The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-18
REPUBLICANS COUNT NOSES
IOC CiN'T LITk rs, SAYS Girls
COW To THE REGI LARS.
Chairman WOodrun Makes M Further
Mathematical statements One ThlnE
Roth sides Agree On O. That u Wnl
ne warm a. saratoga In sept euber

hartman imothy I. Woodruff of tn
Republican state committee and thOs.
members Of the committee who voted fo
Sherman as temporary chairman Of tbs
stat" convention instead Of Roosevelt
were not 50 juhilant yesterday a. they
had been on Tuesday after the COMMITTEES
meeting when they saw that the action
I Of the committee meant putting to ar
end any pretensions MIR Roosevelt might
hav" to dominate Republican party Affairs
Of this state Mr. Woodruff on Tuesday
/ minated that no could not lse kicked
out Of the Craftsmanship Of tho committee
( that his retention 81 the post depended
on his own personal inClinations. that
the regulars would control the state con-
vention and that th. platform would not
contain direct primaries plank
Yesterday Mr. Woodruff was calmer
and had no morr 10 Say The few mem
hers Of the old guard who remained in
town were a. reluctant as Mr. Woodruff
To- talk
Roosevelt mon on the committee con-
ieCtured ,aloudi that tn" others had been
studying tn makeup Of IN" delegations
tp the convention and that a. result
" their analysis they were not altogether
~ confident A. they had been on Tuesday
that they would 10 able to control the CON
vention Mr. Gri-com said h. was cor
tain that IN. convention would upset thu
decision of the committee lie repeated
that Mr. Roosevelt would IT, a delegate
10 the ConN "nrion and would make a
speech from the floor IN which the Iolonel
would declare that che interests Of the
Republican party IN this state demanded
platform embodying th" principles
for which the pTogrrE-iyez stood and
a candidat" VINO would hc accepted bv all
factions a- representative. an not n mern
maChin" uominsr
MIR Grlscom said that ha had received
messages from all parts Of the State
commanding HIM and advising him 20
continue his fight against tho machine
element and predicting that he would
haV" enough delegates To upset the cleo
ton Of Mr.. sherman a. temporary chair
man Mr.. GrlsCom did not care TO give
ou the names 81 the s"ndrrs NJ these
messages
When Mr. Griscom after tho meeting
Of tn" committee told Chairman Wood
run that he would carry the fight 10 the
convention Woodruff somewhat derl-ivcly
told him 10 60 ahead and pointed out
that even n he could carry with him the
votes Of all the delegates from New York.
Queens and Richmond he would not have
more than 3ls Noie- ont Of the l.Ol5
and the regulars would have the rest
II waS admitted yesterday m the head
quarters Of the Republican State com
mite" that this was a little ec-tatic.
Mr. Gri-Coms friends were Ciphering
yesterday that. even conceding to the
regulars the votes Of all the delegates
from the dist riots they represent. the total
would b. only 5Il. and that outside Of
William Barnes, Jr.. the boss Of Alhany
their WAS not a single county boss who
could persuade his delegation 10 vote
A. a uni; when II came 10 tuning down Mr.
Roo~e velt
While tho two sides arr working their
mat hematlCs to SUIT their own views
L il agreed ny both that the fight IN SARA
oga IN September will 10 about the live .
l'=t ever known IA a Republican conv"n-
ION IN this state