The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-26

SARATOGA, y Y, sept. 26.-The0-
dOTe Roosevelt viii be elected tenn
poTary chairman Of the Republican
State convention with al least fifty
votes to spare. The question Of di-
rect primaries hangs in the balance
The Roosevelt progressive forces
talk confidently Of increasing the
Republican state committee from 50
mem bers - $50
Little or nothing is said about can
didates, the real object of the conven-
ton being apparently lost in faction
al warfare.
This was the condition of affairs
IN Saratoga at the arrival Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt today. With practi-
caly all the delegates and leaders
on the ground the final details of the
struggle were held in allegiance IN
til the arrival OF the colonel.
Both sides declared that there
would be no compromise, that the
fight must be decisive and final
Whether or not the Republican party
in the State should be drasticaIIy
reorganized was recognized by both
factions as to the big central issue
The promise was demanded by
some Of the upstate delegations that
a less drastic direct primary bill
than the Cobb law be urged in the
platform. Generally, however, the
policies Of Governor Hughes will be
Endorsed and recommended in the
platform
Griscom Claims Two-ThiTds.
Colonel Roosevelt viii have at
least two-thirds of the delegates for
him and may be more said Girls
com today following a conference
with Cornelius V. Collins. of Troy;
Herbert Parsons. and other RoOse-
welt leaders
All Indications today reiterated the
forecasts Of the last week that the state
convention which opens tomorrow viii
be the strangest ever held in New York
state and perhaps In the United States
It was utterly impossible to predict who
would be named for governor There
was but one public boom. That was for
Representative Bennett, Of New York.
and as a damper on that came the re-
port that Colonel Roosevelt disapprOved
OF nominating the Representative No
mention has been MADE for the other
offices. The convention viii convene I'M
der conditions that have not prevailed
for great many years There will be
no slate and the nomination prizes Will
be gained In a scramble on the floor.
The line Of battle finds the old
Guard apparently hopeless but de
family drawn up its final battle under
William Barnes IT. who has as his stan
Speaker WadsWorth- Timothy L Wood
ruff, Lou Payn, ana Abe GrUbeT. on
the side of the pTOEreSsiVes stands Col
OneI Roosevelt, with Lloyd G GTiSCOm.
Representative Herbert Parsons, of New
York. and Cornelius V Collins. OF Troy.
as his foremost aides
Well-meaninE peacemakers today sd-
vanced the names OF Representative
F-eeland Of ChaurauQua- and President
SChurmdn, CT Cornell University. as
com promise candidate for the temporary !
In practically every in /
stance they returned abaShed and IN
vfnced that compromise had no place on I
either faction 5 program
Bitter comment on President Taft was 1
openly made BY the Old Guard today
in the shape Of declarations that Fed
sral employees were cOerced into sup
porting Roosevelt
GTubeT Charges Interference.
Gruber in the United States Hotel !
openly charged that Roosevelt had been
permitted 10 use the Federal strength in /
this state as a club to further his own /
ends
The state committee was stiH in
-harge OF the convention today, Mr. 1
Barnes directing operations from the /
United States Hotel cottages one and /
-wO, the headquarters OF the committee |