
Fight Is Over Primaries.
The fight for control overshadowed
the main business of the convention,
that of making nominations for COVER
nor and other state officers. Interest
centers in the fight over direct nomi-
nations.
Chairman Woodruff called the con-
'VhiAOh " vi uOi anu hlICi LILO uISlc6
had been cleared. which the one po-
liceman available for the task found
difficulty in doing, the convention took
up the regular order of business.
When the roll call had been CON-
pleted Chairman Woodruff announced:
THE next order of business Is the
election of a temporary chairman"
Roosevelt Cheers Taft's Name.
The first applause came when Presi-
dent Taft's name was mentioned Mr..
Roosevelt leading the hand-clapping.
There was vigorous outburst of
cheers when Vice-President Sherman's
name developed in the chairman's
speech.
Kisses greeted Mr. Woodruff's dec
laration that the committee had no
idea anyone else had any ulteriortmo.