Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-26
POLICY OF DELAY
IN SARATOGA MEET
New York Republicans Want
to End Business and
=. Get Away.
DELEGATES DISCONTINUED
AT PLAN OF THE LEADERS
Proposed to Keep the Convention
Until Friday Night.
OBJECTION OF THE OLD-TIMERS
Opposed to Waiting to Take Advan-
tage of Possible Demo-
cratic Blunder.
Proposed to Keep the Convention
Until Friday Night.
OBJECTION OF THE 0LD-TIMERs
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

SARATOGA. y. V, September 26.-Ah.
well lets cheer up: maybe things are not
so bad. after all. The storm blew off yes
terday after convention adjourned. the
sun swept clean every diamond-tipped
grass blade and wrought a riot of color in
leaf and vine yielding to the spell of
autumn The delegates Communicated
sea-going hacks and rolled out to the lake.
over the six miles of splendid road
through the charming country where rock
and pine and water and alike mingled in
one lovely picture.
Why all this talk of weather and
scenery? Well. it is more interesting and
quite as profitable as talking politics just
Tor the moment since the delegates had
not been tipped off as to their nominee or
platform and they We're perforce thrown
back upon their own thoughts. When
after dinner the broad verandaS seemed
populated hy hundreds of fire flies as cigar
tips Slowed and burned they We're still
Without instructions. And this morning,
100. coming back from the walk to the
spring 10 wash out that dark brown taste,
they found no answer to their question,
Who is ii to be-
The leaders certainly are making
grand success out of their effort to put
up an IMPOSED tOnNeHtlOn. bul SONle Ol
the delegates think they are overplaying
their hand.
The boys would prefer little more
leadership.
Public Discussion of Platform.
Aforetime it was the custom to have
The committee on resolutions meet in some
cottage way down at the end of the
h.b;
doors. Last night the committee met in
the beautiful ballroom of the States
Hotel, and the public idly curious, gath
cred around TO hear the arguments on the
various planks submitted Women in din
ner gowns heard real politics talked prob
ably Tor the first time in their lives. and
clapped their hands as orators became
enthused by the presence OF the gal
lery.
but it was sight to make old re-
dictionaries shudder. What are we COM
ing tor they asked each other. What
with direct primaries, open committee
meetingnS, no bosses or leaders, Things
nave certainly changed for the worst,
and then they wouidI shake their heads,
predicting dire disaster.
Perhaps there is method in the mad
ness of the leaders, after all, in giving
the delegates all the rope they want. 1t
is an object lesson for one thing and for
another they will find they are not SO
Iltt as tHtN tnOuSnt Let tItln WORT
around the lot until they work off their
energy and at the proper time they will
md themselves still tethered TO stake.
No Development in Situation.
Well, all this discursiveness is but to
conceal the sad fact that at this writing
there is not a scntilla of development in
the political situation. Names of possi-
bic nominees are tossed before the eyes
OF the delegates jugsler tOsses balls
until they get cross-eyed trying to fol-
low him. IL we could lift the lid off of
Senator Roots Uranium and peer into his
mind we might find the name of the
candidate, but the senator has ii screwed
tight.
Along about midnight tonight or maybe
tomorrow morning Il wave will sweep
over the assembled politicians with some
one name on every mans lips and we
will then know that Root has loosened
up.
Leaders to Hold Convention.