New-York tribune., 1910-08-25
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bosses which brought about the selec-
tion of Vice-President Sherman tenn
porary chairman. shall remain in con-
troll of the party organization. This, to
their mind. is the immediate application
of the direct nominations doctrine.
They say that the attempted tricking
OF the President of the United States by
a coterie of the men whom Governor
Hughes dubbed petty satraps'' Will go
further toward putting them out of pol
itics than legislation. though, because
the public won't stand for that kind of
work
Reports were afloat yesterday that the
Progressives, taking advantage of the
change in sentiment Of some state COM
mitteemen. might seek to have another
meeting Of the state committee called to
overturn the work of the last meeting
and choose Mr. Roosevelt for temporary
chairman. This seems unlikely. 1t is not
believed that Mr.. Griscom and some of
the others who have given this matter
thought have approved il.
Whether or not a meeting Of the state
committee could be called. and whether
or not the Progressives could control the
committee at this time, they can't see
much use in taking a gratuitous slap at
Vice-P President Sherman. If II becomes
necessary TO fight him as a candidate
for temporary chairman in the conven-
ton they're willing TO do it.
Tried to Deceive Three.
Discussion of the method by which Mr.
Sherman was selected will not down.
At least three New York County mem
bers of the state comnittee-United
States Marshal Henkel, Samuel Kruie-
witch and George Wanmaker. have told
their associates that National Commit
teeman Ward urged them to vote for
Mr.. Sherman as the administration
candidate" They understood from what
Mr.. Ward said to them that Mr.. Sher-
man had the Presidents favor and that
the proposition to make him chairman
was being advanced in the nature Of an
Endorsement" of the federal admins
tration.
The point of this is that all three hold
office under the federal administration,
and naturally would be likely to be sus-
ceptible 10 Mr.. Wards arguments AS
it happens, they knew Mr. Griscona's
views regarding the situation, and had
reason to believe that he was as close
10 the administrator" as was Mr..
Ward. Therefore, they voted for Mr.
Roosevelt, and will do SO in the state
convention.
Mir. Parrish;s Query.
Samuel L. Parrish, formerly chairman
of the Suffolk County Republican Com
mittee, has sent this letter to John ].
Bartlett. state committeeman for the
1st District. whose proxy voted with the
''old guard for President Sher-
man:
In view of the clean-cut issue now raised
between the progressive element of the
and the So-caIled ''old guard it becomes
imperative that the voters of the 1st Con-
gress District should know where their
leaders stand.
II was therefore with the greatest interest
that your constituents noted that at the
recent meeting Of the state committee your
proxy was voted for the defeat OF Colonel
Roosevelt for the position of temporary
chairman OF the approaching state con-
whether that vote represented your own
views and would have been SO cast had you
DeeQ personally present.
Leaving this question aside for the mo-
ment, however, will you permit me TO
broadly analyze, in as few words as pos
Slbie, the present situation as 1t appears TO
me? AS we all know, there has been in !
our state, ever since public opinion forced
upon two unwilling conventions the nomi-
nations followed by the two elections of
Governor Hughes to the Office he now holds, |
iyrepressible conflict between him and
ganiza ton. whose leaders are too well
known to require the mention of their
names.
That Governor Hughes has stood for all
that is honest and clean and straightfor
ward and efficient in our political life. while
his most active opponents have in large
measure stood for the opposite is q ma tier
of such general knowledge as TO require no
comment.
ernor Hughes from the arena of politics to
the place Of supreme dignity and lifelong
crucial power TO which he has been SO re
Gently exalted with the universal acclaim
of his fellow citizens throughout the coun-
try his political followers suddenly found |
themselves without a leader. and yet called
upon to do battle with an intrenched or
ganization whose whole life and disciplined |
energy are so largely devoted TO the ne
power for selfish purposes and not for the
public good.
in our party naturally turned to the one
man fitted above ali Others to lead them in
an aggressive fight for the improvement
Of political conditions in our state, and
now ask YOU. thus publicly, on which side
you propose to align yourself in the selec-
fion Of Suffolk Countys delegates to the
apuroachfne state convention.
In other words. so far you can infu-
ence the result. are the delegates 10 truly
represent the spirit of Taft and Roosevelt
and Hughes and Root, or that of Woodruff
and Barnes and Ward and WadsworthE
Or still further, are they TO represent a
policy in the state convention that can lead
nrI1- 10 an overwhelming and deserved de-
feat in the approaching election, with all
that that implies in both state and nation,
l.a md p
eressiyeIv felt IN formulating such q plat
form and nominating such candidates as
will both deserve and secure Republican
victory i'll November next
Nor must il be forgotten by the voters
at the coming primaries that the character
of our Suffolk County delegation 70 the !
convention will largely determine that OF
our new state committeeman, as ] under !
stand YOU intend TO retire from that po- |
sition.
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