The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-17

the programme WAS - eliminate kooee-
vels dictataon Il Republican policies in
this State and that u was the intsntIpn
of the Woodruff element - have a reSo-
mtion presented 70 the meeting ssiecting
ce-President Jamer = sherman FOR
temporary chairman also that they had
the votes ~ carry II
Mr. Griscom sought a postponsfnent
he suggested that carrying out such a
ylan would tend T. disrupt the party
Ia the state. that IL would lead a. an open
hight on the floor Of the convention and
that u mad. Republican success AZ the
coming election practically hopeless
Mr. Griscom was told that all thee =
Possibilities had been discussed but
that rather than have -usurI'ers" endeav-
orlng 60 control the party IN the state
the machine men were willing - face
the loss e the Governor-hlp They
did not hesitate u Say that a Democratic
Governor would hold once for only two
years and that as u wa= by no means
sure that the Legislature would be Demo-
cratic ~ was worth while - sndur. two
years 81 a Democratic Governor II by
means ~ It the ProEr.ssI"es could he
sluelchei
GRIscoM DECIDES 10 TRY II ANYWAY
This information. which came to Mr.
Crlscom lust before the calling Of the
committee 20 order left HIM at disad
vantage because he had collected the
Necessary votes TO he confident
Al the conference he had with Mr.
Roosevelt AZ Oyster BAY on Monday Mr.
Roosevelt acceded Ia the suggestion that
he should be temporary chairman Of the
convention. hut Mr. GrisCom left Oyster
BAy with the understanding that the
State committee would not name its
temporary chairman until the meeting
10 be held AT Saratoga on september %
the dAy before the convention. and that
therefore there would ~ no reason to
mention Mr. Roosevelts name at the
meeting yesterday
In the little time that he had before
the meeting Of the COMMITTEE" Mr. Gris-
com had no opportunity to get into com
munica,ion with Mr. Roosevelt and he
decided upon hls own lni'iativn TO offer
an amendment TO the resolution which
had been prepared naming MIR. sherman
- the temporary chairman of the con-
ventlon.
BATTLE JOINED
ing Saratoga and September % as place
and time for the convention had been
done MIR Barnes rose and said
L now move that the COMMITTEES name
for temporary chairman 81 the State
convention James =. sherman
Mr. Ward seconded the motion without
comment Instantly Mr.. Griscom rose
and said
i move to substitute for the name Of
Mr. sherman the name Of Theodore
Roosevelt and further move that the
consideration OF the entire matter 90
over until the next meeting
Speaker Wadsworth. a. parliament
tartan. objected 90 the form Of the mo-
tion. lie pointed out thar Mr. Griscom
had really made Two motions and that
IL was Impossible for the meeting 10 con-
slider both Of them at the same time
IF he makes a nomination for tenn
porary chairman said Mr. Wadsworrh.
that IL one thing. but u ms motion l.
90 postpone consideration Of the selec-
ton OF a chairman. that IA entirely another
thing
Mr. GrlscSrl thereupon withdrew that
part Of hls IT otlon referring TO Mr. Roose-
NSl' szi left standing his proposal for
postponement This was after some
discussion on parliamentary practice
and after he had been convinced that the
two clauses Of his resolution could not
Be- considered simultaneously
PosrPoNEMENT BEATFN, /? TO %.
That part OF the motion which called
for a post ponement was first put n a vote
by Chairman Woodruff and was defeated
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AoniaSi P,-'ppr, n. p' John J Bartl~''.
Queens PROV. l. Y Dletspni John
Campbell. Kings PROV. Rtrh,rd Wright
Lewis NJ >w,-ev Kings Jlooh \ Living
sfon. KING , j u krack-. kiuss 1imo'hy
L. Woodruff KING Michel DIy.
KINGS G"urs" rpuWsIl. Va almond 'proSt.
John = .min Ir. Joseph II 10 Brtggt.
Queen. .rroNv. Fran. ip.'., william I.
Ward. w"s'"he-'"r Zen amin u ud"il.
Jr prov. Iu'h"r Len" T.pII~ : Pawn.
Chatham ,prpyr. sanford " smith
Allen William Btrn"-. Jr albany !
Duran Itwr"n -. D"Itwar~ Joan Is
Stewart Nm,t-rttm john ; O.Br."u
Pla'tshurg lprpNN. I-urF' ~. Mlhv
Daniei B. S'r"r-I. Hersmar JuIn Nurr
O-WeRo Friu'i~ lI-nir..h-. Sfrlru-.
Charlie u B"'t- I.vsu~ t,"u~g" " ~.
aTidgs ED hester John \ Merritt Ip.kpur'
For Prs'possU.'Hf Charles N Murray
New NorN SITu"I ku"nz. New lurk
Geors" y MIun t-"r N"W York William
HsnN"l New \ufs IN y Prentice. Saw
YORK prov. IAp.i Dr- ON Hlrry "
Mz'k. N"w orr sam lei krricwtt,h New
York Moses VI N'hsr >"V Nork. william
" leu tyrk. N-W lofs pruN, NllIim
> Bsuua'i G-"rs' " lnuu I.iugtEm'ou
prov. Jonn " pNlgl'. D ~lptt Fa--.r'.
Elmlr, Prov. ~-yrplr LpNuIu. "
Andei, pn. ~ large
its'oi John rrIrm. ia. aud Wi am
n DAn'"is 81 Eri-. and Frank r I''or 81
CREISER NrN ASSENT
Tho three absentee ar" supposed - he /
controlled by Fred Grein"- Tho Rapuhl!-
can leader = BuffalD. and their absence.
especially N view e the fact that they
were not represented hy pru.l"s and a.
Mr. Greirer has been boxed upon as a
supporter # Gov Hughes caussd con-
siderable comment the vot" beng a. ri 80
as " was
SHERMAN CHOSEN ~ TO Is