The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07
old GUARD AT BAY,
. IS !! READY TO FIGHT.
Hurls Defiance at Roose-
velt and w illiam
Loeb.
POLITICIANS IN
PRETTY WRANGLE
Loeb Told That He Cannot Have
Support Of Own County for
Governor, and Plain Talk
Is Given to Rough Rider
of Sycamore
Hill.

Hill.
New York, July 6.-The biggest SEN
sation of the political midsummer sea
son was developed as result OF Sc
ries Of conferences among Republican
leaders in this city yesterday and last
night, and the defiant challenge OF the
old Guard" Republicans TO the new
Hughes-Ta Roosevelt combination
for reform.
Colonel Roosevelt has been served
with letter setting forth the attitude
of the Old Guard in vigorous terms.
William Loeb has been visited in per-
son and fatty told that his aspirations
for the gubernatorial nomination will
not be indorsed by his home county Of
Albany.
The letter to Colonel Roosevelt was
written by William Barnes, Jr., the
young cock of the North, who figured
prominently in the defeat of the direct
nominations plan last week. He is the
Republican boss of Albany county, ed
itor of the Albany Journal and pow
er in the state.
In his communication to Colonel
Roosevelt as the active head of the
proposed new political deal in this
State, Barnes spoke for his colleagues
and coworkers. Speaker Wadsworth
and the group of up State leaders who
defeated Governor Hughes's direct
nominations project.
Attitude of Old Guard.
The contentious OF Barnes and his
fellows are:
That the Republican party In New
York must return to Its landmarks sf
conservatism and cease trifling with
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Cobb direct primary bill Is claimed TO
be-
That La Toilette has no place in
Republicanism in New York. and the
Republican party must make up Its
mind to stand for conservatism
That these questions must be set
! tied definitely at the coming State con-
vention in the platform to be adopted
and for platform of conservatism
Barnes and his friends intend to tight
| to a finish.
| Mr.. Barnes in his letter to Colonel
| Roosevelt, referred more particularly
to the espousal by Colonel Roosevelt OF
the Cobb bill. In general terms he
included pointed reference to alleged
populistic theories. sas against old
time Republicanisn. and made 1t clear
where his group of Republicans stands.
Barnes said that the public demand
for primary reform. such as there
might be. and he does not think there
is a great deal of it at that. could be
satisfied with the passage OF DILL
similar to the Phillips measure, once
| vetoed by Governor Hughes, which
provided form of direct nominations.
yet not abolishing the convention sys-
tenn.
Petty Bosses in League.
! The significance of this open defiance
| of the Hughes s-Taft-Roosevelt combi-
nation on the primary reform project
/, is that 1t means coalition Of the petty
| bosses upstate on general proposi-
! ton of conservatism against progress
| siveness. Once this fact is demonstrate
| ed the progressives will go after that
| group OF upstate conservatives, put
them in the category of reactionaries
array the spirit of progressiveness
! against them. and see what happens
in the State convention
| 1t Is prophesied by some Republicans
here that Colonel Roosevelt will side
| step Barnes's offer Of a fight on the
direct nominations bill. but will shift
the issue and put Barnes and his fol-
lowers on the defensive in discussion
of progressiveness against conserva-
tism. They are looking for Colonel
Roosevelt to come back with ringing
attack upon the Old Guard and the re-
dictionaries and counting on a call for
! a rally to the progressive spirit OF
.Republicanism.
Governor Hughes has been trying
! ever since he came into power, to lead
! his party away from the rut followed
! by the old guard which is pleased to
call itself conservative. Naturally, he
has fought much the same kind of It
! fight that has been progressing in ma
tional politics.
Taft and Roosevelt are with him.
| Now there is a clear cut issue between
them and the leaders of the old guard
/ Barnes makes an adroit appeal to
the conservative Republicanism OF the
State. The leaders here recognize thar
1t will have weight.
Paints Exaggerated Picture.
| He paints the reverse of the picture
in exaggerated colors for 1t is far
cry from the progressveness of Gov
ernor Hughes to the radicalism Of La
Toilette. However, Barnes is fearful
that is whittier the party is difting.
He views with alarm.
The appeal to conservatism is direct
ed mainly to the financial and corpo-
| ration interests. It Is intended to no.
tify them that the hight Is on between
radicalsm and conservatism in this
| State.
The defiance of the old guard con.
veyed to Colonel Roosevelt by Barnes
does not augur we'll for Republican
prospects this fall.,l
4 Barnes declares he and his friend.
are in earnest; that they are going 10
1 fight this thing out at the state con.
| yention, no matter what NAV be the
i subsequent results; that there must he
4 a show Of hands. once and for all, be.
tween the radical and the conseryativ
elements Of the Republican party.
He and his friends want ia know
what the Republican party Of This
State stands for OF course, thev wan
1t to stand for ultra conservatism,
Unquesttonably. Republican
throughout the. country will look witt
sorrow upon this spectacle of reaction.
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