The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

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f William Barnes Jr.. leader of
the defeated Odd Guard forces
in Mem York.
not based on any personal grounds, but
because he desired an opportunity to
present Views as TO the policies which
should hereafter guide the destinies of
the republican party
Perhaps 1 had better read my let
ter to him and his letter to me:
LETTER TO COLONEL
August II, 1910.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Oy-
ster Bay, L. my Dear Colonel Roose-
Welt: 1t can not be possible that it
is necessary for me to tell you that the
action of the state committee yester-
day, in which l participated, was in no
sense intended as an act of hostility
toward you, or one of reflection upon
you.
- saw Ward and Barnes after their
talk with you. and they told me what
you said about this whole matter, and
/ hope you know, despite some things
to the contrary which the newspapers
contained this morning, that they told
you the exact facts. Not one of us sup
posed that your name would be pre-
sented without your notifying Ward,
the national committeeman, or me, the
chairman of the state committee, that
you wished it done, and l never was so
much surprised in my life as when
Griscom made the motion which he did.
Not word had been said to me before
the meeting by anybody that indicated
this course was to be taken, and un-
derstood that neither Griscom nor any
one else told Ward or Barnes or any
of the other members of the committee
that this was their purpose.
believing that you must appreciate
the position in which, under the cir
cumstances. we suddenly found our
selves after having agreed upon the
selection of Sherman. in conformity
with the precedent established by the
selection of Senator Root two years ago
as temporary chairman, l beg to re-
main, with best wishes, yours affec-
tionately. TIMOTHY WOODRUFF,
Chairman"
SHERMAN'S LETTER READ
Chairman Woodruff added to his
speech the letter written by Vice Presl-
dent Sherman to the state committee
asking that the committee investigate
the charges that his selection had been
made by Misrepresentation and the
committees action on the matter last
night.
The committee, Woodruff said, de-
cided that Vice President sherman
selection was made without deceit and
Misrepresentation.
There were cheers for the vice presi-
dent and Joseph Hicks of Nassau coun-
ty. who in a short speech nominated
Colonel Roosevelt for temporary chair
man.
The convention broke into wild
doll
gates waving their hats and clapping
their hands, while the band played
fanfare.
GRUBER FIRES SHOT
Abraham Gruber of New York, who
had been selected to fire the broad
sides of the ''old guard" against Col
onel Roosevelt's selection, was recog-
nized and made his way to the plat
form. Colonel Gruber said in part:
Twelve years ago on this platform
warned a republican convention against
turning the executive mansion into
shooting gallery. My advice was not
needed. Since that memorable day the
man who has ever since been shootlng
has seen his party organization divided
in every state, his partys candidate
Overwhelmingly defeated, business de-
pressed and the intelligent and honest
workingman without employment and
hungry. Looking for other fields for
shooting parks, this man is now shoot
ing at the courts and it's judges. Him
self a lawyer who never had case or
drew a brief, he now finds sport in
holding up the courts and Judges TO the
scorn of the mob.
DENoUNCES ROOSEVELT
But this is not q new symptom. 1t
is an old disease. This apostle of der
ringer practice, while he was presf-
dent, abused Judge Humphrey. gem
tleman and honest man, for rendering
a decision which was made according
to the law and which to this day is un-
reversed When the United States ap-
pellate court reversed Judge Lands, the
same shooter, not from the head of
barrel but from the White House, sane
tified by Abe Lincoln, told the people Of
the United States that the judges had
been guilty of miscarrying justice.
working men of the United States,
do you recall that when Hayward and
Meyer were on trial for their lives this
same shooter, with all the power of
the president of the United States,
sought to influence the jury by holding
up these leaders OF labor as undesirable
citizens?
HINTS AT MONARCHY
"A French king once said: L am
the state No sane man may ever say
I am the United States The lungs of
the country are not Its brains. Men
who a few months ago believed now
disbelieve; men who worshiped then,
now execrate, and throughout the
country the businessmen as such are
facing panic, and as lovers of their
rights and liberties are fearing revolu-
ton From Caesar to Napoleon, from
Napoleon to the American Jack Cade.
when given power to shoot the
trusts, he drew line between the good
ones and the bad ones. The steel and
sugar trusts were the good ones, those
which would not help along the shoot
ers political schemes were the bad
ones AS now those who cry Vive le
roin are good republicans, and those
who are putting patriotism above all
else and therefore. will not join the
cry, are bad republicans.
CITES HARTMAN LETTERS
while under the table touch Coxs
feet, / cannot with Lorimer sit down
and eat Fellow citizens OF New York,
has the correspondence with Hartman
passed from your minds. While the
firm was Roosevelt & Hartman and
not Roosevelt & Lincoln, the shooter
and railroad man were engaged in a
joint plant TO get money, and, in writ
ing the senior member of the firm as