New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
BY zoo, Says Roosevelt
Ex-President Doubles His Esti-
mate of Expected Majority.
TO SARATOGA TOMORROW
Only Two Visitors, Wilcox and
Wainwright, at Oyster Bay
Yesterday.
lBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l
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Oyster Bay, Sept 24.-With most Of th'
Progressive leaders in Saratoga to-day
| there was an atmosphere of quiet q
| Sycamore Hill which hardly foreshadowec
| the war which Mr.. Roosevelt and hi:
| followers will wage against the "ois
guard at the state convention Th'
preliminary plans of the Roosevelt Pro
gressive campaign at Saratoga have al
been carefully laid and the ex-Prestden
rested a little on his oars to-day, confident
of his election temporary chairman ano
of an easy victory over the Barnes-Wood
ruff forces.
From additional information which he re-
ceived to-day from the Progressive lead
ers in various parts of the state he was
willing to predict on the eve of the con-
vention that the majority of delegates
who would rally to the anti woodruff
standard would be nearer two hundred
than one hundred. as. hitherto asserted
Some one remarked that 1t looked as II
Woodruff was slated for a toboggan slide
and Mr.. Roosevelt smiled approv1ngIy.
Mr.. Roosevelt declared again to-day thai
he would not go to Saratoga with the
platform neatly written and folded In
his coat pocket. Neither viii he have
about him the name of any man whom he
will urge upon the convention as the
one best candidate for Governor.
These important problems will not be en-
tirely settled, he said, until the Progressive
leaders from all corners of the state meet
at Saratoga and prognostfcate the exac'
direction in which the wind blows
Mr.. Roosevelt will enjoy a real day OF
rest at his Sycamore Hill home tomorrow
preparatory to the work ahead Of him al
the convention. He will start for Ssratoga
Monday morning on the $50 O'Clock train
from New York
William r. Wilcox, chairman of the Pub
lie Service Commission of the 1st District
and Senator J. Mayhem Wainwright, OF
Westchester County. were the only visitors
at Sycamore Hill to-day. Both men came
to discuss certain features of the platform
Commissioner Wilcox is particularly inter
ested in the planks which will have refer-
ence to the work and powers of the Public
Service Commission. His ideas on the sub
ject are said to be compatible with those
of Mr. Roosevelt and the matter was mere
ly discussed in a general way
Mr.. Wilcox assured Mr.. Roosevelt that
the seven delegates from Chenango county
the Commissioner home district would all
support him for temporary chairman He
also reported favorable returns from other
districts of which he had been informed
Chenango County is the stamping ground
of former Senator Jothsm p. Aids, VINO
was deposed as president pro tenn OF the
state Senate as consequence of the Conger
charges Evidently of the opinion that the
big Stick" might play some part IN the
impending struggle. Mr. WILCOX brought
one with him which had been cut on MS
estate at Glen Cove and presented IT to MT
Roosevelt. 1t was an oninous looking rod,
five feet long and weighing about ten
pounds, with a huge knot at the top 1t
had been neatly sandpapered and polished.
Senator Wainwright called to discuss the
labor plank of the Progressive platform.
John Mitchell, the labor leader. Is con-
stituent OF Mr.. Wainwright, and they are
both anxious to have the employers liabil-
ity features empha sized in the platform.
Mr.. Roosevelt received many messages
to-day from the Progressive leaders and
spent considerable time answering them
and sending instructions to his various leu
tenants The sum total OF the Progressive
forecast tonight points one way, and that
toward victory, IT was said.