New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-23

,ore the proper stand on questions az
they come Up. and we can't heip VIII
80 do,.t think this IS a bad year
IL we use horse sense
Ada N these names that OF ex-'oN-
ernor Horace White, OF Syracuse wiz
= hare. that Of ex-senator Thomas b.
Dunn. of Rochester; that OF Esourt L.
Woodbury., OF Chautauqua county 'h"'
Of Patrick w Cullinan, Of Osweso' anu
the list Of possibilities as complIeo "'
this time is complete. Many locaities
have favorites, some Of whom they are
trotting out In preliminary heats Tor
other places on the ticket.
Mayor Hugo of WATERFOWL Is men
toned for Lieutenant Governor EN-
ATTORNEY General OMalley. OF Buualo'
IS talked OF for that place again. FRANK
II Williams. formerly State Engineer
and z. A. Bond. once state Engineer
and formerly a member Of the Canal
Board OF Advisory Engineers when the
DIX administration abolished because
Il might interfere with canal patron
age In contracts. are likely TO he put
I'm nomination for State Engineer.
Addison Il. Colvln, Of Glens Fails has
many friends who think he would make
an excellent State Controller. So has
Senator Ormrod. of Monroe County
Put ALI such gossip is purely tentative
md IS recognized as tentative, for II If
assumed that after the head OF the
ticket is selected the rest OF II VIII
have TO be filled out, even In an uh-
bossed convention, with some regard
for geographical distribution OF candl-
dates.
Great Interest in Platform.
OF quito as much interest az the
identify of the possible head Of the
ticket is the matter of platform pianks'
state Chairman Barnes says It's lot
more important He tells everybody
who calls on him that neither he nor
any other man In this convention can
dictate tho nominations or will try TO-
He says he has no candidate, and those
who know how much he likes Wads-
worth and how little he is doing 10 help
along his ambitions az this moment
figure that Barnes means exactly what
he saws. But the platform Is different
He has very definite ideas about that
ideas which are likely 10 lead 10 merry
moments In the committee on resolu-
tons and perhaps even on the floor OF
the convention.
These ideas he embodied Tonight IN
q statement Briefly. he stands FOR
Saving the Constitution" document
similar to the enc adopted by the
soring convention at Rochester.
There are several Republicans here
now OF some political prominence WHO
declare privately, and are ready later
10 declare publicly. that the adoption
Of any such platform at this time
would be a little worse than political
suicide. They say that the Republican
party IN It's last years Of administra-
ton, especially under Governor
Hughes. was in theory and fact a
strongly progressive body, and that
the platform OF l6lO SET ID Sloltuai"
in Republican platforms in this state
which II was a crime to lower, as did
he spring convention's platform. They
say that all OF Barness talk about
Iaving the Constitution and his per-
sonal views are confused in the pub
!c mind with party policy. and when
platform which is not fatty and ag-
excessively progressive Is adopted, so
far as most OF the state is concerned,
il is considered q boss-made document
and a good thing TO vote against. They
expect TO demand and fght for the
adoption Of a terse, aggressive plat
form declaring for real reforms in
the primary and election laws, includ-
ing the extension and Improvement OF
the direct primary, and continuation
Of the Hughes policies in general.
The statement Of William Barnes. jr.,
follows:
The delegates TO the Republican State
Convention, which IL 10 assemble here
Wednesday. have been chosen by the en-
rolled Republicans Of this state In ac-