New-York tribune., 1910-09-23
pronressiye Leaders Gather at
oy:..f Bay and Express Con-
fidence in Fights Outcome.
SOME TALK OF CANDIDATES
co,.iment of Those in Confer.
.,ce Favors Nomination Of
urstate Man, Though Slim
son Also Finds Favor.
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-
-,-eful count Of the delegates through
,,,- the state as reported by the anu
-Too5-,r-T workers in all sections Inc
.-,-dict Of each man present was the
-.,e namely. that Colonel Roosevelt
lid be chosen as temporary Chairman
- tho Saratoga convention by al least
an, hundred majority and that the doom
- the old guard" leaders and their
..-.,-,s nat. policies vas already in slgnt-
rom the information which he had
-.ceive6 from upstate and elsewhere MI
Roosevelt said: 4 think 1 may De rea-
,so,ablv safe in saying We SHAH nave
cne hundred majority.
T1oz-5 {. Gr7scoTu, president OF the Re-
,-,br;can County Committee. put IT more
o-,rharicaIlv. We viii have majority
- more than one hundred delegates at
+ne Saratoga convention said he Ny
-.tr,s+e has been that there will be o'V
- FOR Mr.. Roosevelt for temporary
-.s5--nar II have occasion TO revise
-his estimate il viii only mean 10 H.
,-rsse the majority I reported TO MI
r7,osevelr several accessions 10 our
ranks. among them delegates from
ro,-,obeSs and Montgomery count1eS.
There may be more. Mr.. Roosevelt VIII
~ temporary chairman; there Is NO
question about that
The other men who conferred Win
,-oroDa1 Roosevelt were otto 7 Barnard
ra-,-bI;csn candidate for Mayor OF Ne"
York CITY last year; Congressman Her
,e-r Parsons. Controller PrenoerSast oI
Ne1 York. Congressman Calder anu
Naval officer = ! H. Kracke-
Lean &c Upstate Candidate
The platform was discussed al to-day
,-ss-i-r in 2 general way. and a number
or candidates for Governor we're men
-fonod Nothing more definite would be
done in regard TO either matter, II was
said un+f the wishes OF the upstate
r,-or-essiyes were consulted at Sara
+opa Il IS the strong desire Of Colonel
Roosevelt and all the Progressive lead
ers 70 nominate an upstate man. II no
one from I'D the state can be found who
z-iE develop sufficient strength as a-Note
refter. in The opinion OF the delegates, II
iS likely that the name Of Henry l.
- Srfuso7 former United States Attorney.
will be urged upon the convention MI
s-ir,sor < known TO be Colonel Roose-
yel;-s fs7-orite candidate If conditions
should warrant the selection Of a man
from this end Of the state
one new name was most favorably
mentioned at to-day's conference It
uag thai Of Elias Mann. Mayor of
Troy. Colonel Roosevelt spoke very
fs~ora hlv Of Mr Mann as an upstate
candidate. He said he would have
strong following and make an excellent
Governor
Samuel z. Donneiiy. OF Brooklyn, who
was appointed Public Printer by Mr.
Poosevelt. vas suggested as candidate
for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket
with Mr Mann.
other names suggested for the gov
ernorship were Jacob Gould Schurman.
president of Cornell University, Harvey
D Hinman. Senator from Broome Coun-
Y. Frederic e. Stevens. State Superin-
tendent of Public Works; Frederic NJ
Uavenpo-t. Senator from Oneida County:
William H Hotchkiss. State Superin-
tendent OF Insurance; Congressman
William :. Bennett and Congressman w
Y. Cocks. who represents the Oyster
Es. district.
Convention Will Indorse Taft.
T can be said with certainty that the
Saratoga convention will adopt a reso-
luton indorsing the administration Of
President Taft There viii be no oppo-
sitiFn from the Progressive delegates on
that point. except that they may be eau
toned not 70 make such an Endorsement
TOO sweeping. 50 as TO include all parts
n the tariff bill and the Ballinser con
troversv The committee on resolutions,
y is understood viii not incorporate in
Bs lamentations = plank for the re
nomination ~ President Taft in 1912.
This action. il was said. viii be regarded
IS following President Tsft's personal
request
Referring 70 this subject after the
Conference TO-DAY. otto T. Bannard said:
In m, opinion the Saratoga convention
viii adopt a resolution indorsing the az
ninlstration Of President Taft In ac-
cordsnce with the Presidents expressed
wishes. no mention viii be made Of 1872
N opposition to an Endorsement OF the
Taft administration viii come from the
delegates friendly to Mr.. Roosevelt or
Z" Mr. Griscom-
T. was decided ~ to-dsy's conference
r. urge the rollcall Of all the delegates AT
TIE convention and 70 put every man on
record for good and all as 10 where ne
stands for or against Colonel Roosevelt
fof temporary chairman. In this way IL
Is hoped 70 add mere votes To the Roose-
velt column. Il was explained that some
81 the delegates Y no are now lined up
with the Barnes Woodruff forces might
vote Tor Mr Roosevelt If il came 20 a
shov--down by a call Of the rob.
Some Of the PrOeressiVes spoke favor
ably Of the candidacy of Senator Him.
man. He was indorsed by Governor
Hughes. President Taft and Senator
Root for Republican leader and prcsi-
Gent pro tenn Of the State Senate when
ssnator Aids resigned after the Conger
charges. Mr.. Stevens would also make
uery acceptable candidate in some
GsarterE, il was saiu- on account Of his
vigorous support Of Colonel Roosevelt in
fsgfIna.d "a zeugnd pzr.