The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

rather than Mr.. Taft and Colonel Roose
velt. Is the general opinion. There is
little doubt hero that Mr.. Taft and
and miIitantiy in New wy York k-i state. 'Vsih viii
have matters entirely their own way. as
far as the Republican party is concerned
In the readjustment that is bound to
come 1t is difficult to determine.
Minor Leaders Waiting
The situation is novel one IN latter
day history. The developments OF the
next few weeks are awaited with the
greatest interest
The differences between Mr.. Sherman
and the president, as revealed in Mr.
Tafts letter, appear irreconcilable
1t appears that the presidents position
throughout the entire controversy. When
Lloyd c. Grlscom left Beverly for Oyster
Bay, after spending the night of the 18th
telegram which the president had sent to
Vice President Sherman, asking him and
the leaders associated with him to con-
anything.
The president felt that this made his
position clear, and there Is reason to be-
lieve he feels just little resentful that
newspaper stories were permitted to go
out of New York and Oyster Bay putting
the president In false light before the
country.
Representative Cocks discussed tonight
the recent conferences at Oyster Bay and
especially the ones Immediately preced =
ing and following the action of the sttac
committee.
Nothing was said or done by any ono
present at these. conferences to justify
the statements that were made In the
press at the. time" said Mr.. Cocks,
Colonel Roosevelt or any one else Of a
break IN the relations between the col
onel and the president Neither was
there the slightest foundation for any
TpInrRnCn W ha Mr
welt might do at that time.
Teddy Stood by Taft.
II want to say further that when Col
onel Roosevelt was about to leave the
White House he called a number OF US
up there and told us he wanted us TO
Tofts administration a success and
wanted us to stick to Mr.. Taft no matter
what happened. Not by word or sugges-
ts, ton has he at any time changed from
Mr., Cocks deeply resented a newspaper
insinuation that the friends OF Colonel
Roosevelt could not be the friends Of
Mr. Cocks said further that the fight In
New York state was not between ''regu-
lars and insurgents according TO the
common conception OF the terms. II was
fight. he declared, between the adyo-
Gates OF clean government on the one side
and the "old gang rule" and machine
politics on the other. lie said he never
such q struggle.
1t was intimated here today that an
effort to foment trouble between the
president and Governor Hughes had been
made, but that 1t had been thwarted,
AS 10 stories that split might come
between Mr.. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt on
the subject OF Secretary Ballinger Mr..
Cocks declared that while he did not think
Mr.. Roosevelt was In sympathy with
some Of Mr. Ballinger's policies. yet he
did not believe Mr.. Roosevelt thought
any wrong doing had been proven against
the secretary OF the interior.
Representative Cocks made the state
ment that Mr.. Sherman had been report
cd in an interview as saying that the de-
feat of Colonel Roosevelt for temporary
chairman was an administrative victory.
1t was the statement it was said, follow
ing his interview with the president. that
helped to upset the New York leaders.