The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-15
REPUBLICANS
IN DANGER
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The New York Situation is
Crucial
MACHINE TACTICS MAY
Mean Loss Of 1912 Campaign Therefore,
the Administration Is Anxious win
Do An in It's Power TO support
the Hughes Reforms
MACHINE TACTICS MAY

New York March IS With the DE-
parture Of Senator Elihu Root yesterday
for Washington to inform President
Taft Of the result Of his conference with
Timothy Z. Woodruff. chairman Of th,
Republican state committee and The lot
cal leaders On tie question 81 Woodruff.
retirement from the Craftsmanship, looms
political situation which, Ia its larger
meaning, bears directly not only on The
coming state campaign next fall, but on
tie national campaign Of 1912.
The administration, through Senator
Root has made Il clear to those now
in the party's leadership in This state
that New York must not be lost hy the
Republicans in the gubernatorial cam.
paien. for such defeat would endangor
ne part1's success two years later 10
this end Senator Root informed Mr..
Woodruff that the opposition 70 Governor
Hughes and his measures must cease, and
the delicate suggestion Is said 70 hava
been made that the federal power would
be used to thwart neh opposition if e
continued
Whether Senator Root sought 20 force
Nr Woodruff from tbe state chairman
ship Is an initial step to remove from
The party control the so.ealled machine
leaders wa the subject Of much con.
lecture at state headquarters yesterday.
II am still here said Chairman Wood
ruf yesterday and then made It evident
ihat Be would 81 least continue IS chair.
man until the end s. is term.
There's much more than TIE chair
manship Of the state committee involved
in this matter said an upstate leader
yes terday, President Taft and his
friends are setting the stage for the
national campaign Of 1919, and the cd.
ministration feels that unless the present
state organization joins With Governor
Hughes . party split viii follow that
viii give the state 70 the Democrats next
November ard seriously ieopardize the
Republicans chance Of capturing New
Works thirty.niue electoral votes for
their presidential nominee Woodruff
viii remain chairman and tie opposition
10 Governor Hughes win is large
measure cease, % that no split may
occur, ii the Root plan is carried out, but
the election Of senator Cobb as pfesi-
dent pro tom. Of tho state Senate has
s. strengthened che hands Of Woodruff
and his friends is fife organization that
they may elect p advance sueh legisla
ton as they pleas 81 Albany and II s.
doing viii split the party wide open.
In thas event, cur hope Fes in Theo-
dore Roosevelt who viii be asked to
assume the leadership Of the party, and
BIS return 4 only three months away
The Woodruff adheents assert tbat
the efforts q TIE administration III the
present situation contemplate al inya-
sion Of the right Of state political con
troll Senator Root Is said To haye in-
sisted that if Senator Aids is guilty be-
must 60, and Chairman Woodruff made
Il plain that the Organization would lett
matters take their own course
Chairman Woodruff indicated yester
day that tbe Alids case would b judged
solely on its merits. a close adviser ofI
Mr.. Woodruff said at headquarters YES
.erday afternoon: "Tbe situation isl
thoroughly understood BY Senator Root
snd the chairman. You may call it a
Or what you VIII but Chair
nan woodruff VIII continue ~ head of
HE state committee and the organization
viii cease its opposition to the Hughe
measures 10 they win pass the legis
allure though ia modified forms The
telephone ard telegraph win be placed
inder the public service commission, but
under TIE upstate department
II Tie commission The IIiuman Green
BIZ FOR direct nominations wont 20
through but The bill drawn by tbe special
committee which is Modification IF
PIE Hiuman Green measure viii be AZ
opted Chairman woodruff tells nc that
lie stories told BY certain congressman
il Washington Chat Senator Aids is
3 be whifeaashed have no basis IN faeti
md that this case Will be fairly passed I
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