The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12
II No Refuses Flight WIN
30 Carried 10 ihs Ph-
mariOS Next Fall.
CAN'T WIN WITHOUT HUsEEs
eoysrncs willing 10 Mslp Owl In
campssCn u Patty Mousse
Is Cleaned.

Taft In FUN Aeessd with senator Rs@sb
Psan Ter Deanaa wah;me Wsearus.
BarueN Nar6lae-Rsse n 10 s1eef
wsoarwG IN Thls Ctey On sassaay a@R
Tea Hmm why Isis RcpssmansM 90
state Chairman y D-'~'d N'esS'sTit
WASHINGTON, March ~. Senator RcOt
will meet Timothy l.. Woodruff In Nsw
York city Sunday and will ask him 10 ~
tire from the chairmanship Of the Rspssb-
lican State committee. N Mr.. Woodruff
declines to yield fight will be hegaa en-
the Woodruff Barnes combination wNiUh
will hs carried into the primaries nNyt
September and which 10 certain to involve
the future Of mcnnbefs Of the Legislators
who have lined up in opposition 10 Gov.
Hughes.
This 10 Senator Roots programmes a.
outlined to-day by members OF the New
York delegation who have talked with
him. The New York RspublioAns in
Congress are standing almost to man b.
hind Mr.. Root. and with their inaiusnsp
and the active cooperation OF 0ew.
Hughes to say nothing Of the noral SUP.
port Of tire Taft administration. thsns
apparently can he but ono outcouna %
the struggle. and that will be the complahs
disintssrssion OF the woodruff narnAs
COterie.
The New York members % Congress
are satisfied now that the next move 81
the Woodruff Barnes crowd will Be an
attempt 70 "whttsvaah' tho Aids charges.
In fact senator Root and oehar nsmksrs
Of thu New York delesation hMd made
up their minds before Senator Root ssns
his teleGram 20 Albany that suah action
Vas included in the Woodruff Barnes
programme. They understood that the
Woodruff Barnes plan Of procedure con-
sidsred. first. the election OF Cobb an
Allds's sucCessor: second. the whitswash-
ing Of the Aids charges; third. the arash-
ing OF any further attempts at inveatin-
tons into legislative scandals at Albany
and. fourth. the defeat OF the Hughes
direct primary bill.
II was the contemplation Of this pro-
gramme chat aroused Senaaor Root ard
NtE ENNuNF9l hrpuDECAnM 10 9gtlOn. NNnA
Of Senator Roots close friends put IL
this way to-day:
Senator Root didn't care a continental
darn Who was elected President pro ten
OF the Senate az Albany, whether IL Wsn
Cobb. Human or Davis. 70 far a. the per-
sonalities 81 the men were concerned.
What he did mean 70 do. however, wa to
utter an emphatic public protest aeainst
the programme which had been mapped
out az Albany and 10 warn tho present
leaders Of the New YORK State oreanizA-
tiOn that he would NOT be a party 20 any
such plan
Mr.. Roots friends do not pretend 20
say that he has prejUdged the AIIds cass
in any way. and IL IL certain that he will
not do anything TO interiors with the
consideration ~ that case bGt 10 wiIl b
surprising 10 his influence IL not exertsd
within the neat fev weeks 70 oonpal IN
oT.sn and above hoard Investigation into
other scandals tina, are being suppressed
at Albany
The course that senator Root and his
supporters will pursue against TimOthy
l.. Woodruff will depeDd Altowethar On
the result Of the request to be made of
the State chairman that he retire. II
In understood that Mr.. Root win hass
this request ON a plea for the welfare
% the Republican party. while Presi-
dent Taft will not Interfere In any way
in the New York Stats situation Il u
pretty certain that MIR. Woodruff per-
sOnaily will have no lingering doubt
after the Sunday conference - % how
tine President feels toward his incans-
bency.
Senator Root and other members Of
the New York State dslsgation are csr-
tain that wOodrun's remaining an heed
Of the State COMMITTEES and TIE pairanaancs
% the woodruff Barnes programme wtTl
result in q Democratic victory nexf fan.
Mr.. Root and the Republicans know they
cannot carry New York State wtehosIs
Hughes. Gov. Hughes has told th@ne that
he IN perfactly wiling 20 enter into ehs
campaign heaEt and soul provided they
make IL possible for him "a do 90 he
Governor, Il n unAsrpGood, would not
feel that he could engage 10 q campaign
conducted by tns men who have fought
him &C every step.
while senator Root 10 talking over
matters In New Y0rk city with woodruff
and other State leadsTs tho SsnatoF's
friends here In Warrington win b busy
sz.ssnz Ms.e - hey~ tAs aaaAn nnasasnlteaa
ssands toward woodruff. InAmsnstni
pepabsrs II the Nsw York dsienntian
nave Il ~ their opinion to-day that Wood
r,rR cannot control Tn eommitNoe. buf
they have decided mt % rely ~ gtlsan-
WORK and have started - hnd ont iuse
ho~ the land hea.
No attsmpt viii be made ~ tho Root
H,,ehaa reform fcecss % move On Wood
ruG BY calling Q special mesaing a ne
ssaaa oommittos. This aooms inp1obabis