Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-09
ROOT AT THE HEAD
New York Senator Dominates
Affairs in Albany.
DESIGNATES PARTY LEADER
Blocks Plans of the Woodruff Fac
ton in State Politics.
BOOSTS FRIENDS OF HUGHES
Telegram Rejecting Views of Men
High in Republican Councils
Read at Conference.
BOOSTS FRIENDS OF HUGHES

AS indicated in The Star yesterday.
Senator Root in behalf of the New York
republicans who represent their state in
Congress, and acting In harmony with
the national leaders, has undertaken to
voice to the leaders at Albany the
views of republicans high in state and
national politics OF the situation at AL
bany.
Senator Roots participation came at
the psychological moment and had the
effect desired. He sent a telegram yes
terday to the party managers in Albany
which resulted in Immediately hating the
plans Of the Woodruff faction and put
position of vantage in the reorganization
of the state senate and the planning OF
the coming campaign.
Senator Root yesterday sent a telegram
to State Senator Frederick NJ Davenport
advocating the candidacy of Harvey d.
Human, a stanch supporter of Gov.
Hughes, for the state senate leadership.
as against George A. Davis and George
H. Cobb, the latter the candidate of
Timothy Woodruff, who named Mr.. Aids
as leader against the protest of other
prominent republicans.
The telegram was read at the confer
ence which earlier in the day seemed
publican votes for this Office. Its i'm
mediate effect was the adjournment of
this meeting without action until Thurs
day night.
Opposed to Hughes Policy.
Both Cobb and Davis have been re-
garded heretofore as among the senators
opposed to certain of Gov. Hughes poll
cies. While the governor has given no
public expression of his opinion on the
question of leadership he has all along
favored the election of Senator Human
All of which means that President Taft
Senator Root and the influential repub-
leans from New York in Congress are
standing solidly back Of Gov. Hughes in
the program of clean house" in New
York republican poitics-as against the
policy of "whitewashing' Allds-and the
reorganization of the party in the legisla-
ture with Gov. Hughes in control.
The Root Telegram.
Senator Roots telegram read:
The conditions attending the selection
of a republican leader in the state senate
seems to justify an expression of opinion
regarding the proposed action as a mat
ter of general party policy. After much
careful inquiry and consideration | am
clearly of the option that under exist
ing circumstances the selection of Sena-
tor Human is plainly indicated as the
only course which will present the re-
publican party to the people of the state
in the true light. will correctly exhibit
the real relation of the party as a whole
to the principles and policies for which
Gov. Hughes stands and will rightly rep
resent the wishes Of the voters of the
party. Any other action would, 1t seems
to me- be most unfortunate and injurious.
1T is my understanding that while Gov.
Hughes does not feel at liberty to inter-
fere with an expression of his opinion,
his personal view regarding Mr. Hin
mans selection is similar to that which
l have now expressed. l have consulted
with a considerable number of the ex-
perienced and disinterested members OF
our party in the state, and find a uni
form concurrence with the view which /
have expressed.
Il wish it distinctly understood that
this view involves no reflection whatever
upon any Of the other gentlemen whose