The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-23
WRITES LETTER.
GIVING HIS SIDE
OF CONTR ROVERSY
:-'' Defeat Of Roosevelt for Temper
ary Chairman Of New York
State Convention Without His
Knowled dge-Had Not Heard
Name of Vice. resident Men
toned in That Connection.
Griscorn Points to Deceiving got;
Taft and Believes Way Is Now
Open for Harmony.


New York, August 2:.-Pr esident b
Taft and ex-President Rooseyelt arc
again fello,y-workers In the same po-
.liticnl aeld.
The threat that they might pull
apart has been forefended by full
explanation ON one side and. an un-
reserved acceptance on the other.
The President makes It plain In 4
letter given out here to-day by Lloyd
20. Griscom, president of the New York
Republican County Committee, how
the Misunderstanding arose. He ex-
plains thnt he never took any part In
committee cabal to defeat Colonel
Roosevelt for temporary chairman OF
the coming Republican State Conven-
ton. On the contrary, he explicitly
deplOres the result of the COMMITTEES
meeting which chose vice-Prcsldent
Shcrmani he rebul<ca the party leaders
who have permitted 1t to 20 abroad
| uncontradicted that the President OF
the United States wa. behind their
fa':tional preferences; he insists that
at every opportunity he advised tho
ulsests con ferencesyvith Colonel Roose-ss
Welt, and he explains that he has been
panied by the Columns OF unfoundcd9
assertions In the newspapers concern
Ing his Htude in respect to the New
York situation.
For his part. Colonel Roosevelt.
when he read President Tafts letter
as communicated to him at Oyster.
Bay, said:
II am very glad to see President
Tafts letter and am pleased with it,,'"'
Colonel Roosevelt, In his. statement
given out at Oyster Bay. explains
What had been the course of his nego.
tiatlons with the organizations and
how. after his successive rebuffs, he
had felt that further overtures could
not consistently come from him. His
future attitude he does not define, be-
cause he Is as yet uncertain what ef-
feet on public sentiment President
been read and digested by the voters
of the State. s.
Taft's Letter.
The following letter from President
Taft to Lloyd c. Griscom, president
of the New York Republican Commit.
tee, was given out here to-day by Mr..
Griscom:
Beverly. Mass, August 20. 1910
my Dear Mr.. Griscom:
"As you know from your telephone
conversations with my office. I have
steadily refused to admit the proprlety
sor necessity Of the Presidents reply
ing to newspaper statements which
i are not based on any act of authoriz-8
/ ed word OF his and have no sponsor. /
am entirely willing, however, to re-
ply categorically to your telegram OF
August 10. which has just arrived, and III
which Is as follows: s.s
9s"'I I am Informed and believe that
several members of the New York
Republican State Committee who yot-
ed for Vice-President Sherman over
ex-President Roosevelt as nominee for
Temporary chairman Of the State con-
/ vention, were influenced by statements Z
that the yice-President.s name was
presented to defeat Colonel Roosevelt
in accordance with your, wis h. Aten-8
i ber OF the State committee declared
to me before the meeting that Mr.
sherman's candidacy had been arrang.
ed with you by telephone the previous.
i day. Efforts have been made to create
an impression tha t you favor a parti-s55
4 cular candidate for election as State
chairman want you to snow that
i the Injection OF the name of a high
4 member Of your administration into a.
faction conflict has produced a most
compltcated situation, and the q bsence5 L
of any authoritative information as to I
i your tattltude Is S0rlOuSly sIIllSleaulHA
many Republicans and impairlng Q
movement for progressive party Lead
Iership4 and clean government In this y
State. ssI know you desire us to have
a. fair field. and hope that this rnay bs i
made clear to the publ Me- 35 5SSS 5SSis
ssNholly' Untrue
S',The suggestion that have evel
depressed a Wish to defeat Mr.. Roose-
velt for the temporary chairman hip OF.
1.-The convention or have ever "a ken the
/ slightest step to do soSis wholly. un-
true. 7 never heard Mr.. Shernan'AS
name suggested as temporary chair
Imam OF the State convent tion unit q 5
I saw in the newspapers Of August IN
THAT he had been selected atathe meet. I
Ling of the committee Vhen you called
4 at my house saturday evening, August
\ 49,. you told me that Nj Roosevelt ms
Itended TO go TO the convention |; rs
Idelagate. and you suggested Incl eiden.1s
Italy his being made temp porary skair-S3
ma "a sug Eestion In which ncqut.
esced. IT did not occur, TO me that any
/ one would oppose ", E Thts was The
IHrst time he5subjec sot the tenn ary j
chairnanship was mentt Toned 70 me hys
any one, You did not ash kSI1ne ~ ssa IA