The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-10
REPUBLICAN RL|T IS
 BEc0NNG VERY WIDE
poo..,. I. ,Jkcd Upon ns the Man ,o r.nent e Party Together If woodrud Knocks Out the
 pIsnsSf Senator Root.

Albanv. N Y, March 9.-Timothy l., woodruffIc chairman of the repubil- ca, state chnmittee, arrived here to- night and took charge of the fight spainst tbI efforts of United States } Senator Rot to whip the rep upiican senators ito line for the election or Roots ca ldidate for Senate majority leader
 The haay journey of the state chair man to Albany proved that the repup- lican oreanization has real battle on hand ami judging from the defant at tftude ot his adherents those who stand ready f, obey the wishes of Root and Sovern,r Hughes will heve difficulty in elechng Senator Harvey D. Hinma n of BinEhamton president pro tenn. al the republican caucus scheduled TOT tomorrow night.
 MT Woodruff attended Senator Plattis funeral at Owego today and came from there with William Barnes, Jr., republican state committeeman from Albany county and one of the governors most consistent opponents.
 The situation tonight resolved itseif into fight between Woodruff and
  CTS as still control their own counties against Root and Hughes backed by the administration at Washington. Ac- cording to the claims of the three camps the republican senators now stand as follows: For Cobb, 15' for Hinman. 13; for Davis, 4 doubtful, l. Necessary to elect, IT.
 The republican situation in the last 24 hours has undergone so swift a change that the most experienced pol 1ticians confess themselves at sea. Ii G majority of the republican senators openly defy Root it Is evident that the party will face split of unprece- dented dimensions.
 Cobb's friends tonight declare that Root was misled and that .he never would have tried to assert his author ity so publicly unless he had believed that a word from him would settle the situation.
 They gold bricked him, that's all," said one of the recalcitrants.
 If Roots leadership is disowned some republicans declared tonight nothing but the return of Roosevelt could ce ment the party in time to prevent an unbroken front to the enemy at the next state election.
 The present disagreement is the first test of Senator Roots power to as- sume the mantle of leadership.
 
 Views on Albany Situation.
 Owego, N. Y, March 9.-Political leaders and legislators, national and state, who were today in attendance on the funeral of former United States Senator Thomas c. Platt found an op- portunity for an exchange of views on the political situation in Albany
 The Aids -Conger bribery scandal and the senate leadership contest were quietly discussed by former Governor A OdeH Chairman Woodruff of the re- publican state committee. Representa- tive Dwight, the republican whip" in the lower House at Washington, and Representative Fassett and other re- publican legislators from Washingto and Albany.
 The Washington delegation brought word that the feeling in administra- ton circles favored Hnman's election. Albany retorted that such action was unlikely and 1t was hinted that hith- orto unmentioned candidate might be put forth as compromise. It is ap- parent that Senator Cobb's supporters who include Chairman Woodruff and William Barnes, Jr., the Albany leaoc, intend to press his candidacy at the conference at Albany tomorrow night. That the situation within the republi- can party at Albank is causing grave concern was admitted by the leaders here today.