The Washington herald., 1911-12-22

William Barnes, jr., chairman of the
New York Republican State committee,
in his conference with President Taft in
New York City on Wednesday, did not
give Mr.. Taft any pledge of personal sup
port for denomination, nor did he give
the President any assurance that the
New York State organization would be
behind his candidacy in the next national
convention. Mr.. Barnes talk with the
President had to do chiefly with party
principles, not candidates. Mr.. Barnes is
opposed to some of the things that the
Taft administration has done, notably
the attacks upon big business. He is op-
posed to the modern experiments in gov
ernment advocated by Col. Roosevelt, and
he made it plain to Mr.. Taft that as head
of the Republican organization in New
York State ne was prepared to fight
against any Endorsement of these devil
atiOns from representative government
by the Republican State convention.
There was considerable talk yesterday
among members of the New York Repub-
lican delegation in Congress in regard to
Mr.. Barnes talk with Mr.. Taft, and the
general impression Is that Barnes in his
proposed campaign for Republican CON-
servatism in New York State is likely 10
arouse Col. Roosevelt into activity in
State politics again. In the opinion of
these Republicans. there is bound to be
a bitter fight in the Republican organi
zation over Barnes proposition to get
back to the old mOorings of the Republic
can party, and away from new-fangled
ideas Barnes informed President Taft.
it is understood, that he wanted to leave
this matter to the State convention; in
fact, he wanted to have the State o"nven-
tion like big debating class, where any
body could express his opinion freely
and out of which would finally come the
real opinion of the Republican party in
the State of New York.
Vice President Sherman called at the
White House yesterday. and his visit
speculation as to what is going
to happen to him in the Taft campaign
for denomination. Mr.. Sherman's friends
have been urging his nomination for
governor of New York, but the Vice
President has kept silent on the subject
To Establish Wilson Headquarters.
w. F. McComDs, who for the past eight
months has been at the head of the
movement for the selection of Gov. Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey, as the Demo-
cratic nominee for the Presidency. made
a flying trip to Washington yesterday,
and before leaving for New York, where
he maintains headquarters, announced
that he would return to the National
Capital for the meeting of the Democratic
National Committee on January g.
The manager of the Wilson Presidential
has engaged headquarters at
the New Willard Hotel. where he expects
to meet many friends of the New Jersey
executive from every section of the Coun-
try while the national committee is in
session. Mr.. MCCombs will arrive in
on January ;, and remain
until the 9th.
Speaking of the campaign that he is di-
reCting in behalf of the nomination of
the New Jersey executive by the Demo-
cracy for the Presidency. Mr.. MCCombs
said:
Gov. Wilson will not make a gum
shoe campaign He has said repeatedly
that he believes the people are entitled
to know everything about him and his
candidacy upon every problem. He says
he wishes the fullest publicity of all his
ideas and utteranCes."