The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-17
ROOSEVELT |
CHAGR|NED
OVER SNUB|
RssENTs SLIGHT PLACED
UPON HIM BY STATE
COMMITTEE
OPPOSITION SPIRIT
FOSTeOEO BY "OlO GUARD"
Question Of Craftsmanship May
Be Fought Out on Floor
Of Convention
fBy Associated rrcyS.)

10y AnhDNldiNu 'ItsoJ
New York, Aug m The action Of
the state committee Tuesday in re.
luslug to name him as temporary
chairman Of the Republican state COLI
ycntion Il Colonel Rooseyelt's second
defeat at the hand OF the "old
guard the first having been the legls-
laturcs refusal to pass the Cobb di-
rect primary bill, although Mr.. Roose-
welt especially endorsed it, With his
setback Tuesday, plans for harmony
within the party IN the state received
a severe setback; and ssoon as Col
onel Roosevelt heard the news he Is
sued statement in which he enrolled
himself as a progressive SO far as the
New York state situation goes.
IL was his most pointed political
statement since his return, and those
who saw him were convinced that he
had determined TO begin an open fight
on the old guard.
Although repudiated Tuesday, II
does not necessarily mean iaat Col
onel Roosevelt viii not be temporary
chairman after all. The convention
delegates themselves wsil decide who
Is to open the melting and deliver the
"keynore speech, but the state com
mittee's recommendation OF Mr.. Shei
man for the place served notice Oh
the ex-president and his supporters
that the old guard would give hin
a fight to the end In the interval be
tween now and September ~ it Il
expected that the struggle between
the organization and the Roosevelt
| Hughes forces will be carried intS
every corner of the state and thai
the chief issue will be at the primar
les for the election OF Roosevelt ol
ant,-Roosevelt delegates to the con
vention.
Whether Mr. Sherman lent hi'
| support to the movement which re
suited In Colonel Ro0sevc,Cs deiea
has not been established definitely.
William L, Ward, Of West ChesteI
national committeeman who was ont
of the leaders in the ant;-itooseyci
combine. is quoted as having saIt
| that Mr.. sherman knew all about the
plans 10 eadorse him, and not Colone
/ Roosevelt, for temporary chairman
Others belie9ed Mr.. Sherman knep
nothing OF IT,
So Tar as Colonel Roosevelt is c0u
cerned. Il ha sheen Known for sum'
time that he wasagreeably incines
to the plan to make him temporary
chairman, as Is shown by his state
nent Of today He said, however
that he hal lot understood that hi
name WAS to be brought up at today
! meeting.
Lloyd G. Grscom. chairman of th'
county committee, who presented ihi
colOncl's name. said:
Il do not know whether the actiol
by the COMMITTEES will have any el
feet ON AIR. Rooseveli's attitude dur
| Ing The state campaign Mr., IiOose
welt is to be a delegate to the state
convention. II seems to me that Il
hc oniy liviag cx-president OF th
I United States, the party in his stat
owes Him at least The temporary chai
manship.
'Ml. Taft so iarnas know, did no
anticipate thai Colonel Roosevelt
name would be placed before the con
.mittee. The selection of Vice pres
dent Sherman can not be construel
as an. endorsement Of the Taft admin
istration. which needed no such en-
dorsement'