Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-27
FIGHT ON ROOSEVELT
BY HIS ENEMIES
WILL Be BITTER ONE
If the Colonel Wins He Can
Elect His Ticket if That Is
Possible, Assert His Foes

Especial Dispatch TO The Journal
SARATOGA. n. Y, Sept Eff
Roosevelt wins he can name the whole
ticket and elect Il IL he can" is the
practically unanimous response Of old
guard leaders. to queries as to whom
they viii put forward for governor and
other state Officers
SHOULD Roosevelt dominate the con-
vention let him run for governor HIM
self. IL he dares." is the revengeful sug-
gestion OF former Superintendent OF In
surance Louis F. Payne
we have no choice for governor. We
are simply fighting against the Roose-
Welt proposition Of making the Repubh-
can party as radical as Bryan tried to
make the Democratic party" said Old
Guard Chief William Barnes, Jr. We
expect to win If we are beaten the
responsibility for the nomination and
election Of the ticket must rest upon
other shoulders than ours"
congressman William S. Bennett, OF
New York. seems as yet practically the
only avowed candidate for governor At
least he is the sole man who has open
ed headquarters. He wants the nomi-
nation and is doing his best 10 get it.
Henry L. Stimson. who has been the
real Roosevelt favorite for months, con-
tinues in a receptive mood Senator
and try to make Superintendent OF
Public Works Frederick Stevens Roose-
welt supporters who fear a break in the
RennSaeler delegation are dangling the
governorship bait before Mayor Mann.
OF Troy. Boss Greiner. OF Buffalo. Is
stun playing Attorney General O'Malley
TO make sure OF knocking out Supertn-
tendent Of Insurance Hotchkiss. Should
O'MaIley fail OF the nomination for
governor. his nomination as attorney
general seems assured Secretary OF
state Roenig. State Treasurer Dunn. IL
ne desires II. and State Engineer and
Surveyor Williams are also slated for
second trial
STANDARD OIL DOUGH.
II is reported that Roosevelt, should
ne carry the convention. may throw over
n V V Franchot for state chairman,
sand try to make Superintendent OF
Prisons Collins his right hand man"
Woodruffs successor, Frsnchot. is be-
ing assafled as the Standard Oil man
whose election would mean a bid for a
big pot OF Standard OIL dough.
Barnes and the old guard still persist
the ticket and platform. they will con-
troll the new state committee and choose
such officers as they please
Woodruff is still coy as to whether
he will stand for reelection in case his
friends hold the state committee
That depends upon conditions that
nav prevail when the issue confronts
me-" he answers to all questions.
At this hour the Roosevelt ana old
guard managers are stoutly predicting
triumph for their respective factions
superintendent OF Prisons Collins and
BOSS Greiner. OF Buffalo. who will con-
duct the Roosevelt skirmishes, until the
colonel arrives on Monday. maintain
that on temporary Craftsmanship as well
as on direct nominations. the crucial
issue, they have the Sherman-Barnes-
woodruff alliance beaten by a hundred
majority.
NEITHER TOO CONFIDENT.
Barnes. major generalissmo of the
anti-Roosevelt forces, retorts that he
and his allies will throw at least Sic of
the LOIS votes against Roosevelt and
that they will repudiete any Cobb. Hin
man, Green or other legislation inimical
20 the retention OF the state conventions
BY an even larger majority
That neither faction is too confident,
however, is manifested by the eagerness
with which scouts for both watch the
incoming trains. escort delegates on the
fence TO the headquarters to which they
are attached and then turn them over
20 the arguments OF the men higher
up"
While the warning factions were en-
pIoying every means known to the politi-
cal game to bolster up this and that
delegation. and steal enough from each
other TO clinch a majority in convention.
there were renewed disputes over con-
flning a recognition OF President Taft
TO a mere approval OF his administration
I'D to date or indorsing him Cor re-
nomination in 1912.
Former Deputy Superintendent Of In
surance Robert H Hunter. whose
Duchess county convention declared for
Taft for a second term. is laboring to
accomplish this IL only to smash the
harder Roosevelt and his supposed aspi-
rations for Taft's job.
II seems to be generally understood
that the tentative draft OF the platform
John A. sleicher Is preparing for Colonel
Roosevelt will contain not only pledge
60 put through the Cobb bill at the
forthcoming legislative session, but to
improve the income tax. denounce Al
pany grafters. call for conservation OF
natural resources as advocated by
Roosevelt, and heartily recommend the
Roosevelt new nationalism" theory.
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