New-York tribune., 1910-10-04
NOTIFY ST|MSON TODAY.
Hot Pace To Be Set for Repub-
Iican State Campaign.
CANDIDATE IN CONFERENCES
Former Ambassador Francis
Most Talked Of to Succeed
Chairman Woodruff.

1,,,+b +he formal notification of Henry l..
c+in,son nominee for Governor, and the
election of a new state chairman to-day,
tho Republican state campaign will be
FairIv begun. 1t will be a campaign in
r,-,,;ch the new element which won control
Of the party at Saratoga-the so-called
proeressives-will be held responsible for
tho result, and this element. in control.
ril set a hot pace from the very begin
ming
1be reorganization Of the state commit
+ae will take place al 10 a. m. to-day-re-
orgs nization in that new state chairman
will be elected to replace Timothy Lester
woodruff and that the new Taft-Roose-
volt group of leaders will control the body
in the election of this chairman. These
leaders are as much puzzled whom to
select. though, as they were about the
identity of the Progressives' choice for the
governorshlp the night before the nomi-
nations were made It Is largely matter
for the candidate to decide, but there are
so many other considerations that Mr.
stImson and his advisers had their hands
full with 1t yesterday.
In the afternoon Lloyd c. Griscom, presi-
dent of the New York County Republican
Committee: Representative Heroert Par
sons. Otto 7. Barnard and MIR. St.mson hao
a conference at the candidates office. They
met at dinner last night at the Republican
Club to talk it over further. Finally they
decided to leave the matter open until
conferences could be held with upstate men
to-day to get their views about some OF
the men discussed.
The man most talked about last night
was Charles s. Francis, OF Troy, formerly
Ambassador to Austria He is editor and
PROPRIETOR of THE Troy Times" a Progress
sive who has been close enough to the
organization in Rensselaer, County 10 be
on friendly terms with Cornelius v COL
Inns. It is understood that all the Progress
sive leaders around here, from Coionel
Roosevelt down, think Mr.. Francis would
be a good man.
Another name considered during the day
was that of Ezra P. Prentice formerly
leader Of the 18th Assembly District and
for several years representative OF that
district in the Assembly, where he became
a member of the Committee on Rules. tie
Is now a Deputy Attorney General, with
beador1arters in this city. Senator John B.
Rose. of Orange County, has been talked
abou+ for this place. So have Representa-
+ives 7 Sloat Fassett and John W. Dwight
Mr.. Stimson spent most Of his day COM
nIetinS his speech Of acceptance. He had
conference with Mr.. Griscom hate in the
afternoon. about which neither Of them
uorId talk They went over the draft OF
the speech prepared by Mr.. Stimson, dis
cusssd the state chairmanship and gener-
sIIv talked over the campaign situation
The formal notification OF Mr.. SumSon
will occur at the Republican Club at p m
to-day. Mr.. Griscom heads the COMMITTEES
assigned to this duty by Senator Root as
chairman of the Saratoga convention. His
sreecb will he short. These ceremonies will
mark the formal opening of the Republican
campaign
TT will be a redhot campaign" predicted
Mr.. Griscom yesterday. From the moment
Mr. Stimson is notified Of his nomination
the campaign viii be open. Mr. Hearst.
soc realizes the issue-Vhether Tammany
Hall shall be allowed to have control or the
finances of New York State and direct the
completion of the s101, 10000 barge canal
Following the meeting of the state COM
-,f+tee this morning the committee chosen
at the Saratoga convention to fill the va
caucv on the ticket for associate judge of
tho Court Of Appeals will meet. It will
name Frederick Collin, of Elmira, nomt-
mated for that place by the Democrats AT
Rochester. This is in fulflment of the uu-
Outstanding that these nominations were to
no non-partisan, the Democrats renomi-
mating Judge Vann. in return for which the
RenublIcaus were to nominate the Demo-
crat chosen by the Rochester convention to
e,,cceod The late Judge Bartlett.