New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-06
FIGHT TO THEEND-BARNES
Albany County Leader Talks OF
Direct Nominations Contest.
CT 0SETED WITH WOODRUFF
No Compromise with Progress
sives, Says Barnes, and Not
Fight on Persons.

nacIarinu that he and other Republicans
who fought Governor Hughess drec'
nominations reform were fighting for a
nrincipIe. William Barnes, jr.. leader OF
sIhanv County. Yesterday said the hght
would be continued TO the end Mr. Barnes
had had one conference with State Chair
man woodruff and was just about to go
with Mr. Woodruff to his Garden city
home for another Mr.. Barnes sails ror
Europe to-day.
I'VE discussed the political situation
generally" said Mr.. Barnes about his talk
with Chairman Woodruff. There JUST
one thing / care to say Those RepuO-
hcans who fought against direct nominal
lions to preserve a stable form Of popular
government will continue that fight we
are against direct nominations and their
offspring. the initiative. the referendum
the recall and any other schemes for de-
stroying representative government we
are against them to the end"
Does that mean that there will be
fight against Taft and Roosevelt for the
control of the state convention on that
ISSUE" was asked.
There's no fight on persons or person
alities in this" answered Mr.. Barnes
This is a fight for principle There's no
compromise. let the fight lead where II
will"
Mr. Barnes saw Chairman Woodruff az
his office yesterday and talked with MIN
for a considerable time about the political
situation. Among other things discussed
were the prospect of Mr. Woodruff being
deposed as leader of Kings County by the
Calder-Kracke combination: the possioil-
ity of making Speaker Wadsworth state
chairman if he didn't run for the Assem-
bly, again, and the likelihood of the Taft
Hughes Roosevelt men in the state max
ing a fight. district by district. to control
the state convention
II Is the opinion of some of the "old
guard" Republicans that Theodore Roose-
Welt will not make any such fight, despite
the declarations Of President Griscom of
the county committee. Also they believe
that President Taft would not care to APP
pear in such a proceeding, directly or in
directly, despite the statement recently
made by Postmaster Fred Greiner of Buff
faIo, understood to be authorized to ex-
press President Taft's views at Albany
that the fight for direct nominations and
progressive Republicanism would be car
ried into the state convention
On the other hand, the Barnes-Wads-
worth-WoOdruff combination. with Its
allies, dominates the Republican organi-
zation in the state to-day unquestionably
Hughes men, Roosevelt men. Taft men adj
init that. Mr.. Barnes's pronunciamento
Yesterday was taken TO indicate that this
group of Republicans would not stand for
any candidate for Governor likely to advo-
cate direct nominations or for any direct
nominations plank in the platform The
men mentioned in the political gossip as
candidates for Governor likely to have Mr..
Roosevelt's approval and suppOrt-Loeb,
Stimson. Griscom, Wilcox. Hotchkiss-an
have expressed their advocacy of a direct
nominations measure modelled on the
Hughes plan Politicians figure that such
stand would bar them from considera-
ton or support in the convention by the
Barnes adsworth-Woo group of Re-
publicans-
Progressive Republicans expressed the
opinion that under existing conditions Mr.,
Roosevelt would not be likely to play a
very big part in the councils OF his party
unless he did make a fight to have dele
gates of his own way of thinking elected
to the convention That would mean not
only q progressive" convention, but the
likelihood of changes in the state COM
mittee 10 remodel it along more modern
lines.
II was pointed out yesterday that in the
'Jnatter of actual delegate getting the "oId
guard" had a fairly long lead at present
In several counties delegates to the state
convention already have been named. and
most of them would be amenable TO the
3arnes-W adsworth-Wo odruff influence For
irstance the MaIby-Nerritt delegates from
St Lawrence County have been elected
the Kilburn delegates from the adjoining
county of Franklin; the Bracket dele
gates in Saratoga County, and delegates
from Putnam, Steuben, Washington and
some few other counties have been named
early.
State Chairman Woodruff didn't care 70
discuss his talk with Mr.. Barnes beyond
saying that they discussed political affairs
generally" He would say nothing sbou,
his retirement or talk OF Speaker Wads-
worth or anybody else as his successor
ENTERS CONNECTICUT CONTEST
Norwich, Conn, July mayor Charles
r Thayer of this city. Democrat, for