New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
Desperate Efforts in Utica Fail
to Save VlCe-President's Dis
trict to the '0ld Guard"
GRISCOM PLEASED BY NEWS
Woodruff, Cheered by Talk with
Barnes, Reiterates Predictions
That Progressives Will
Lose at Saratoga.

nevertheless Vice-President Sherman
would go as-e delegate 70 the state con-
vention- and would be elected tenn
porary chairman.
Chairman Woodruff was much an
noyed. all the same. at the loss OF the
Vice-President's own district. which will
split the Oneida County delegation
State Committeeman Strobel and ex-
Mayor Wheeler. Sherman Heutenants.
who talked with Mr. Woodruff over the
telephone. seemed 70 think they'd done
very well to carry the other two dis
tricts in the county.
The Progressive columns added two
heavy items to their total Postmaster
Fred Greiner. Of Buffalo, carried his
county primaries easily That means a
delegation Of sixty one solid for Roose-
welt and a direct nominations plank.
Cornelius v. Collins carried Rensselaer,
County for the Progressives. Rensselaer,,
with it's two Assembly districts. has
nineteen votes
The Woodruff -Barnes-Ward element
had no hope of splitting the Rensselaer,
delegation They did think. though. that
they could split the Erie delegation by
some such move as resulted in a split
delegation IN the 18th Assembly District
in New York County. which will break
New York County's solid 100 votes.
Reports on the primaries received at
state headquarters indicated that aside
from the Oneida County result. things
had gone much as the ''old guard lead
ers expected. Albany. Schenectady.
Syracuse. Rochester and Westchester
County will send solid ntf-Roosevelt
delegations 70 Saratoga, according 10
the reports Of their leaders TO State
Chairman Woodruff William Barnes.
jr.. of Albany County. telephoned 10
Chairman Woodruff that ne figured a
against Roosevelt. That was before he
had heard of the Utica result
Lloyd c. Grfscom. president of the
Republican County Committee. smiled
joyousIy when he learned of the Oneida
County result and the turning down ns
Vice President Sherman in spite Of the
fact that he and his son had canvassed
the district and hustled at the polls all
day He reiterated his prediction that
tIlc ETOSTSSSlNGS NOuiu carry the COti-
ventiOn for Theodore Roosevelt with not
less than $40 votes He and some Of his
friends seemed inclined TO think that II
might be a much heavier vote
Mr.. Griscon declared that Mr.. Barnes's
claim that Mr. Sherman would have a
majority of fifty in the convention was
absurd He expressed confidence that
Ir E3nN=axraIr 10 ir,r,sa
choice. Mr. Griscom said:
The action Of the Republican voters
Of Mr. Sherman's own district in repudi-
ating him at the polls will have a pro-
found effect on the party throughout
the State Of New York President Taft's
letter 10 me of August 20 fully exposed
the misuse of his name and the deceit by
which Mr.. Sherman's election by the
state committee on August IS was ac-
complished. The voters of his own home
have shown their disapprovaI and voiced
IN a practical way the general sentiment
of the best element in the party
throughout the state
Mr.. Sherman cannot even go 70 the
state convention as a delegate from the
district in which he lives
II have been shown a statement is
sued by Mr.. Barnes at Albany tonight
claiming a majority of fifty at the coming
state convention in favor OF Mr. Sher-
man. I need hardly say that this claim
is absurd on the face of it. The nine
delegates from Mr.. Sherman's district
are a clear and unexpected gain which
will further increase the steadily grow
ing majority in favor Of Mr.. Roosevelt
for temporary chairman and IN favor OF
clean Republican party management
in this state"
Woodruff Satisfied by Oneida.
II received from state Committeeman
StrobeI OF the Oneida -Herkimer dis
trict. and ex-Mayor Wheeler reports
that the result of the primaries there
assured them OF twenty-three out Of
the thirty-two delegates 70 the state
from that district" said
state Chairman Woodruff. They ex-
pressed themselves as entirely satisfied
with the result. in view OF the tremen-
dous fight which had been made against
them in the ID District. Mayor Wheeler
said that the Vice President would head
the delegation from the 1st District to
the convention. have no doubt that
he will be elected temporary chairman
by a substantial majority.
Reports from YOnkers show that Mr..
Ward carried every election district IN
the city which assures US OF a solid
delegation of thirty three from West
chester County. State Committeeman
Merritt tells me there was no contest
in Niagara County to-day. The eonven-
tions will be held Friday. and we be-
Iieve this indicates that we shall have
the thirteen delegates from that county
There were no contests in Albany,
which means a solid delegation OF
twenty-eight: or In Syracuse. which
means the OnOndaga delegation OF
twenty-nine will be sold; or in Roches-
ter. with the thirty eight delegates in
Monroe County I am told that Lewis
County. with 1--WE delegates. is IN line.
The I'd District OF Orange. with eight
delegates. went for sherman. Ulster
County also. I am informed. has Joined
the procession We are entirely salts
fed with the results
The first word Of the odd guard" VIC