New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-16
WOODRUFF FORCES LOSE.
Election of Delegates in twenty
three Districts in Kings.
ROOSEVELT NOW HAS 40
Elk Presidents Vote at Saratoga
Convention May Be 482 to
452 for Sherman.

Delegates to the Republican state Con-
| vention were elected in the twenty-three
Assembly districts in Kings County last
night. The result was the selection OF
forty delegates known to be for Roosevelt
and direct primaries. Attempts to pass
resolutions for Roosevelt in other districts
showed the existence of strong sentiment
in that direction. but the resolutions failed
to go through.
The odd guard is claiming the other
102 delegates in Kings County, although
they were not instructed in any case
The eight delegates in the 18th District,
of which Postmaster VOORHEES, is leader,
and the seven in the 18th District, of which
A. f. Nass is leader, were instructed out
and out for Roosevelt Naval officer
kracke, leader of the 18th, had his ten
delegates instructed to follow his lead in
the convention. The eight delegates in
the 18th District likewise received instruc-
tons to follow the lead of Congressman
Calder the leader. Both men leaders
of the Progressive forces.
Reuben l.. Haskell leader of the Esd Dis
trlct, who came out unexpectedly tor Roose-
welt on Wednesday night, also had his dele
eateS-seVen in number-instructed to take
directions from him at the convention.
| After lively row in the LIST Assembly
District Michael J. Dady succeeded in keep
ing control of the delegates and declared
that they would stand by the odd guard"
! Resolutions for Roosevelt and direct pri-
MARES were voted down in the 18th and
9Th districts In tie 18th a resolution pIeog-
ing the delegates to direct primaries met
with similar fate. In each case. how
ever, there was a vigorous fight on the
~ 80 81,
sives.
Kissed Roosevelt Motion.
| One, Ernest Wagner, had the temerity to
! offer a Roosevelt resolution in the 18th,
but George A. Owens. the leader. who is
of the ''old guard" tore it up and led
| in kissing its Introduction
Giving Roosevelt only 10 of the f42 dele
gates in Kings County, as shown on the
| face of the returns last night. one of the
| Progressive leaders figured that Roosevelt
| would have 4S2 and Sherman 49, with 81 in
| doubt
! The attacks that were made on the forces
| of State Chairman Woodruff in Kings
| County last night We're brought about by
| the quiet work of Naval Officer Kracke,
| Congressman Calder and Controller Prem
| dergast. Earlier in the summer the anti
| Woodruff leaders planned a fight all along
the line against the Woodruff leaders at the
primaries. After due consideration 1t was
decided not to plunge the organization there
into the turmoil of primary fight. but TO
work quietly on the Woodruff leaders and
| show them that the best interests Of the
! party lay in the desertion of the "old
| guard and the support Of the Progress
SiyeS.
! Naval officer Kracke and Congressman
Calder were engaged in this work for some
/ time and Controller Preudergast joined the
! coalition on his recent return from Europe
| The plan of campaign was outlined to Iheo-
| dore Roosevelt and Endorsed by him at a
recent meeting at Oyster Bay between the
Brooklyn Progressive leaders and the Tor
mer President.
! It had been intended to keep the whole
| thing ouiet until the election of delegates
10 the state convention last night, but 1t
| sIipped out in the 23d District on Friday
night when Reuben l.. Haskell, the leader
! there announced his desertion OF the "oio
| guard
! II believe" said he, that the only pro-
! rraume of harmony which will be safe
| and right and which will save the Re
| publican party from defeat must be in &C
! cord with the Progressive policies OF
| Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes
| and that the nominee for Governor and the
| entire state ticket must have their COM
| incubation. I believe my convictions to be
the sentiment OF this Assembly district
Woodruff Panicstrcken.
When State Chairman Woodruff heard
this news yesterday morning he was panic
| sticken. AS soon as possible he hurried to
| brooklyn and began to repair the hole III
| the dam That he succeeded to some ex-
tent was shown last night, when he held
some districts that were threatened.
| II is believed, however, that the swing
| will result in still further assertions before
| the end of the week. The Progressives are
| counting on controlling at least half OF the
142 delegates from Kings before the con
| Nention meets.
Assemblyman Merritt, chairman of the
graft iuvestiga ting committee, told friend
! on Wednesday that the apparent failure
! of the Progressives TO take any of the
| Woodruff districts away from him at the
primaries would be of great help to the
odd guard In their fight. He acknowledged
| that any sign of breaking away from
| woodruff in Kings would have a serious
| effect on the "old guard forces upstate
| and that it would undoubtedly start
/ movement away from them above the Har-
|
! lem River.
| Chairman woodruff took late train last
! night for Syracuse where he IS TO be the
| guest at a dinner OF the state fair officials
! to-day He had little to say in regard to
! the situation in Kings County. He is
Manning to remain in Syracuse to-mor-
| row. so as TO listen TO the speech of MI
! Roosevelt when he is likely to hear some
| remarks that may be taken to heart by
! him.
| When Mr. Roosevelt is in the city to-day
| he will probably see some of the New
| York City leaders in addition to Lloyd
c. Ciriscom, with whom he has an ap-
| pointment
To Organize Tonight
! The New York County Republican Com
| nnittee elected at the Tuesday primaries
| will meet for organization tonight at the
| E.ldorado Casino, Seventh avenue and SD
! street at $50 p. m. Lloyd G. Griscom Will
| be reelected president, Ogden l.. Mills
| treasurer and John Boyle, jr., secretary
! unanimously.
II Is proba bic that some resolutions put
/ ting the county committee record in
| favor cf Theodore Roosevelt for temporary
| chairman Of the state convention and call
ing for the insertion in the platform of