New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
Beaten Not Only on Temporary
Chairmanship, but Also IN
State Committee.
WOODRUFF TO BE RETIRED
Five Who Voted Against Roose-
yelt Will Go-Real Fight Only
on Platform, with Progress
sive Victory Probable ,
INV Telegraph to The Tribune J

Saratoga ~ -
s'oId guard war against Theodore
Roosevelt for temporary chairman OF
the Republican state Convention VIII end
in q. sham battle. Developments mere
to-day indicated that beyond perad-
venture. So far as that Is concerned. IL
will he merely a matter Of the size OF
the vote which will elect Mr. Roosevelt
Not only Is the "old guard already
routed on that line OF campaign. but IL
is beaten now IN the state commit
tee. When the time for reorganization
Os the state committee arrives state
Chairman woodru~ will be retired. ana
with him the representatives OF five dls-
tricts which were recorded against Mr.
Roosevelt at the last meeting. Vneh
Vice-President Sherman was selected as
the "oId guards temporary chairman
Woodruff will be able to remain mem
ber os the state committee only II elected
from a district other than that in wnicn
ne maintains his voting residence
On the platform only will there be a
real fight. The feeling Of the Barnes
Woodruff -wadsworth-ward element now
is such that they fully expect defeat
even on that They will fight as long
as their ammunition holds out. as analrs
look now. and run from the field lesc
their guns be captured and turned
against them
In word. the "old guard will go into
the first fight of this convention cam
paign feeling that IL is whipped IL VIII
Aeht of course. and there are mighty
good fighters in its ranks. notably
Rarnes and wadsvorth- The Progress
sives. therefore. may not come on Wnoily
,,rscarred But the situation tonight
ard the situation next Tuesday. barring
eorne sudden and wholly unexpected
change Of magnitude. Is that the TART
Roosevelt Hughes Republicans nave
won.
The "oId Guards" Parting Shot
The "old guard" that fact having
been demonstrated by the votes VII
andeavor to emphasize IL in every re-
snect All responsibility for platform
for candidates and for conduct OF the
canpaieu will be placed on the snoGl-
ders Of the Progressfves. That is the
worst the old guard can do this year
in the wav of a parting shot be IL sara
now. the Progressives are not frightened
AZ the prospect or unwilling to assume
that responsibility
new state chairman will be elected
who will stand with Taft. Roosevelt and
Huehes-that is, in the progressive
ranks IN this state New state commit
tearen will be elected in five districts 20
replace Messrs. Bartlett. OF Suffolk De
Bragga. Of Queens. Odell. OF ORANGE
Cromwell. of Richmond. and Woodruff
of Kings. who will stand with the new
state chairman and give him a majority
in the state committee The new man IS
rke1v 10 be either Cornelius v Collins.
of Troy or Otto T. Barnard, OF New
York. though neither man is especially
desirous of serving
With the coming Of Lloyd G Grfscorn
o-night there came a new note IN ths
chorus here. Mr.. Cfriscom. the Progress
sive leader and lieutenant OF ex-Presf-
dent Roosevelt. directed an attack
against William Barnes. jr-. and the
other "OId guardsmen' who have been
irving 10 make ROoseveltism the issue
Mr. c,riscorn declared emphatically that
M such tactics should becloud the issue
That was. he said. whether the type OF
leadership which inflicted an Aids on
our party' should be allowed 20 control
The party machinery. He declared his
assurance that the PrOgressives were N
command Of the situation
Mr. C;rfscom also gave start 20 the
talk about candidates He said that in
his Judgment Mr.. Stimson. Representa-
tive Bennett and Seth Low were the
strongest men vet suggested as Candi-
dates for the gOvernorship- He declined
"a express an individual choice from the
trio. II Is the general belief here that Mr.
Stimson is Theodore ROosevelt's prefer
erce as candidate for Governor. unless
the upstate leaders among the Progress
ives deem II Imperative 20 have an up
state man for the head Of the ticket
The old guard saw the beginning OF
the end when II learned this morning
that the Arnold-Clark wing of Repub-
Iicanism in Otsego County had captured
the county convention and elected pro-
Roosevelt delegation 10 the state con-
vention against the efforts OF Repre-
sentative FairchiId. who captured the
primaries
Welcome News for ProgressiVes.
To hammer home the moral OF that
tale came the information thar the MIA
CARA County delegation would be split.
half of il voting for Roosevelt. with a
fair prospect that the other half would
decide To do so at the last moment.
Word that several districts in Kings
we're more or less shaky. and that indi-
viduaIs. II not entire county delegations.
i'm upstate territory would break away
from the sherman side added naturally
10 the 'old guard depression
Then Messrs. Barnes. Woodruff. Bren-
ner. Berri. Lou Payn and one or two
others began TO figure on the state com
mittee situation. Bartlett. OF Suffolk.
had announced his retirement. and they
were willing TO concede that a pro-
Roosevelt or Progressive would be elect
Ell in his place.
Cromwell OF Richmond. they deemed
very bad risk. though not a hopeless
case The "oId guard" idea is that
the Cromwell delegation as IL stands