The sun., 1910-03-17
WON'T FORCE WOODRUFF OUT
SENATOR ROOT DECLINED TO
Use PATRON UE TO DO IT.


--TafI Wa, Put Them into speech.
WASHINGTON March IA. - The proposed
fight to oust Timothy l.. WoocruH from
the chairmanship Of the Republican
State committee before the meeting Of
ihe State convention in september has
teen abandoned 10y Senator Root ana HIS
Supporters IN Washington
Ibis was made known authortatively
tonight after senator Root had coo.
ferred With state senator davenport. who
apparently had'Come to Washington repre-
senting the Hughes forces at Albany
senator Roots canvass Of the New
York State committee showed hun that
q ma ajority of the committee il Ls.h,nd
him and the other memherS of the Federal
dsIeea,ion IN their hel,et that there ms,
he q complete party seorganl rat on before
the next campaign. hut the ma ioritv is
against making any fight against Mr.
Woodruff until ths meeting Of the state
convention Tins means Of course that
Chairman WuodruF will serve out his
term and senator Root aud others IN the
congress delegation have been assured
that he viii have no ambition To succeed
himself at that time
Another reason gwen for the reluctance
of the Federal group to undertake a
fight at this time ~ that thev feared they
would not he able 20 accomplish very
great practical results az Albany even 4
= new State chairman were elected The
parry machinery IN the Legislature would
stiu be IN the hands of the Woodruff
Barnes group and the result would he a.
senator Root and his friends finally
viewed the situation. that a new State
Chairman would have to shoulder al the
responsibility and mi ght really be able to
accomplish little
While th.. ma jorIty of the State com
mIttee was against any actor that would
,humiliate Mr. woodruff. senator Root
and his friends. II ~ sSaii authoritatIv"ly.
ascsrtained that they could force IN.
esue and ~ IN out u they desired to resort
to practical political m, thots In Other
words . ma JoTlty II ths members of the
State committee were for WoodruTs
serving out his tnrm. nut would vote for
his removal II Is and rstood II the Federal
Administration would apEly tho screws
and also would hand out few Johs where
they would do the most good senator
Root declined absolutely To engage m =
campaign Of thIs sort ana Mr. Taft also
objected to u. A. S-nstor Root and his
advisers view tho situation ~ would sim
ply b- a Case of rcsorting 20 the very
me thods for which they condemned the
pressnt PARTY manRsJ - IA New York
State
While there - \ little hotter understand
ing between the Nuod-tf Barnes forces
and the Federal gTour m regard 20 coming
events 1T Albany " can he sad tia Sena-
tor Root has received no definite a=-gr-
anCes as a result Il the sSlrmish II waz
sens tor Root helIef before he met ChalT.
man Woodrur IN New York r,'y that the
Woodruff BATnss coterie Intended To-
whitewash the Alld- charges -quelch any
further inve~tigations. "mascslsts the
telephone till snd reject the new direct
primary measure II 10 understood that
senator Root and ms friends -i,l' lSslievs
that Aids - 20 he acquitted and ar- con
vtnc.-d that f he 10 the people of the state
will regard u a. ra-e of Whit-wash .ng.
whether or np' the facts really lustIfy
s'icn q CHARACTERIZATION Nnw that S'.n4-
tor Popt and mD-t ~ ms fTI-nds have
abandoned any Thought of hghting Mr.
Woodruff before the State con yentIYu
they bsiiev- there Is no WAY o'Ii ~ IN.
predicament that faces the Republican
Tarty m regard - the Aids cts- The
only opportunity Tor e~capinK from thi-
situation. IN the opInton - sen,tpr Root
and oth-r- IA the -ds.ral delega ton vas
thTONn a~'y when the snu-Ilugh~s
force~ ~ NUpnnv prsH.-d CobbIs el.-cIiru
through
Senator Pon' rnd hi- friends are hoping
A. L. 4.
spur. b tr- arOus.i -.n ifnsnt of ~"
state Nui see ih. fpliy Of '-ylug to sIppr".
Albany SCANDALS 81 pi a. uhs'rng Go>
II Ehes reform measures
u can h. aid that senator Root whom
-" -"ut hrs Telegram 10 Senator Dav"u-
port m m. Cobb Hinman fight vas acting
uut only tor himself and other member.
- the Nsw YORK delegation m Congress
bIt for President Taft senator Root b..-
lI.,"i then that the election ~ Cobb Was
only .n.' first step IN an anti-r"form
Ir1gramns that the Barue--N " oOdrIf
toT'..~ Intended To carry through sep
ate Root 10y -enoing this Telegram DESIRE
tn s@rN. notIcs upon IN. people oi <-W
York state that neither President Tar
nor IN" delegation b Congress prCpo-.t
~ en -r..uty 10 Indor~e sucn programme
N 'tl- I''-I sa'I Ns-tialOF EhfflA uhH hfftUl-
plished hls purpose he ~ OF the opinion.
anu IA th.s a. is supported by Presld~nt
Taft ard nearly all the members or IN"
Congress delegation. that Mr.. Woodruff
ought 20 step down and out b-fore sep
tembeT but No Will rot engage IN any
political night 20 accomplish thIs end
Senator Root has told his frierds that
s,he nnost distasIefui thing - HIM about
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he IA been seeking ~ stablish himself
a. = !eader or boss In tho New NorS ~ liti-
ca arena He has said tngt has no
ambition on fnst score th,' tue 'tion
thPt he has tfksn hF- rean '"s.i -is En
individual and a. = Republican senator
from New IotA St.st" ,.fs h. 4 duty 10
,-rtorm ~ regard 10 N. situation
The Indications tom gh1 are that sew
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