The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-09

The friends OF Senator Root. on the
other hand. insist that instruct ions must
be adopted even if senator Root goes
upon the foor and makes a fight for them.
ACTION 10 RE- HAsrENED
II Is stated that affairs have been 80
mixed that a temporary chairman of the
committee on resolutions viii! be appointed
tomorrow. so that the platform. including
Instructions or non instructions, will be
fought out The resu, will he apparent
= Wednesday, when either Senator Root
~. Chairman Barnes is made permanent
chairman of the committee on resoluti ions.
Comptroller Prcniergast arrived to-
night. He stated he had not seen Col
Roosevelt since the last meeting they
addressed together in New York two
weeks ago. Immediately the Comp
troller got into communication with
William l.. Ward and talked over the
situation from the Roosevelt standpoint.
Mr.. Prendergast stated that his pa ms
would not bc formed until he knew jus
what kind of n platform was to he pre-
sentcd and whether or not the delegates
at large were To be instructed for Presi-
dent Taft.
The Comptroller made it plain that he
expected for one reason or another to
take the platform on Wednesday and that
he would I've compelled To talk plainly as
to the real motives which are actuating
Chairman Barnes and his friends in out
lining the work Of the convention and in
onposiug Instructions.
II necessary Comptroller Prpndcrgast
may feel called unon to give to the con.
"a ,I nprsnnnl visit, ho
has received from friends of Chairman
Barnc-
One reason fha' an effort will be made
10 preCipitatr action in Iustructing is that
mcst Of the Republican leaders and tho
delegates desir" to hear the result Of the
primaries in Illinois. which are To be held
tomorrow. Should these primaries turn
uut 10 hr unfavorabc to President Taft's
renomjnatiun no power ON earth. il IL
saiu. 'olild prevent Instructions in this
convention on "Wednesday for the Presi-
d'nt's r"ncmination.
WAY FIGHT INSTRUCTIONS
Should thc Illinois primaries be favor
all" - the denomination of the President,
thC f"i'GatCS ~ large in this convention
viii u" instructed. even if Senator Root
and ~" personal friends of Vice Presi.
don't sherman go upon the floor and fight
ior the-" Instructions. This declaration
was made with "A full understanding that
the committee on resolutions 10 he made
up of forty-three members one for each
Congress district in the State. might
decide to oppose instructions for Taft.
Mir Barnes can he made chairman of
the Comnittce on resolutions if he so
desires hut il may he thought advisable
to ask senator Root to act
The temporary organization of the
convention probably will bc of little
moment. except that most Republicans
are looking forward to the speech which.
a. temporary chairman. President Nicho-
las Murray Butler of Columbia University
Is 10 deliver. The main work of this
convention viii he after it is permanently
organized, and It was announced to- night
that "N-Spraknr James W Wadsworth,
ii. - 90 bo permanent chairman.
tlr. Ndd>"orth is "A sIrong friend of
Chairman Barnes and he il believed TO be
NJ Barns, most prominent candidate
tor the Guh"rnatC..al nomination next
fat
bul there ar" many hurdles to he over
CON" before IA" State convention Is held
IL h" autumn. and it j. known here that
quito u number of IN" Republican county
leaders are pronounced all ready in their
advocd"v of other Republicans for Gov
eruor.
)u connection with Instructions the vast
malurN" of tn" delegates from the rural
untr7 ar uppo~"d To Rem
N%lhGpNili.D ny RECIPROCITY
They h"l"v" IN" ~ntagonsm To Taft's
reciprocity measure extends from Maine
- br"-on on tn. sCanadian frontier
" hi" h"-" d"l"gaic- have been told by
Nr lHit : "dh"r"ni> tilai the measure
l. d"ad, and oven though II remains on
'h" s'. .iuir books OF th" United States.
Il 'sn rover lr lat INTO op.ra' ion while
tir' pr"-''r Canadian Govrrnmen, exists.
~. rural delegates insist the measure
uughi 10 10" r"~''ird"d at Washington.
. '' 'h"n c,li"i t. their minds that
Hcnro-rutJfiN" George e. Nhlbv of 81
lawr"n"" i~- introduced in the House
"i E"prcsonl tlvc- Il hill to re-cind the
measure and the Democrats under Rep
ros"rtHiiv" Underwood have not per
nti'i tb' hiil f. com" nut Of committee
mat II "r~'lt seem To satisfy these rural
l,opuli'D"n statesmen.
u" IAN people have then taken an
nth"r .ri, with them and pointed out
tui tGt- reciprocity measure cannot
I'"'lu" an l-,'lr III the approaching cam
i"l"r f"r tn" reason that Col. Roosevelt
l~ '' r""'ri a~ -tpUiy advocating reci-
'r'"'v ard 50 too is the Democratic
if'' ~ ''Il''il'i'ti W 'fflIfDtlIF III more
ways than "itner Taft or Roosevelt. Still
thu" hard licajed Republicans from the
central AVID northern counties continue
q 'hlrrt - instruct ions for President
la'i believing t.at these instructions
VII 'ru.; ur, r"odle-s antagonsms.
l''' ..l'n -" gets thcrl down TO brass
u 'r- tI"F declare.
"Da, w,U. ~ brtweon Taft and the
Democrat, N"'il all vote for Taft Just
the same"
80 LINE ~ ntLEGArts.
\u effort was made to-day to enumerate
the lhli d"!"gat - for and against in
struCt'ou-. k,- It's we're unSHtiSfact ory
chiefly h"cap@" the main hodvror dele
eat"- "i'l not -" hero until Tomorrow.
duG anyway estimates would be more.
than tentative and utterly misleading
u l. pHiy known positively that the
delegation of 100 from New York county
demands Instructions
1nnpthy l.. Woodruff said he could not
speak Tor the Is delegates from King.
county. Postmaster Greiner of Buffalo
made the ~,,ne remark concerning the
rlNtN-onH delegates from Erie Francis
Hendricks said he did not care to speak
tor the twenty-n.ne delega tea from Onon-
dagt county. Patrick j, Cullinan of
Oswego said the eleven delegates from
his county We're opposed to instructions
Then. too. the fact that Senator Root
has those Two letters. one from the Presi-
dent and the other from the Vice Presi-
dent. urging Instructions, will become
Generally known nv Iptrpipu npI ,b.,,