New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-07
WANTS TO CO UNFEHERED
William Barbour, Candidate for
Republican Delegate.
LEANS TOWARD HUGHES
Elk. National Committee Treasur
er Would Accept Fairbanks or
Lodge to Compromise.

William Barbour, OF Paterson, y. - anu
No # . est .3I street. New YORK, presl-
dent of the Linen Thread Company and o.
eight other corporations and A director in
twenty-three others, has filed the necessary
papers with the County Clerk or fassalc
County TO have his name appear on me
New Jersey primary ballot on May = as IN
dependent candidate for delegate to the Re
publican National Convention In chicago.
Mr. Barbour has been a delegate to every
Republican National Convention since ana
beginning with the one which nominated
James c. Blaine, and he doesn't want 10
stop now He is just preparing to close
his winter home in New York and move
out 10 his Paterson house.
He had an advertisement In Paterson
newspaper last Friday setting forth his
reasons for wanting to go as an indepen-
dent and uninstruCted delegate TO Chicago.
in which he explained that In February last
he made an offer to the PassaiC County
Committee TO pay the expense of post
card canvass Of the enrolled Republican
voters Of the district to ascertain the opln-
ion of the district as 10 the most popular
candidate for the Presidency. If that offer
had been accepted and worked out he said
In his advertisement, he would have been
glad TO 20 10 Chicago as a pledged or IN
struCted delegate
II found it impossible to secure list of
the enrolled Republican voters he says,
and have therefore decided to ask YOU 10
vote for me as an uninstructed delegate,
believing that the lifelong friends | have
I'm our county will send me 10 Chicago with
out n mrzze on my mouth, as stanch
Republican ard hard -shelled Protectionist.
with the best interests Of Passaic County
~ heart"
1t his city home last night Mr.. Barbour
amplihed his previous statement with the
assertion that. though he was not against
President Taft. nor against Theodore
Roosevelt he thought that the present
condition of strife between them made II
Impossible To select either of them and
still keep the party unified enough to win
at the election in November.
As a director OF the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company Mr. Barbour was indict-
ed under the sherman law by federal
grand jury i'm Boston. but that incident
has nothing to do with his present atu-
tude He says simply that the somewhat
old-fashioued idea" OF presumng that
delegates are selected because they are
supposed 10 have sense enough 10 vote Tor
the best man is his only platform
Under the present conditions he wants
10 60 to Chicago AZ a dclegat" WITHOUT
muzzle on" SO that II lie believes II the
best thing 10 do he will be free 10 vote for
Justice Charles T. Hughes. lie says he
would be for the party nominee in any
case. but II a compromise candidate proves
10 be the best solution he does not want
to be bound by pledge
III that's the proper way 90 do It. he
said last night. you might just as well
send lot OF messenger boys out there.
and let II 20 at that"
Next TO Justice Hughes. Mr.. Barbour
thinks that former Vice President Charles
" Fairbanks or Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge would be good compromise candi-
dates In the last Republican convention
MIR Barbour was an uninstructcd delegate
aud voted steadily for Mr.. Fairbanks, for
the reason that he aid not believe Presl-
dent Roosevelt should be allowed TO dictate
To the party who his successor should be.
Nh Barbour has always represented the
same district I'm the conventions at which
ne has been a delcgate-the Eth District Of
N,w Jersey. He preceded the late Cor
IcIius - Bliss as treasurer II the Repu3-
lican National Committee. lie IL a former
ur,siIcn, OF the American Protective Tariff
League. and although his son. William
Warren Barbour. was the undcf' atcd ma
tioual amateur boxing champion OF 1910
he Is more IN favor OF harmony than fight
Ing. However he is going I" put up real
Grht to get elected on an independent and
unpledgcd ticket as an uninstructcd dele
cate to the convention.