The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-26
Says No State Committee
man Asked Taft About
That Craftsmanship.
ROOSEVELT WASA SURPRISE
Wrote the Colonel Right Off -
Why Didn't Griscom Tell?
Talks About Populism.

/ S'1iS 't'nlnltfee Ca;ao bafH NestsruAy
! from hts camp m the AdirondacGs and
! after powwowing with MIR Barnes and
! other Did guard kepuj!. ans 10 was able
TO reach lie gave ont a statement iaJ
night explaining his side Of the happening,
a, tbs meeting Of the State co;nD.ttos
when MIR Roosevelt was turned down for
] temporary chairman Of tho State con-
V.ntion and Vice President sherman Was
selected IN his place The statement.
which vas revised severa! times before
IL was given 10 tho newspaper men. was
repetition for the most part OF that
made by Mr. Barnes at ths Republican
State headquarters on Tuesday night
Alr Woodruff in his statement follows
the example set in the statement mlds
by MIR Barnes and does not attempt -
answer the charg. made by Pre- I'D at
Taft that he had no idea that Mr.. Shsr.
man was TO bs named aud that on the
contrary when u was suggested 10 hi-p
that there might be- some opposition 70
tho PROPOSAL TO name Mr. Roosevelt ~
ths temporary chairman OF the convsn-
ton tho President insisted that before
ANYTHING was done both Mr. Roosevelt
and Chairman Griscom Of the Rspuo-
lean county committee should bs coa-
suited
Mr. Woodruff Processes Ia have no
knowledge OF the whiSperngs which Mr..
Ward and MIR Barne- set going among
the members Of the COMMITTEES Just
before the meeting was called to order
that Mr. Taft had approved OF the seIeO-
ton OF Mr. sherman. A a matter OF
! fact Mr. Woodruff just after the meet
ing said TO a group Of reporters. one OF
whom was Sun reporter. tina. NJ.
sherman would not have been chosen
had Mr. Taft not said over the long dis
tance telephone that the selection Of Mr..
Sherman for the temporary Craftsmanship
o { the convention was thoroughly agree
able to him. President Taft In his letter
20 Mr. 0riscom has said that the first
intimat ION he had that MIR. Sherman was
a candidate for the place was the reports
he read IN the newspapers on the morn
ing after the meeting
DIRECT CONFLICT WIN ORIscoM
Another point on which there is a dis
agreement " fact between tho assertions
made In the Woodruff statement and
he -,a'"iuent made 10y Mr.. Grisoom
after he meeting ~ that IN which
Mr. Woodruff asserts that much to his
surprise and entirely without warning.
Mr. GrisCom when Tho sherman resolu-
ton was brought w moved 70 substitute
'ha nam. 81 Roosevelt for sherman
Mr. Woodruff says that Mr. Griscom
Wa. around the Republican Club for fully
an hour before the meeting Of the COM
n.t'ee was held and thar ne had full
knOwledgn that 'he nam" 81 Mr. Sherman
was 90 be presented "a the choice 81 the
committee for temporary chairman Mr..
Griscom has said tina, he had not the least
idea that a resolution naming MIR Shar-
man sas 10 he presented until h" was told
81 the scheme a few minutes befor" tbs
meeting and that when ho heard 81 IL
and protested against the contemplated
arr ION he was told tina, the resolution
would be put through because ~ had been
sanctioned by the President
Mr. Griscom replied to Barnes. Ward.
Woodruff and some ~ tho other Leaders
Of the regulars that he was certain that
the President had not agreed 20 IL because
The situation was one that he had talked
over with the President a day or two bs-
fore He asked that the voting on the
resolution should be post poned until he
had had an opportunity Of getting into
communication with the President This
appeal was rejected
When MIR Woodruff reached town yes
terday he made an appointme with 'hs
new spaper men 90 meet him a. the Stats
headquarters AZ y 20 in the evening. when.
he said. he would have readv for publica-
ton n statement giving his side ~ tho
situation When The reporters arrived
at headquarters at tho hour named ths
statement was waiting for them. hut they
were informed that Mr.. Woodruff had
gone to his homo in Garden city two hours
before This was the statement which
Mr.. Woodruff left
Nothlng that has transpirei sine the
~ eeting OF The Republican STATE commit
zee nor ANYTHING that has been SAID since
= hen should miSlead any one a. Ia the Cond-
tion- or the situation which ,hen existed
In accordance with the precedent estab-
Ii-hed two years ago In the selec tiOn OF S-nA-
tor Root q. TEMPORARY chairman Of the state
convention and some % thoas Who have
been associated With mo In the manage
mont Of the Republican party through the
two last political campaigns met the night
before the meeting OF the state COMMITTEES
and after the consideration Of several
names de- ided ~ present 90 the committee
the name % Nice-pr"~iicn' sherman ~
Temporary chairman. q selection witch 49,
had every reason to believe would he hiFhiv
satisfactory 20 the Republic ans 81 the state.
Much TO nv surprise and entirely without
warning Mr. Gri~cOm. Who sat tn the com-
mIttee a. a PROXY and Who had been in the
state committee rooms Got nearly an houV
before the meeting without saying q word
70 me about a. moved 20 substitute the name
az Mr. Roosevelt Tor that ~ NJ shsfmat,.