New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
/ |. WOODRUFF ASP|RES
n ". |. Wards PLACE
-.s,s Nomination Would Mean
~ usv National Committeeman
from This State,
N MANHATTAN CANDIDATE
,..rss, Who Believes Nomina-
.;or Of Roosevelt Would De-
feat Party, May Quit if
He Wins at Chicago.


po,.{v Nav Omit IS
II lea'
II He WINS at ChlCagO,
II s-,,tbv T. Woodruff. whose love of the
-, game WAS only wh"ttad hy tempo
enforced retirement from the leader
IN KINGS County is candidate for
!. ,osr Of member Of the Republican Ma
.,sl committee from THIS state. 80 Tar
e known. William To- Ward. who has
I "a that place for TN" last eight years,
-., The death Of Fred Gibbs, has no
-.,,,,lar desire o. gin" uo the office. His
...n5s however. i'm running counter to the
l ..-,,r sentiment of tho state OrEau.za-
80 and WORKING for tho nomination Of
/ 1seo6ore Roosevelt has made IL Iracd-
'.ny certain ,n.t De VIII Aa replaced by
,-,.bsr man
Z, President Tai. should be roUomlgatcd
here is no question that Mr Ward would
:, In that case he would probably an
,ovrce that he did not wish 90 Dc Consid-
cred 70 succeed himself. ID Colonel toose-
,st should Doe nominated IN" Roosevelt
.,ople might hold tia. s, would b" u. more
,saD fair TO cont.ua, Mr.. Ward as national
committeeman from this state.
However there Is no question that the
dictates from this state TO tho national
eonyentlon, who VIII choose M- Ward s
successor are AGAINST Colonel Roosevelt
and they probably "'I "eSlIe the selection
Of man more in harmony W!;h their IDEAS.
50 far no o'AtI 'ai'"''''. 4'' inc '.N~o
, than Nj "o,"I VII mas Sii "AN "f' IL -
understood That NE mas frankly ''"i'ss.u
his ambition 10 Ar. Ward, and tnat t1e
subject W"s one oil ''oSe '"'N'N over Dc
tween them on t.a recent tHH 81 -AE.
Ward TO the Am 'ho4CN camp az Mt.
Woodruff oI course -',.. o.'' '.- N,l
unders'ahlS va. $40 '-''' ''''
support OF "ii-ain LAME s'''e O..0+'
ran, and o'heF la, men '"I '"' ""''o''~'
committee place ia Tie sh""'u mop 10 i''ose-
welt That is one OF the 'H.HS7 '""' i
counted on by NJ Barnes 10 Keep the
Kings County leader in lire.
However. II is said that Mr.. Woodruff
has been considering If Il would no, 5e pos
,lhle 10 get the place through Nj. Ward
and his friends If Colonel Roosevelt should
10 nominated. The suggestion has been
made that Mr.. Ward might be willing TO
rolpntarilv relinoujsh the place and throw
re supnort TO Woodruff if the latter should
come out for Roosevelt. OF course, Nh
woodruff could get the place then only in
,sss the Taft members Of the organization
.IonId DECIDE 10 give the entire control Of
no oraariz9f.or over TO the Roosevelt sup
r,-tars in case Of a Roosevelt victory.
Say Barnes WouIa resign
r-,r5s 10 s.o.o chairman Barnes saw
-. -, ,r,, ro ,.,,-,l ros,-,
., - ,r'.i~-,g..s,tr and make no op-
....,,c- =. ~. lection Of :. Roosevelt man
+. ..s,' NJ , ,.ic,or,. Wv. t,a colonel at chi
..., rsts ,fo,a-- c~uoe,uoD 10 Mr.. Rcoso-
rfisw.H known. lis friends say that he
"a Ie' consistent! lH"""7- "
a- Roosevelt
they So" chat IL IS ono Oh ms cn'g-
10 ts tics never u Keep conc. '.''' ne
..,-ass toward any one ana '..-'- .'' ',
', l.-"- ..-.'5'.- 30 '',',I. o. u,o,
.'7 I'D care ''' 49,. -, - . r,an-
'-.' "' ''o 49, T,.,,,,I.,
. q. '.. '-.'''- -. .t.+ NJ
t was INlttu out s'N.'-' ''
ps~~ss rrtr-.4 from the state committee