The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
old GUARD TRAP
LAID FOR COLONEL
Plans Made to Force
Him Into Perilous
Position.
CAN II ESCAPE
SAY LEADERS
If Nomination for Governor Is
Not Forced Upon Him, Then
He Will Be Compelled to
Take Committee Chair
1nanship and Fight Cam
paign Without Funds.

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Barnes, Jr Republican boss of Albany
county, and the only member Of the
| Old Guard who has talked fight to Col
| onel Roosevelt as q result Of the middle
over the selection OF Vice. President
James s. Sherman for temporary chair
man of the Republican state convention,
will leave for sup-Statc tomorrow
morning, having decided upon plan
OF campaign against the Insurgent ele-
ment of the party. now headed by Col
| onel Roosevelt, during his conference
| with Timothy L. Woodruff and other
| leaders. Mr.. Barnes will take trip
! Through the State with view of get
ting in close touch with possible con-
vention delegates and securing line
| on the Roosevelt and direct nominations
sentiment as 1t exists In rural commu-
mites.
| Trnp Is Laid.
| Last night Mr.. Barnes went carefully
over the schedule of delegates and hg-
ured that out of a total of 1.11h tile
machine element will be able to con-
troll clear majority. He would not
go into details. however The Albany
Header appeared to be pretty we'll sat
listed with the way he and Mr.. Wood
L
He feels sure that Colonel Roosevelt.
| II he attends the convention. Will be
nominated for Governor and then be
| forced to take the consequences If
| this plan fails, Mr.. Barnes has still
another up his sleeve. 1t is the sad
ding of the active management Of the
ca mpaign upon the colonel and making
Iihim responsible for the result Mr..
Woodruff has made up his mind not to
! be chairman of the State committee
| any longer, even If his faction should
win out at Saratoga, and If Colonel
Roosevelt should succeed in sidestep-
ping the gubernatorial nomination the
| Old Guard hopes TO foist the chairman.
| ship on him
! This would put the management of
1 the campaign squarely up to Colonel
/ Roosevelt, and he would have to as
sumo entiro responsibility for what
happens at the polls. In arranging
| this trap for the colonel the Barnes
crowd relies strongly upon the slim
chance there will be of getting cam
| paign money. If the control of the or
ganization passes from Its hands the
Old Guard will sit idly by and chuckle
at the efforts of Its enemies to raise.
| the sinews of war. 1t is going to be
mighty hard sledding to get capital
this year, 1t prophesies. Colonel Roose-
welt has gone on record as opposing
campaign contributions, and the indi-
cations are that Wall Street or corpo-
rate interests will not come to his
assistance when the outlook for the
party this fall is so gloomy.
| Colonel Roosevelt, 1t is said, will
need a whole lot of money TO hight the
democrats, particularly II Mayor Gay
nor should be nominated, and Mr..
Barnes voiced the sentiments of his
| associates to-day when he asked,
Where is he going to get it?"
Il was quoted this morning." said
Mr.. Barnes. "as saying that 1t cost
100000 to elect Governor Hughes. 1
did not make the remark for publica-
ton, but now that 1t is put up to me.
I will not deny that I said It, I believe
1T cost more tnan this amount to elect
ilim. 1t could not possibly have been
done for less. Where is Mr.. Roosevelt
going to get this sum? His efforts
would be worth watching
Mr. Barnes was reminded that Col
onel Roosevelt had stated to-day that
bossism was the predominant issue.
That's right" replied the Albany
boss. "Bossism is the issue. There,
can be no doubt of that. believe this
man roosevelt is trying hard to be
boss of his own State. Yesterday it
was crooks AS to the coIonels deter
mtnation to rid the party of crooks,
there can certainly be no conlpromise
on that question. because there is no
fight
Want to Be Let Alone.
What the people of the country
want is to be let alone They want to
be allowed to go about their own bus
mess in peace.
What the business life OF the coun-
try needs is to be saved from the peril
which is impending, bolstered up by
this wanton political agitation. II is
not question of politics, but a oues-
ton of the business life OF the State.
It is going to be hard work. as Mr.
Woodruff says, to rehabilitate the con-
Isvention. as the politicians are strain
Ing for an issue to arouse the passion
of the public mind. 1t would not do
the party any harm to read the led
oralist once in WHILE"
| Lloyd c. Griscom president OF the
Republican county committee, left the
city tonight. He said he intended to
| go to Fairfield, Conn, to remain over
Sunday. 1t was while he was at Fair
| field last week that Mr., Grlscom got in
touch with President Taft at Beverly.
with the result that the President sent
| him the letter accusing Vice-Presldent
! Sherman Of tricking him. Mr. Girls
com was asked If he intended to get
into touch with the President again.
1 He evaded the question by remarkins
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