The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
Vice President Sherman May
Turn PrOffered Honor Back
to Roosevelt.
SITUATION IN NEW YORK
AFFECTS WHOLE NATION
Split in Republican Party Not
improbable Under Pres
ent Conditions.
BY RALPH JOHNSON.
Wire to The Tribune.

one Republican leader of national prom
inence predicted today that before
many days Vice-President James s.
Sherman would resign the position that
he has been placed in the interests of
harmony, refuse to allow his name to go
before the New York state Republican
convention as temporary chairman. In
this event the honor would go to
former President Theodore Roose-
welt; but in view of current political
events in the Empire state, it is be-
lieved Colonel Roosevelt would spurn the
offer as his name has been turned down
by the state Republican committee
once.
At Oyster Bay Colonel Roosevelt de-
MED with his characteristic vigor that
he had sent an ultimatum to President
Taft, demanding that the president
break with Vice President Sherman.
Colonel Roosevelt branded the story as
to the rumqr, Colonel Griscom, chair
man of the New York county Republi-
can committee, was to 90 TO Beverly
next week as the envoy of the former
president.
"I am sending no ultimatum to
President Taft; / have sent none and
| don It intend to send any, said
Colonel Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill
NThat report is tissue of falsebood
from beginning to end and has no war
rant in fact
Story Will Not Down.
Despite the cclonel's emphatic de-
nial there were some Of the lesser
leaders in this city who professed to be-
heve that Colonel Roosevelt is at,
tempting to establish q truce with the
administration.
The public adherence Of William
Loeb collector of the port of New
York, to Colonel Roosevelt, places him
IN delicate position, and wonderment
is expressed whether or not he will
soon be called upon to play his role of
''The Goat"
Collector Loeb is under obligations
to both President Taft and former
President Roosevelt, and it would not
come as a great surprise if Mr.. Loeb
should announce his retirement from
politics.
Collector Loeb has made name for
himself in his present office. He has
administered it without fear or favor
and in so doing he has brought down
on hls head the wrath Of many rich
Americans, who have heretofore man
aged to evade the red tape of Gus:
toms office in making European trips.
In Difficult Position.
Collector Loeb is making periodical
journeys to Oyster Bay, where he con-
fers with his former patron, and Mr..
Grlscom has also announced publicly
his affiliation with the Roosevelt
standard. And so the collector finds
himself between the devil and The deep
blue sea, so to speak.
A report came from Washington to-
day that Mr. Loeb soon will be called
upon to choose definitely between his
two masters, He must either renounce
the Roosevelt standard and take arms
with tho administration followers, or
else he must renounce the administra-
tion and take the consequences.
Mr. Loeb gets $4,000. He is bound
by ties of personal friendship to the
president and the ex-president, and he
is, as ] have already said, under obliga.
tionssto both.
Mr. Loeb has been mentioned as q
possible Republican candidate for gov.
ernor of this state upon the Republican
ticket, but he will rot speak of this
matter to intoIviewers. So far as
know. he has not discussed it with his
friends. Whether he has aspirations
to slt IN the executive chair at Albany,
knows, but he won't tell.
May Split the Party.
The strained relations between Colo.
mel Roosevelt and President Taft indi.
cate that national split is possible in
the party, but friends of Roosevelt de-
clare that be would retire from active
life rather than ieopardize the chances
of success of the party with which he
is affiliated.
1t is not too much to expect that
President Taft will make. a statement
regretting that the attitude of the ad.
ministration has been misunderstood
In New York state there are malcou.
tents in the Republican party who are
angry to think that President Taft
should align the administration with
the cold guard - in the Empire state
Mr., Sherman, in short. is expected to
be convinced that the dignity Of his
post demands a refusal to appear rs q
leader OF discredited faction. Fol
his enlightenment there will be cited
thousands of protests from all over tho
country that man of his important
official status would associate himself
with the triumvirate composed Of Wood
ruff, Barnes and Aldridge.
Root Out of the Game.
1t is pertinent to note that, while
| political affairs arc bubbling and seeth
| ing, Senator Ellhu Root formerly
known as boss of New York state, is
away in Europe, arguing at The Hague
tribunal Apparently Senator Root Is
tenure rs boss was shortlived. He is
not cutting any figure at the present
| time, at any rate.
Governor Hughes is keeping his hands
Off, although it is said that his sym
pathies arc with Colonel Roosevelt. Tho
faction that defeated Colonel Roosevelt
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