The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-23
PRESIDENT PUTS
END TO RUMORS
Emphai.cally Denies Break
With Roosevelt.
EXPLAINS TO GRISCON

In Letter to Chairman Of New York
County Committee, Mr.. Taft AZ
serts He Insisted That Before Ae.
tIon Was Taken on Convention
Craftsmanship Colonel Roosevelt
Should Be Consulted and Harmony
Preserved by Concessions.
New York, Aug. %. - President
Taft not only had no hand in the
triekery at the meeting OF the Repub'
licsn state committee last Tuesday,
whereby William l.. Ward national
committeeman; State Chairman Tim
othy l.. Woodruff, William Barnes,
Jr., the Albany county leader, and
Speaker James s. Wadsworth, sue.
ceeded In having motion adopted
naming Vice President Sherman as
the temporary chairman of the Re.
publican state convention in place OF
Mr.. Roosevelt, but in u letter receiV.
ed by Chairman Griscom OF the Re
publican county committee, 1t was
made plain that Mr.. Taft insisted that
before any choice was made by the
committee. Mr.. Roosevelt should be
consulted.
Mr.. Roosevelt was not consulted.
In order to carry out their promise
to the president, Mr.. Ward and Mr..
Barnes, II is true, did meet Mr..
Roosevelt by appointment In the
Manhattan hotel but that was an
hour after the meeting OF the state
committee.
Mr. Taft, over the long distance
phone and by means OF telegraph
messages, had expressly told the
leaders Of the regulars. as the Wood
run. Barnes combination like to call
themselves, that IL there was any dis
affection likely to arise at the meet,
ing his name was not to be used and
that, on the contrary, in the interests
Of harmony, he wished that the mem
bers of the state committee would
consult before the meeting with Mr..
Griscom and Mr.. Roosevelt.
MIR. Griscom after the meeting on
Tuesday stated that Mr.. Taft had told
him that he would do nothing which
might seem antagonistic to Mr.
Roosevelt, and Mr.. Griscom stated
further that he was sure that the
abatement made by Mr.. Woodruff, Mr..
Barnes and the others who led the
movement for the choice OF Mr.. Sher'
iAen, that. their action had heen sane
toned by Mr. Taft, was entirely with
out foundation.
When Mr. Woodruff, Just after the
meeting, was told what Mr.. Griscom
had said, the state chairman insinu-
atsd that Mr. Griscom ought 10 be
enrolled az q member OF the Ananias
club He said that Mr.. Sherman,
with whom he had long talk on the
night before, had spoken with Mr..
Taft over the phone. as had also Mr.
Ward, and that both had been as
sured by the president that II could
be announced at the meeting that the
selection OF Mr.. Sherman had his ap
provsl
So far from Mr.. Taft sending any
BhCu mtbhdbt " VI thNSN 'hNH
he sent telegram to Mr.. Sherman
fnsisting that before any action wal
taken by the committee Mr.. Roose
veit should be consulted with, an'
that IL there was need, reasonable
concessions should be made with tn
progressives, both with regard Il
platform and candidates.
The letter from President Tart 4
Mr.. Griscom does away altogethe
with the wild stories which hay
been floating around for more thai
week past to the eject that ther
ID o break between Mr., TAFT and MI
Roosevelt. As this letter shows, tn
president had nothing TO do with tn
turning down Of Roosevelt by th'
state committee. II was, in fact, hi
hope that there should be harmon.
at the meeting.
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